Jefferson Park Terrace Preserves Original Fatburger

Mercy Housing created an art deco inspired 4-story, 49,000 sf apartment complex that houses a LA landmark, the original Fatburger on the ground floor! The structure utilizes a gravity system of wood framing over a concrete podium, and a lateral system with wood shear walls above the podium with special reinforced concrete shear walls below.…

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Tom Sabol inducted to College of Fellows by SEAOC

Tom Sabol inducted to College of Fellows by the SEAOC-Structural Engineers Association of California Board of Directors to honor esteemed members who have provided distinguished service to the Association and made outstanding contributions in the field of structural engineering. and made outstanding contributions in the field of structural engineering.    

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Telephone Building – a spectacular vision of the age of Art Deco

As the first major seismic strengthening project approved by the City of Santa Monica since establishing their seismic retrofit program, the Telephone Building at 7th St. and Arizona Ave. is a spectacular vision of the age of Art Deco. View more: Santa Monica Press – The Telephone Building at 1314 Seventh St. is undergoing a…

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Long awaited Blossom Plaza Underway in LA’s Chinatown

The long-awaited Blossom Plaza mixed use project is underway in LA’s Chinatown, bringing 240 residential units, restaurants and retail space to the Gold Line serviced community. Watch the 3’0” thick mat foundation pour from Saturday. Video courtesy of the awesome Benchmark Contractors, Inc Blossom Plaza Team!

National Award of Merit in the Educational Facilities

The California Institute of Technology Cooperative Preschool at Caltech has won a National Award of Merit in the Educational Facilities from the Design-Build Institute of America and is a nominee for a National Award of Excellence in that category. The project consists of a number of one-story on-grade wood framed structures with a combined gross…

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KWHY Channel 22 News Studio

Once used by a Hollywood lighting company and as a rehearsal hall for the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the adaptive reuse of a two-story warehouse space is the new home for KWHY Channel 22 News Studio.

Cal Poly SLO SEAOC Student Visit

Englekirk was recently lucky enough to host the Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Chapter of Structural Engineers Association of Southern California. Our alumni guided students through the office sharing projects and engineering experiences. The students also enjoyed taking in a job site visit to a nearby project within walking distance of our downtown office. We…

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