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New Addition to Staff at WDP's New York Area Office

WDP is pleased to announce that Savita Goel has recently joined WDP's New York Area office as Senior Consultant.

Savita is a structural engineer with 20 years of professional experience in structural engineering with about 9 years of which in the field of forensic engineering including litigation support services and insurance claim evaluation. The first 10 years of her career, she worked on structural analysis and design for industrial and commercial buildings in India and Malaysia. She has additional expertise in high performance concrete and co-authored Best Construction Practices for Bridge Decks in Pennsylvania for Penn DOT.

Prior to WDP, Savita worked with Thornton Tomasetti in New York. As a key member of the multi-hazard (hurricane, earthquake, and blast) risk assessment services, she played an instrumental role to develop and market services, and manage and deliver projects.

An active participant in industry organizations, Savita is a member of the American Institute of Steel Construction, ASTM, and the Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS). She is also a member of ACI Committees 370 Blast and Impact Load Effects; 440 Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Reinforcement; 440F FRP Repair and Strengthening; 130 Sustainability of Concrete; and 201 Durability of Concrete. She is an active member of the ASTM Task Group 06.25.83 – Standard for Wind Probable Maximum Loss (PML).

Savita is a registered Professional Engineer in New Jersey. She received an M.S. degree in Civil Engineering from Penn State University and received an M.S. degree in Physics and a B.S. degree in Civil Engineering from Birla Institute of Technology & Sciences, Pilani, India.

Please feel free to contact Savita at sgoel@wdpa.com

 


Brown and Wagner Earn Professional Engineering Licenses

We would like to congratulate Michael Brown of our Austin, Texas office and Andrew Wagner of our Charlottesville, Virginia office on becoming licensed Professional Engineers in their respective states.

Dr. Michael Brown's experience includes investigation of distressed structures and subsequent design of necessary repairs. He has worked with reinforced, prestressed, and post-tensioned concrete structures as well as steel structures. Dr. Brown also performs nondestructive testing (NDT) on various types of concrete structural systems. He received his B.S.C.E. from The University of Texas at Austin, and his master's degree (2002) focused on concrete materials while his doctorate focused on the design and behavior of concrete structures subjected to shear forces.

Andrew Wagner participates in structural, material, and architectural engineering activities, specializing in masonry wall inspection and design. He has worked for WDP since May 2007 during which time he has analyzed water penetration issues, structural concerns and material compatibility issues as they pertain to masonry walls, windows and flashings. Mr. Wagner received his Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from Virginia Tech and is involved with the Central Virginia Chapter of CSI.

 


Randall Poston Publishes Paper

Randall W. Poston, Ph.D., P.E., S.E., recently published a paper with Charles W. Dolan (Univeristy of Wyoming) titled "Reorganization of the ACI 318 Building Code" in Structural Concrete (2011) No. 2
Wilhelm Ernst & Sohn – Verlag für Architektur und technische Wissenschaften GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin, Germany

 


WDP Receives ICRI Award of Merit

WDP was recently award the International Concrete Repair Institute (ICRI) Award of Merit in the Masonry category for the Litton Reaves Hall - Masonry Facade Repairs project, located at Virginia Polytechnic and State University (Virginia Tech). The formal award was presented to WDP during the ICRI fall convention in Pittsburgh.

 


WDP Principal featured in Concrete International Magazine

Randy Poston, Ph.D., P.E., S.E., recently co-authored an article featured in Concrete International, the magazine of the American Concrete Institute. The article is titled "The Reorganized ACI 318 Code Structure: Building consensus on a member-based format" and can be viewed here. Dr. Poston is an active member of numerous national and international technical committees, including ACI Committee 318 – Structural Concrete Building Code, for which he is now Chair of the committee. Questions? Contact rposton@wdpa.com.

 


2010 TMS Service Award presented to Andy Dalrymple

At The Masonry Society's 2010 Annual Meeting Awards Luncheon, the TMS Vice President presented three Society's Service Awards to WDP's Andy Dalrymple and two other recipients. The Masonry Society started this award in 2006 to recognize individuals who volunteer in special, and typically unseen, ways. The intent of the award is to recognize those who continually assist the Society, but who are not normally recognized for their efforts.