The San Francisco Business Times hosted a Healthcare Summit breakfast on July 13th in the Hilton hotel. With many great speakers and panelists, the focus of the morning was on the future of healthcare, and the impact of healthcare reform on providers and insurers. Degenkolb was a program sponsor and had a table with attendees Stacy Bartoletti, Ray Pugliesi, Robert Graff and client guests John Lewis from UCSF, Dave Alpert from HGA, and Daig O’Connell and Mohammed Dehghan from ...
Posted by Shafaq Chawla on July 19, 2010 11:14 PM
Monday, June 14, 2010 marked the reopening of Oakland's Fire Station No. 18! The Degenkolb team proudly made it out to the ribbon cutting ceremony. The station closed for renovation in April 2009 to accomodate newer model fire trucks, and reopened its doors to a new LEED Gold facility. Oakland's Fire Station No. 18 is the first facility in the fire department to be certified LEED Gold.
More information can be found about the opening at here.
Posted by Shafaq Chawla on June 15, 2010 9:41 PM
Following the unpredictability of drastic earthquakes all over the world, including Haiti and Chile, cities across the US are now questioning if they are actually prepared in the event a big earthquake were to occur. Will the buildings remain standing? This is one of the many questions John Siu, principal engineer for Seattle's Department of Planning and Development, and Cheryl Burwell, senior engineer, asked themselves as they walked through Seattle's Pioneer Square.
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Posted by Shafaq Chawla on June 10, 2010 11:01 PM
As an active member of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI), Chris Poland has been honored many times for his contribution to the organization. Most recently, Chris was presented an award at the holiday party by the EERI Northern California chapter for his innovation and exemplary practice in earthquake risk reduction in Northern California.
We would like to congratulate Chris for this recognition and his continuous efforts with the organization.
Posted by Shafaq Chawla on December 8, 2009 9:07 PM
The Washington State University Compton Union Building was recently featured as the Project of the Week in the Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce website (djc.com). After two years of work, the $63.8 million renovations of the building were completed in 2008.
Originally built in 1954, the Compton Union Building has had many renovations over the years and currently encompasses 243,000 square feet. The student union building includes lounges, pool tables, gaming stations, meeting rooms, administrative offices, multicultural student services, etc. In August, the project ...
Posted by Shafaq Chawla on October 7, 2009 7:26 PM
The word is out! Degenkolb has officially placed fifth on the 2009 Best Structural Engineering Firms To Work For! Structural Engineer magazine published their annual list of the best firms to work for based on culture, benefits, performance and recognition, compensation, professional development, recruiting and retention. The ranking of firms was substantially the result of employee satisfaction surveys as well as the analysis of the committee judges.
Despite the tough economic times, Degenkolb Engineers was able to place high on the list. Degenkolb's President ...
Posted by Shafaq Chawla on October 6, 2009 8:45 PM
