Contributors: Craig Stauffer, Alex Legé, Jason Collins, Ted Ryan, Brian Phair, and Todd Parke PCS Structural Solutions | October 4, 2019 For decades, teams in the AEC industry have been working to put a dent in the productivity problem. The post 1960’s...
by Valerie Hendel Jim Collins, a senior principal of PCS Structural Solutions, retires on September 4, 2019. Jim joined then-Chalker Engineers in downtown Tacoma on January 1, 1978—the only employee, he notes, to start on a holiday. It was a fortuitous...
In a long-awaited, historic step toward “real" not cookbook wind engineering, the Structural Engineering Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers recently issued a recommended alternative to the building code’s prescriptive procedures for the wind...
The Structural Engineers 2050 Challenge (SE 2050), issued by the University of Washington’s Carbon Leadership Forum, is an initiative designed to measure progress toward Zero Carbon buildings by 2050. The challenge, supports the target set by the Paris Climate...
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 | PCS Structural Solutions, Tacoma, WA Avid crane watchers may track the progress of Absher Construction Company at the site of the Greater Tacoma Convention Center. The new Marriott-brand Hotel broke ground on August 8, 2017 next to the...
PCS Structural Solutions, a single-discipline structural engineering firm based in Seattle, Tacoma, and Portland, has formed an internal team of engineers focused on projects with specialized structural engineering needs. These projects include heavy and light...
by Valerie HendelFebruary 25, 2019 | Seattle, WA | Rick Oehmcke has been a foundational part of PCS Structural Solutions’ evolution since his arrival in 1987. On February 25, 2019, he will retire from a 38-year structural engineering...
By Valerie HendelJanuary 25, 2019 | Seattle, WA |You could say that Jim Harris—or Lou Billy—took the scenic route in his forty-one-year career—not as many straight lines in the trajectory that you might expect from a structural engineer. But it...
Please join PCS Structural Solutions in welcoming their newest staff members: Brian Krieger, Connor Moore, Jared Plank, Samantha Taylor, Spencer Sharma, and Valerie Hendel. Brian Krieger joins PCS as a Project Engineer in the Tacoma office. Brian brings over...
