Eric has worked in regions of high seismicity around the world at all scales, from tall towers to museums, embassies, retrofits, and works of art. Eric leads SOM’s West Coast Structural Engineering practice and his portfolio highlights include: The Cathedral of Christ of the Light in Oakland, 350 Mission (Salesforce East), 500 Folsom and the new luxury waterfront residences One Steuart Lane in San Francisco. Beyond the Bay Area, Eric has led the structural design for the United States Embassy in Beijing, the Fairmont at Kenye Center in Nanjing, and the United States Courthouse in downtown Los Angeles. He is nearing completion on the San Mateo County Office Building 3 in Redwood City, slated to be the first mass-timber net-zero-energy civic building in the nation.
Based in SOM’s Los Angeles Studio, Kevin collaborates closely with the architectural and building services teams. He is experienced in advanced analysis of various building components and complex structures and is involved in the integration of architectural and structural design tools with BIM modeling and documentation as well as the implementation of embodied carbon reduction strategies. Kevin’s portfolio includes the recently completed LAX Airport Police Facility, the headquarters tasked with public safety and security at the second largest airport in the United States, and the 707 Fifth St (Manulife Place) office tower in Calgary, Alberta. Current pursuits include Antara Phase II development, a 43-story mixed-use project in Mexico City
The successful completion of a project depends upon the integration of architectural design, structural detailing, and construction methods, with the most impactful ones born out of a synergy between the three stakeholders. This collaborative approach can also lead to material savings for the client as well as a reduction in the embodied carbon of the completed structure. This seminar will provide insight into how site conditions and architectural vision influenced the structural solutions adopted for a series of projects and how the implementation of these structural solutions required innovative approaches to documentation and collaboration with the construction teams. New ideas in materials and structural systems will also be explored that represent a furthering of the synthesis between architecture, structure, and construction.