Go team go! Akshay Patil, E.I.T, Gregory Kato, PE, and Kai Hayashida, SE survived the 30th Anniversary Ketchum-Downtown YMCA Stair Climb this past Friday at the 1,005-foot tall U.S. Bank Tower. 75 floors, 1,664 steps and over $600,000 dollars raised for YMCA community programs. We are so proud !!
As the original SEOR for Hollywood & Highland, we were happy to be a part of the major tenant improvement project for their rebrand to Ovation Hollywood. A new 332″ LED video wall, conversion of 100,000 square feet of retail space into creative office space, and new landscaping elements were added. We loved working with W.E.…
Fellow Englekirkers enjoyed the 12th Annual ACE Golf Classic Fundraiser last Friday supporting the ACE Mentorship program. The ACE Los Angeles Mentorship program brings Architecture, Construction and Engineering industry exposure and potential opportunities to high school students in grades 10 through 12. Shoutout to Kai Hayashida, SE, Ashley Gaur, PE, SE, and Mitchel Le Heux for your commitment to…
We are excited to share an update on our progress on 520 Mateo Street; the 35-story tower in the Arts District named Alloy. Go team go! With Carmel Partners, Works Progress Architecture, and Solomon Cordwell Buenz.
The United States Courthouse in San Diego is a 487,421 square foot state-of-the-art facility that includes a 17-story EBF (Eccentric Braced Frame) steel tower over 2 levels of below grade concrete slabs, beams, and walls. The structure at 320 feet exceeded the building code height limit for EBF lateral system. Alternative non-linear design procedures were required…
Englekirk / WSP was a proud sponsor of the 2nd North America Asian American Real Estate Investment Forum this past weekend in Anaheim with company representatives, Qingzhi (Andy) Liu and Da Huang in attendance. The event drew in over 400 people and included panel discussions and presentations from California State Treasurer, Fiona Ma, Anaheim City Manager Rick Sharga, and…
We loved checking out Thomas Safran & Associates and William Hezmalhalch Architects’ new senior affordable housing complex in Reseda. It was a pleasure to be a part of the team that helped bring the 4-story, 26-unit apartment to life!
The City of Riverside’s Main Library is located on Mission Inn Avenue in Downtown Riverside. The 42,000-square foot, four-story building boasts expansive views of the mountain ranges that visitors may enjoy in addition to an archive reading room, children’s room, innovation center, outdoor terrace, and the Friends of the Riverside Public Library bookstore. Shoutout to Johnson…
Thank you to Kevin Tsai Architecture for inviting us to the Gold Nugget Awards last week, it was a blast! Shoutout to our tablemates KTA, GR Properties, and Green MEP Engineering Consulting for the best evening.
Englekirk team members traveled down to the Englekirk Structural Engineering Center, UC San Diego last week to observe the NHERI DesignSafe Tallwood Project. The 10-story, mass timber building is the tallest full-scale building to be tested on a shake table simulator and passed with flying colors!