In December 2017, PCS opened our third office in Portland to better serve our clients in Oregon and Southwest Washington. Three years later, 2020 brought some unexpected obstacles, but with early and effective work-from-home strategies and well-connected office...
Valerie Hendel, PCS Structural Solutions On December 3, 2020, PCS Structural Solutions announced the promotion of Dan Horne to director of BIM. Dan oversees the firm’s Building Information Modeling (BIM) teams at the Tacoma, Seattle, and Portland offices....
PCS Structural Solutions is thrilled to announce its support of the SEI Structural Engineers 2050 (SE2050) Commitment Program! The program works to educate, engage and report the impacts of the built environment and its associated embodied carbon. The Goal—to...
PCS is pleased to announce the promotions of Tanner Reijm and Evan Olszko to project manager. Reijm joined PCS in 2016 and is currently managing the Chelan County PUD Service Center project which includes a four-story administration building and seven large...
PCS is pleased to announce the promotions of Wes Neeley and Kyle Murdock to associate principal. Wes Neeley joined PCS in 2001 and brings comprehensive expertise to existing buildings particularly K-12 and Higher Education, including historic renovation. Wes...
PCS Structural Solutions' 4th Annual Big Hearts Pledge Drive 2020 Thank you for your support of this year's virtual fundraiser to support STEM Networks of Washington and Oregon Every year, PCS joins with our colleagues and community partners to support an important...
As the height of a building increases, the most dominant wind forces on a building change from those on the roof to those on the walls of the building. This concept has been the basis of the dual set of provisions in the ASCE 7 Standard and building codes since the...
By Valerie Hendel | Around the PCS office, we’ve come to expect little surprises in the shape of plastic lizards, turtles, little building models or the faces of our colleagues morphed into superhero merch. PCS’s Sage Cowsert and Evan Olszko are Makers, and despite...
The impact of a building’s construction and operations on carbon emissions has been well established by the AEC community. “Buildings, in fact, contribute 40 percent of the CO2 emissions worldwide,” according to the Carbon Leadership Forum. The AEC industry is...
PCS Structural Solutions promoted three people in its Tacoma and Seattle offices. Jack Pinkard was promoted to senior principal, and Hai Lin and Sunny Sidhu were each promoted to project engineers. Jack Pinkard, who works in the Tacoma office, has been with...
