Rutherford & Chekene, San Francisco, California, USA
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| Engineering Firm | Rutherford & Chekene |
| People | Mark Saunders, S.E.; , president; David Bleiman, S.E.; Dominic Campi, S.E.; Helen Fehr, S.E.; Larry Fournier; William Holmes, S.E.; Afshar Jalalian, S.E.; Gyimah Kasali, G.E., Ph.D.; Thomas Lauck, S.E.; Bret Lizundia, S.E; Joe Maffei, S.E., Ph.D.; Richard Niewiarowski, S.E.; Peter Revelli, S.E.; Patrick Ryan, S.E.; Joseph Ungerer, S.E.; Wayne Wong, S.E |
| Address | 55 Second St, Suite 600 |
| San Francisco, California, 94105 USA | |
| Telephone | 415-568-4400 |
| Fax | 415-618-0684 |
| info@ruthchek.com | |
| Web Site | http://www.ruthchek.com |
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Structural Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, Prime Consultant, Retrofitting, Expert Review, Research, Building Information Modeling (BIM), Sustainable Design
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Established in 1960, Rutherford & Chekene is one of California’s foremost engineering practices providing structural and geotechnical engineering. With a staff of 95, R&C has held responsibility for the design and construction of over 6,000,000 square feet of office space in the last decade for clients that include leading corporate, institutional and development companies.
Structural engineers at Rutherford & Chekene have designed projects using Revit since 2004. With over $3B in design or construction utilizing the software, the firm has leveraged this extensive BIM experience to improve the dynamics of communications within the design team and with clients to create a more satisfying and collaborative experience. For instance, R&C recently participated on the successful design/build team competing for the UC Davis Graduate School of Management where the BIM model was developed to support "real-time" cost estimating within the team. Autodesk awarded a Revit BIM Experience Award to R&C in 2008 in recognition of its innovative use of the software.
The first engineer-mandated use of fly ash in concrete was by R&C for the Monterey Bay Aquarium in 1984, and high volume fly ash (HVFA) since 1997 for UC Berkeley Wurster Hall (first UC Berkeley Project that incorporated high volume fly ash). This collaborative effort between R&C, UC Berkeley, and other members of the design team familiarized the local suppliers and contractors and opened doors for UC Berkeley to use HVFA in its other projects. Today the R&C portfolio includes many LEED certified facilities including Platinum certified buildings.
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Apple, Inc. Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach ARCO Park Sports Stadium, Sacramento Bay Area Rapid Transit District Berkeley Public Library The Brookfield Zoo, Chicago California Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco California Department of General Services California Department of Justice California Judicial Council, Administrative Office of the Courts California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development The California Science Center and Aquarium, Exposition Park, Los Angeles California State University System, Bakersfield, Chico, East Bay, Humboldt, Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Sonoma Catholic Healthcare West The City and County of San Francisco Copia: The American Center for Wine, Food & the Arts, Napa The Ferry Building and Pier One Renovation, Port of San Francisco Fort Mason Pier One, San Francisco Genentech Corporation Graduate Theological Union Library, Berkeley Hanna House Retrofit (Frank Lloyd Wright), Stanford Hewlett-Packard Company Kaiser Permanente Healthcare Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital, Stanford Micron Technology Mills College, Oakland Monterey Bay Aquarium Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute Moss Landing Marine Laboratory Monterey Maritime Museum Mountain View Civic Center and Theater National Marine Fisheries Services Lab for NOAA The New de Young Museum for the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Oakland International Airport Ohlone College Performing Arts Center, Fremont Oregon Shakespeare Festival PIXAR Animation Studios, Emeryville Pacific Gas & Electric Redwood City Library Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco The San Francisco Exploratorium The San Francisco Giants Baseball The San Francisco International Airport The San Francisco Zoo Sacred Heart School, Atherton San Jose Opera Schools of the Sacred Heart, San Francisco Shedd Aquarium, Chicago Signature Properties Stanford University & Medical Center Sun Microsystems, Newark, CA SunCal Companies Sutter Healthcare System Town Park Towers, San Jose Turtle Bay Ecology Museum, Redding United Airlines, San Francisco International Airport United States Department of State, Overseas Buildings Operations United States General Services Administration Seismic/Structural/Blast Services, Nationwide University of California at Berkeley, San Diego, Santa Cruz, Davis, Irvine, Merced, Riverside and San Francisco Veterans Administration Wareham Development Wilson Mean Development Company Yerba Buena Gardens Center for the Arts Theater, San Francisco
