Schneider Structural Engineers
Schneider & Associates Structural Engineers

“We like their creativity and openness to new ideas.” – Thomas Faulkenberry, Faulkenberry Architects

Innovative Projects

The experts at Schneider Structural Engineers thrive on challenging projects. They research industry advancements, explore unconventional solutions and incorporate new technologies. This experienced team collaborates to create designs that achieve the architect’s vision, introduce “green” alternatives, reduce construction costs and meet client needs. The senior staff is hands-on involved in every project, from design through construction.

Nationwide

  • Schneider Structural Engineers provides the Solar Industry with safe, cost-effective racking systems that withstand wind, sun, snow and seismic forces. Since 2002 our engineers have designed the racking that supports more than 400 photovoltaic power system projects in 27 states, including ground-mounted, roof-mounted, ballasted and tracking systems. Our designs utilize custom aluminum extrusions, which are lightweight and corrosion resistant. On large-scale projects, we saved our clients millions of dollars. < view project profile >



Anchorage

  • The F-22 Squadron Operations Facility and Aircraft Hangar is a $38.9 million project at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Alaska. The column-free 37,000-square-foot hangar for six aircraft is the first structure on the base to use buckling-restrained braced-frame seismic resisting (BRBF) technology. This provides a greater level of reliability in a large seismic event and is more economical than conventional steel bracing systems. < view project profile >
  • Schneider Structural Engineers value-engineered the seismic retrofit of the 14-story McKinley Tower, damaged in the largest earthquake recorded in North America. Ultra-thin polymers that can attain twice the strength of steel were introduced as an affordable alternative to obtrusive concrete shear walls. < view project profile >
  • The engineers at Schneider Structural Engineers peeled away the exterior of the Alaska Railroad Freight Shed in downtown Anchorage to add an energy-efficient core and shell. This will be the first historic building in Alaska to go “green” and be LEED® certification. < view project profile >

Phoenix

  • When construction costs soared, Schneider Structural Engineers re-engineered the Holiday Inn Phoenix using an innovative combination of concrete first floor and wood-framed upper floors. This solution brought the project within budget and allowed the client to build on schedule. < view project profile >



Tucson

  • One challenge of the Pima Emergency Communications and Operations Center was to bring the cast-in-place concrete building up to code for “essential facilities” like hospitals and emergency response centers. Another was to engineer the addition to be blast resistant. The engineering solution strengthens the existing structure with a roof diaphragm of lightweight concrete, reinforced masonry shearwalls and retrofitted pre-cast concrete tees. This design preserves the structure’s modern architectural integrity. < view project profile >
  • Fire Central in downtown Tucson features a 45-foot tower housing a fire bell cast in the 1800s. The site’s soft sandy soil called for slipform on the caisons and piers to stabilize the foundation before constructing the 132-space underground parking garage and 70,000-
    sqaure-foot fire station and battalion headquarters. This project incorporates state-of-the-art technology and display niches for a fire museum complete with antique fire engine. < view project profile >
  • Our earth-friendly engineering earned LEED® Platinum certification for a Northern Arizona University research facility. Innovations included reducing the building’s carbon footprint 40 percent by lowering the concrete content and introducing fly ash, a by-product of coal burning. < view project profile >
  • Northwest Fire District Station 33 is a striking example of collaboration and innovation. Architects, the fire district, engineers and neighbors were engaged in the design process. Autoclaved aerated concrete walls insulate and sound proof the living quarters, interfacing with traditional CMU for apparatus bays. < view project profile >