Wayne Wong has joined Rutherford + Chekene’s board of directors. His election recognizes his leadership of R+C’s Building Systems Group (BSG) that specializes in MEP systems seismic anchorage and remodeling of hospital operating room suites, rebar modeling and metal stud modeling. BSG has provided services for nonstructural seismic deficiency surveys and corrections at more than 100 hospitals, airports, power plants and laboratories.

Wayne has served as project principal on many healthcare projects and recently completed the Kaiser Vallejo New Hospital Tower and the Kaiser Redwood City Replacement Hospital. He has been a structural engineer at R+C since 1986 and has 29 years of engineering experience.

Ann Roche has been with R+C for 14 years. Originally trained as an artist, Ann has always been interested in making things. Her creativity allows her to innovate and to work fluidly with architect teams to help them realize their visions on projects ranging from large hospitals to school buildings. >> Read more about Ann

At the Structural Engineers Association of California (SEAOC) 2012 Annual Convention held in Santa Fe, New Mexico this September, our own Bret Lizundia was named a SEAOC Fellow. This is the highest recognition the organization can bestow. A Fellow is a member recommended by the region’s Structural Engineers Association’s board of directors and confirmed by SEAOC in recognition of outstanding service or accomplishments in the field of structural engineering.

Bret has been involved in many of R+C’s most notable projects including the much-acclaimed new de Young Museum in San Francisco, the seismic retrofit of Frank Lloyd Wright’s historic Hanna House at Stanford University–a National landmark—and the new Li Ka-Shing Center for Biomedical and Health Sciences at UC Berkeley, to name a few. Bret is highly accomplished and involved in the field of structural engineering; following are a few highlights of his professional achievements.

For SEAOC/SEAONC he has been:

• director
• president of SEAONC
• seminar and meeting speaker
• recipient of the prestigious H.J. Brunnier Achievement Award for significant achievements in the structural engineering profession
• chair of the Professional Activities Committee where he lead the development of the “Recommended Guidelines for the Practice of Structural Engineering in California”

Beyond SEAOC, Bret has:

• served as president and director of the Applied Technology Council (ATC)
• participated in ATC post-earthquake reconnaissance teams
• served as project manager and editor of FEMA 547: Techniques for Seismic Rehabilitation of Existing Buildings
• chaired the EERI Ethics in Structural Engineering Committee

R+C is fortunate to have Bret as one of our principals because his commitment to the industry is admirable and an inspiration to engineers in and outside our office.

Rutherford + Chekene’s principals have a decades-long commitment to research and development at the forefront of structural/seismic engineering. As members of numerous professional engineering organizations and technical committees, R+C has helped to draft new codes and develop innovative approaches to seismic evaluation and design. Because of this commitment R+C is privileged to have a history of SEAOC Fellows including William Holmes, Mark Saunders, and now Bret Lizundia.