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Industry
  
engineering consulting

Founded
  
1960

Website
  
www.ruthchek.com

Type of business
  
Private

Rutherford + Chekene wwwruthchekcomimglogopng

Headquarters
  
San Francisco, California, United States

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Rutherford + Chekene is a structural and geotechnical engineering firm in California specializing in new design and retrofit of structures for clients in sectors that include healthcare, higher education, corporate, research and development, art and education, and technology.

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Rutherford + Chekene began implementing 3-D modeling to produce building information models (BIM) in 2005. R+C has developed more than $3 billion in construction using BIM created with Revit, Tekla and other software.

Notable projects

  • Structural engineer of record for the new Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art at UC Davis
  • Seismic consulting for bridging documents and structural and geotechnical peer review of the San Francisco International Airport Air Traffic Control Tower
  • UCSF Smith Cardiovascular Research Building at Mission Bay
  • UC Merced Science and Engineering Building 2, Merced
  • New Exploratorium, San Francisco
  • UC Berkeley Boalt Hall Law Library, Berkeley
  • UC Davis Gallagher Hall and Conference Center for the UC Davis Graduate School of Management, Davis
  • Designing for Wind Loads on Solar Arrays, California
  • De Young Museum, San Francisco
  • Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey
  • Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing
  • Renovation and expansion of the UC Santa Cruz McHenry Library, Santa Cruz
  • Genentech Hall, QB3, and hospital at the UCSF Mission Bay campus
  • Pixar Animation Studios, Emeryville
  • California Strong Motion Instrumentation Program (CSMIP) Study
  • Geotechnical engineer of record for the California Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park
  • Seismic consulting after the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, New Zealand

    • Awards

  • Structural Engineering Association of Northern California, 2013 Excellence in Structural Engineering, Award of Excellence in Retrofit/Alternation - Exploratorium
  • AIA California Council, Urban Design Award, 2011
  • McGraw Hill Construction, Best of 2010
  • 2010 Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal, Structures Award for Community Impact
  • SEAONC Excellence in Structural Engineering, Award of Excellence, New Construction, 2010
  • California Preservation Foundation Award, 2009
  • Society of College and University Planners, Merit Award for Excellence in Architecture for Restoration/Preservation, 2009

    • References

    Rutherford + Chekene Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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