GoStructural.com - Degenkolb Engineers kept a crucial 15-story building from becoming history

A team of engineers - including The Crosby Group, under the direction of Degenkolb Engineers - is making sure that the District 4 headquarters of the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is functional in the event of a major earthquake. The building is home to critical San Francisco Bay Area transportation operations, including emergency response and traffic management and reporting. It is located just five miles from the Hayward Fault in Oakland.

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Go Structural.com - Record Concrete Pour Completed

RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif.- Placement of a mat slab foundation designed by Degenkolb Engineers, the structural engineering firm for the new Walter and Leonore Annenberg Pavilion operated by Eisenhower Medical Center, represents the largest concrete pour in Coachella Valley history. The operation began at 7:00 p.m., July 20, and continued until approximately 10:00 a.m. the following day. The operation began at 7:00 p.m., July 20, and continued until approximately 10:00 a.m. the following day.

According to Degenkolb, compliance with precise specifications required ...

Go Structural.com - People Watch

Degenkolb Engineers announced Zubald Karim as principal at its San Diego office. In this role, Karim will be responsible for securing and managing projects, providing expert guidance, mentoring engineers and reviewing applications of quality management. Karim has extensive experience working on engineering projects in San Diego. Committed to fostering structural engineering talent and investing back into San Diego, Karim collaborates with students on matters of structural investigation, construction administration, and seismic evaluation and retrofit as an assistant professor at The ...

Engineers overcome desert’s challenges in Coachella Valley foundation pour

Six hundred truckloads of cement made their way through the desert heat one evening to take part in a record-breaking concrete pour of a mat slab foundation designed by Degenkolb Engineers, the structural engineering firm for the new Walter and Leonore Annenberg Pavilion. The 15-hour, overnight pour represents the largest in Coachella Valley history. To ensure complete structural integrity of the new pavilion, strict coordination among the 600 truckloads and 20 inspectors on site was made to comply with the ...

Degenkolb Engineers Help Peru Recover From Devastation of Earthquake

After an 8.0 earthquake struck the coast of Central Peru on Aug. 15, killing more than 600 people; two experts from the leading earthquake engineering firm in the U.S., spent eight days helping in the recovery effort.

Degenkolb Engineers, which specializes in the design and seismic strengthening of buildings, sent firm principal Kent Yu and design engineer Liliana Pinto to Lima, immediately after the quake.

Yu and Pinto worked along with a reconnaissance team from the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute of Oakland, ...

Modern Steel Magazine: Above the Rest

Oregon’s population has boomed over the last 25 years, and the medical needs of the state have increased proportionately. Oregon Health and Science University, the state’s only health and research college, recently underwent an expansion to meet that demand. The university wanted the expansion to integrate seamlessly into the existing surrounding structures and landscape.

With limited site options available for expansion, a new site alongside the existing hospital was created on a steep hill by building underneath the hospital and ...

Jim Malley Receives Highest Professional Honor from State Association of Structural Engineers

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 05, 2007 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- James O. Malley, a San Francisco-based structural engineer whose professional achievements have greatly advanced the seismic safety of commercial buildings, universities and hospitals throughout California, has been named a 2007 FELLOW of the Structural Engineers Association of California. This honor represents SEAOC's highest form of recognition and is reserved for those structural engineers who make outstanding contributions to the profession.

In naming Malley for this award, SEAOC cited his contribution to the seismic ...

State panel gives hospitals a break on seismic safety

In a move expected to keep the doors open at hundreds of medical buildings in the coming years, a key state panel Wednesday adopted a new high-tech tool aimed at reassessing the seismic safety of California hospitals.

Members of the California Building Standards Commission said the emergency regulations will give the state a better picture of hospital structures most at risk of collapsing during a strong earthquake and allow operators to save billions of dollars in construction costs in the near ...

California Building Standards Commission Votes to Reassess Hospital Earthquake Safety

California Building Standards Commission approved plans to use HAZUS software to reclassify the earthquake risks in hospitals, a move that will reduce the near term earthquake retrofit spending at California hospitals by billions of dollars.

The commission's action amends the rules for implementing SB 1953, California's legislation governing earthquake readiness for hospitals, by permitting the use of HAZUS, a new methodology developed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency for estimating losses due to earthquakes, and creatively adapted by the Office of ...