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RICHARD L. HESS S.E., SECB, F.ASCE
PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION: ·California Structural and Professional Engineer #SE 01562
and Civil Engineer #CE 14459. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Fifteen years structural and building technology engineering design, value engineering analysis and construction management experience with: Chevron Oil Company, Boise Cascade Building Company, I.H.O.P. Corporation and Public Storage, Inc. prior to forming consulting engineering firm. Work included project management of the evaluation and design of buildings and other structures, contracting and management of construction, evaluation of construction defects and damage from natural and man-induced disasters, negotiation and resolution of resulting litigation. Principal consulting engineer of structural and building technology design, evaluation and construction management firm for over twenty years. Responsible for structural design and construction management of industrial, commercial, residential, school and hospital buildings. Commercial buildings include offices, laboratories, restaurants, stores and parking structures. Residential buildings include multi- and single-family buildings of all materials, including hillside and poor soil conditions. Industrial projects have included foundations and supports for large vibrating equipment and piping; blast resistant shelters, wharf rail and truck loading facilities; solid and liquid storage vessels, tanks, reservoirs and silos; buildings and towers, bridges and water treatment facilities. Industrial buildings include steel, concrete and masonry construction with mezzanines, equipment supports and crane rails. Special expertise has been developed in the evaluation, structural design of repairs and seismic retrofit of historic and other existing buildings, their envelopes and nonstructural elements using the Uniform and International Building Codes and special provisions for California schools and hospitals (DSA & OSHPD) and historic buildings, as well as NEHRP Provisions for new buildings and seismic rehabilitation. In addition to full time evaluation and design responsibilities, Mr. Hess has been a member and chair of the SEAOC Existing Buildings Committee, a member of the non-structural element committee that developed Chapter 11 of the ATC-33/FEMA-273/FEMA-356, and chair of the non-structural committee for ASCE/SEI 31-03 (FEMA-178/310) (structural evaluation and remediation of existing buildings). Environmental and structural evaluation, constructability and remediation reports have been written for the rehabilitation of hazardous buildings, major equipment supports and toxic waste cleanup. Construction management reports involving review and approval of geotechnical investigations; material tests; fabrication and construction of structures.
EDUCATION: M.B.A., Financial Analysis and Management: University of San Francisco. M.S., Structural Engineering: Stanford University. B.S., Building Engineering and Construction: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The Colorado College: 3 years Pre-Engineering and Liberal Arts PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMITTEES: Past President of Structural Engineers Association of Southern California, Past-Chair Existing Buildings Committee, and Past Director of Structural Engineers Association of California. Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers, Member Structural Retrofit Standards Committee (FEMA 178/310 and FEMA 273/356), Charter Member Structural Engineering Institute, Member Architectural Engineering Institute Consulting Structural Engineers Society of Los Angeles, Past President and Director. Applied Technology Council, Redwood City, California. Member Steering Committee ATC29-2 Seismic Design & Performance of Nonstructural Components in Critical Facilities. Member: Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, International Code Council, American Concrete Institute, American Institute of Steel Construction, American Welding Society, APA Engineered Wood Association, National Fire Protection Association, and Construction Specifications Institute, New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering. Member of Editorial Board of STRUCTURE Magazine
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