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FTF Celebrates 20 Years! FTF Engineering celebrates 20 years of creative solutions. With offices in seismically challenged San Francisco and San Luis Obispo, we focus on the safety, technical, and environmental aspects of construction as structural engineers. Collaborating with top architects and general contractors, we work on residential, commercial, hospitality, and historic projects in the […]
FTF Engineering’s Founder and Principal, Randy Collins, sat down with The Modern Architect host Tom Dioro, architect aficionado and principal of Accurate, to discuss the unique world of structural engineering. In this episode, Randy touches on his journey to becoming a structural engineer, what it was like starting his own firm just five years out […]
FTF was pleased to partner with Aleck Wilson Architects on this gorgeous home build in San Carlos. According to CA Home + Design, when tasked with designing a new ground-up home for former clients that were recent empty nesters, they spent considerable time on the hillside site, mapping the views and view corridors to site […]
FTF’s own Jillian van Enckevort, S.E. contributed this article on the challenging historical retrofit of The Printery in the Central California coastal town of Atascadero. The Printery is a 14,000 square foot unreinforced historic brick building, originally built in 1914. Severely damaged in an earthquake in 2003 and subsequently abandoned, we are working with local organizers […]
Happy New Year from all of us at FTF! 2021 was quite a year, and we were proud to have worked with our partners at HOK Group and Hensel-Phelps to complete the beautiful new Courtyard 3 Connector at SFO (pictured above). Featured Projects Hospitality — Amy’s Drive-Thru, Corte Madera, CA Size: 4,170 sf | Architect: […]