Established in 1940, we’re the nation’s oldest and largest earthquake engineering firm with an expansive structural engineering practice. Our principals are recognized as experts worldwide and work hard to understand your needs. As a result, we have served thousands of clients on tens of thousands of projects and in the process pioneered the use of innovative technologies over the life of the firm. This breadth of experience is applied to all of our projects. Along with the tried and true solutions that serve clients well, these include steel shear walls, eccentric braced frames, top down basement construction, deep excavation shoring using slurry walls, advanced analysis techniques, fiber wrapped concrete columns, passive dampers, sustainable materials, and building information modeling.