People: Associate Principals
Robert Graff
- B.S. Civil Engineering
Washington State, 1999 - M.S. Structural Engineering, University of Washington, 2001
Registration
- California – Structural Engineer, 2007
License No. S5113 - California — Civil Engineer, 2003
License No. C65047
Professional Affiliations
- Structural Engineers Association of Northern California
Joined the Firm:2001
Projects
Robert joined Degenkolb in 2001 after receiving his masters from University of Washington. He has worked on a wide range of projects from 900,000 sf of new hospital in Las Vegas to a mausoleum under 1000 sf, from the retrofit design of a historic barrack in the Presidio to the construction of a new performing arts building in Washington State, from a simple tenant improvement to a new complex concert hall at Stanford University. The type of project is not what is important to him, but rather the variety and the new challenges each one presents.
Little Known Fact:
I love going whitewater inner toobing with friends. Ask and I will tell you when we are going next. Just bring your life jacket and be prepared to be thrown off your tube a few times.
Client or Design Philosophy:
Provide a quality design on time and on budget while being flexible to meet the needs of the owner and the design team.
Virtues:
Honest and straight forward.
Vices:
I love buying tools and using them. My architect father always had projects around the house for my brother and me to help work on. I enjoyed those projects and have now built a wide collection of tools for my own projects.
Favorite Project Story:
After completing an advanced non-linear analysis evaluating two 15 story buildings on the UCSF’s campus that were rigidly connected at all floors, we determined that by separating the buildings we could eliminate the need to retrofit one of the buildings and greatly reduce the work in the other. You don’t get to see 15 stories of concrete and steel being saw cut in half every day.
Special Interests:
Family, friends, whitewater rafting, snowboarding, and camping.
