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Lisa Cassedy, SEAONC Director

ruthchekblog — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:07:58 +0000

R+C is proud to announce the election of Lisa Cassedy to the board of directors of the Structural Engineers Association of Northern California!

A licensed California structural engineer and contributor to the AISC Steel Design Guide 20: Steel Plate Shear Walls, Lisa has contributed to the structural engineering practice in diverse ways. She has played major roles in SEAONC’s participation in Rebuilding Together, Sustainable Design Committee and on the Public Outreach Committee for the past eight years. She has been a captain of Rebuilding Together teams for the past four years. Via SEAONC, Lisa has presented on structural engineering to high school classes to introduce the younger generation to the profession and the industry.

Lisa’s personal activities are indeed very active: soccer, running, biking, hiking, and recently triathlons. She also brings this energy to work with her as seen through her dedication to her workplace and to her engineering community.

R+C and California’s Largest Hospital Projects

ruthchekblog — Thu, 02 May 2013 18:54:48 +0000

San Francisco, San Jose and Stanford/Palo Alto are home to the six largest California hospital projects. R+C is structural and/or geotechnical engineer on four of these hospitals, which range in size from 370,000 sf to 878,000 sf.

The scoop:

New Stanford Hospital (broke ground May 1, 2013)
Estimated overall cost: $2,000,000,000
Currently building: 824,000 addition including 368 rooms and 17 operating rooms
R+C: Geotechnical engineer of record
Contractor: Clark Construction and McCarthy Building Companies Joint Venture

Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital
Estimated overall cost: $1,000,000,000
Currently building: 521,000 square feet of additions, 150 new beds and 146 private rooms
R+C: Geotechnical engineer of record
Contractor: DPR Construction

UCSF Medical Center Mission Bay
Estimated overall cost: $765,000,000
Currently building: 878,000-square foot complex with 183-bed children’s hospital
R+C: Structural engineer of record
Contractor: DPR Construction

Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
Estimated overall cost: $966,000,000
Currently building: 370,000-square-foot, six-story building with 168 beds
R+C: Structural engineer of record
Contractor: Turner Construction Co.

>> Read the SF Business Times article, see the slideshow

New Exploratorium Opens Today!

ruthchekblog — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 21:57:49 +0000

R+C is proud to announce the opening of the new Exploratorium museum at Pier 15 in San Francisco!

The modern Exploratorium, a decade in the making and more than 1100 pile retrofits later, is a new gem on the San Francisco waterfront. It features a blend of new and historic with a glass observation building overlooking the bay and 150 new indoor and outdoor exhibits.

Read more about the project, its green design solutions, and building features:

http://www.nibbi.com/projects/exploratorium

http://www.ruthchek.com/portfolio/explor.html

We hope you can join in on the fun with us soon.

http://www.exploratorium.edu/visit/opening/april17

Stanford’s Peaceful Place

ruthchekblog — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 20:28:19 +0000

A reflection pool, a water garden, paintings on display, landscape to promote meditation. These features will soon be found in a new contemplative space at Stanford University. The Windhover Contemplative Center aims to serve as a space for students, faculty, staff and researchers to stop and take a quiet break from a hectic day. The center will be made up of glass walls, enabling not only observation from within the building, but also exterior viewing of the paintings of the late Stanford art professor, Nathan Oliveira.

R+C is structural engineer for the center, which is on schedule to break ground this coming June.

> learn more

R+C Geotechnical: New Stanford Hospital | Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital

ruthchekblog — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 23:22:36 +0000

Many people I talk to don’t realize the strength of R+C’s geotechnical department. Some don’t even know it exists. Below are just a couple of the many projects R+C’s geotechnical department is working on today.

New Stanford Hospital | Palo Alto, California

Courtyards, meditation spaces, roof gardens
Pedestrian tunnel and bridge
Challenging, partially liquefiable site
Base isolated building system on auger cast piles

Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital | Palo Alto, California

521,000 square feet
Five stories high, 40-foot-deep basement excavation
Associated make-ready utility tunnel
Challenging, partially liquefiable site
Fixed base building system, utilized base-slab averaging method to minimize cost

For more information on our geotechnical engineering services, contact Gyimah Kasali at gkasali@ruthchek.com, (415) 568-4405 or Laurel Jiang at ljiang@ruthchek.com, (415) 568-4446.

Latest on R+C Solar | ASCE Publication

ruthchekblog — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 19:31:45 +0000

With the search for green solutions, more and more schools, corporations and governments are turning to rooftop solar panels for energy. R+C has worked extensively as a design engineer and consultant on rooftop solar mounting projects throughout the U.S., contributed to the development of design guidelines for resisting wind and earthquake forces on rooftop arrays, and participated in seismic shake table tests for these types of systems.

R+C associate, Karl Telleen, has recently co-authored a document that addresses the need for guidelines for mounting solar arrays on flat and low-sloping roofs. This American Society of Civil Engineers publication presents recommendations for the structural design of these solar arrays for wind loading not currently addressed in ASCE 7.

> Learn more

R+C’s New Chief Marketing Officer

ruthchekblog — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 19:10:40 +0000

Julie Satterwhite is Rutherford + Chekene’s new Chief Marketing Officer and will direct R+C’s marketing and business development. Her past marketing roles in the AEC industry have included participation in shaping overall strategy, management of firm-wide marketing initiatives, and business development activities.

Throughout her 20-year marketing career, clients have benefited from her creative ideas, and effective strategic planning and execution. She is a relationship builder with a natural ability to develop trust at all levels of an organization and with clients. Educated at the University of Washington, Julie has a B.A. in Communications, a B.A. in International Studies, and a M.Ed. in Educational Leadership & Policy Studies.

Julie is involved in various professional organizations including the Pacific Regional Council of the Society of College and University Planners, the Society for Marketing Professional Services, and CoreNet Northern California.

For new business opportunities, please contact Julie at jsatterwhite@ruthchek.com or 415.568.4423.

R+C’s Newest Director

ruthchekblog — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 15:30:42 +0000

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.

R+C Participates in CANstruction

ruthchekblog — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 23:11:16 +0000

San Francisco’s CANstruction is a rather unique and creative fundraising event benefiting the SF Food Bank. This year’s theme, CANnes Film Festival, is focused around the motion pictures and talented individuals celebrated in this international film festival. Teams design and build sculptures from food cans that will be on display at One Market Street the week before Thanksgiving, November 12-17. Structures are deconstructed on November 18th when all cans are donated to the SF Food Bank.

R+C is partnering with Huntsman Architectural Group and GCI General Contractors to design and build a sculpture based on the Disney-Pixar film UP, the first 3-D animated feature film to be screened at the Cannes Film Festival’s opening ceremony.

>> Learn more about our project: Look UP: Flying Cans!

>> Donate to our CANstruction team

R+C’s Newest Associate Principal

ruthchekblog — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 16:56:13 +0000

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