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Aaron Brothers Art & Framing
This retail building had a roof diaphragm deflection concern that, again, necessitated the need for creative design solutions.

Corona VW
This car dealership presented unique design situations with its tall, angled storefront columns and incorporating a lateral resisting system within those parameters.

Hank’s Electrical
This concrete masonry retail building was value engineered to create an economical design.

Ocean Ranch Medical Building
In addition to the shell design, the creative canopy designs presented the opportunity for us at SWSE to evaluate many options for a unique yet cost-effective solution.

Tolle Jewelry Shop
This dual-purpose building of apartments built atop a retail store demanded creative prowess in order to utilize the existing foundation system and additional demands for thin framing sandwich to adhere to the building envelope.

White Dental Office
This medical office building in Laguna Niguel incorporated long interior spans with light and heavy timber framing.

2300 Building
As one of our specialties, mullion engineering allows this magnificent glasswork to be aesthetically attached to the main structure.  Our wide range of façade engineering has become in high demand due to stricter building codes and more creative architecture.

Cerritos Millenium Library
A beautiful example of metal stud framing for the building façade.

Harrahs-Rincon Casino
Both exterior and interior light gauge metal studs were designed in multiple situations to present a stunning atmosphere.

International Elementary School
This creative school architecture received a design award for which every side presented differing design issues for the exterior metal stud façade system.

King Drew Elementary School
Another enormous school for which we were retained by the contractor to design the façade system in Los Angeles County.

Orange County Transportation & Management Center
This colorful building façade constructed of metal studs and plaster exemplifies curtain wall engineering.

Garden Grove Intersection Improvement
This four-sided steel truss structure spans 290 feet across a Garden Grove intersection, then continues an additional 70 feet to a unique sail structure.  Foundations to resist liquid faction presented creative solutions for which our ability to work with other consultants proved to be our strength.  (Bridge is currently in design phase, soon to be in construction.)

Laguna Lido
This bridge had extensive corrosion damage from the salt air exposure.  The structure was retrofitted in place while allowing pedestrian traffic throughout the construction.

Saks 5^th Avenue
A unique railing in Las Vegas, which we were retained to retrofit after installation.  SWSE determined that due to the mass, resonance occurred with pedestrian lateral loading and reduction of it’s natural period was required.

House of Brews
This colorful entrance matches the creative interior.  Our knowledge of metal stud framing contributes to an efficient design.

Karl Strauss Brewery
This upscale tenant improvement included both exterior & interior modifications in South Coast Metro.

LA Fitness Laguna Niguel
An extensive remodel of this facility, once again, created unique design situations to achieve the architect’s vision for this tenant improvement.

Opah
An elegant seafood restaurant tenant improvement displaying the versatility of metal stud construction.

Joy Street
One of our commercial projects utilizing our vast knowledge of tilt-up engineering.  We have adapted to the growing demand for more creative architecture, thereby pushing the limits of structural engineering.

Maxell
One of the million plus square feet of tilt-up buildings for which Scott Wallace was a part of the design team in the Otay Mesa Expansion.

Right Connections
This box-type tilt-up building incorporated a steel framed 2^nd floor to withstand heavy storage loads.

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