Dave Gaines

Structural Project Engineer of multi-story steel frame and plywood shear wall buildings. Steel braced frame buildings, steel moment frames, tapered steel beams, two-way slabs, concrete shear wall buildings, masonry structures, equipment pads and support frames, steel canopies, retaining walls, school buildings. Division 91 and Chapter 95, concrete tilt-up seismic retrofit. Building restoration, renovation, strengthening of existing structures, fire damage repair, roof collapse, wood truss design and repair, folded plate structure repair, ADA compliance. Equipment anchorage. Structural Review: Forensic inspection and report writing for building damage due to: earthquakes, water intrusion, dry rot, ground settlement, fire, and termites. Identification of cause, origin and repair methods. Structural review of older, historic structures and post-tensioned concrete analysis. Construction Administration: Extensive structural observation of concrete shear wall, steel braced frame, steel moment frame and plywood shear wall buildings, school building projects. Contractor assistance and construction solutions for complex, problem filled projects such as roof collapse, fire damage, vehicle impact and irregular plywood shear wall buildings. Construction: Worked through college by contracting structural repairs, architectural restoration, and remodeling. Corrected foundation and groundwater drainage problems. Supervised and subcontracted structural repairs of Type V foundations and framing. Specialties: Design for Architectural preservation and restoration, wood framing reconstruction, foundation repair Architectural photography