Providing Innovation, Quality and Client Satisfaction

• 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 >
• 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 >
• 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 >
• Ventana Medical Systems wanted a cutting-edge image coupled with quick and economical construction. Tall concrete panels that tilt out 15 degrees helped achieve a clean modern look while meeting the criteria of the local building code. The shell of this award-winning project was completed in just 90 days.
• The City of Tucson’s Westside Police Station was transformed from an aging K-Mart. The 128,000-square-foot project included renovating the existing building, and strengthening the roof purlins and beams with state-of-the-art fiber-reinforced polymers (FRP), plus adding a new steel-framed auditorium and meeting space.
• St. Andrews Presbyterian Church is a 29,000-square-foot two-story sanctuary and education building with exceptional acoustics. The steel-framed structure incorporates wood-timber columns and supports as well as large expanses of glass that provide abundant natural light.
• Structural design is an integral part of dining at North Restaurant – with its curved façade, soaring exposed-steel ceiling and broad expanse of uninterrupted glass to achieve sweeping city views. We used light-gauge metal framing as the vertical support system, creating an open column-free dining room, and keeping costs down.