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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 […]
We are thrilled to announce our commitment to the #SE2050 Challenge to work toward net-zero embodied carbon structural systems by 2050! FTF Designer, Josefine Olsson, LEED Green Associate, will be leading this effort to educate our staff on embodied carbon, run Life Cycle Assessments (LCA), implement embodied carbon-reducing strategies in our projects, and has created a comprehensive Embodied Carbon […]
For the past four years, we have been actively working with the LBE (Local Business Enterprise) Advisory Committee to build consensus among business leaders and convince political leaders that these revenue limit increases – the first in 23 years – will enable San Francisco small businesses to grow, prosper, and successfully graduate from the program. Thanks to […]
In July of 2020, we received word that one of our most important projects was completed – the Children’s Academy, high on a hill above Port-au-Prince in Haiti. Together with BAR Architects and their team, we developed and coordinated the design of a 2,700 square foot earthquake- and hurricane-resistant expansion to the school by adding a […]
The Second Studio (formerly The Midnight Charette) is an explicit podcast about design, architecture, and the everyday. Hosted by Architects David Lee and Marina Bourderonnet, it features different creative professionals in unscripted conversations that allow for thoughtful takes and personal discussions. This week David and Marina are joined by Randy Collins S.E., Founder and Principal of FTF Engineering, […]
When the infamous San Andreas Fault runs directly through the driveway of your new home site, you might consider spending a little extra money on the best structural engineer to come up with a creative and effective solution to ensure you and your investment survive the next Big One. Check out an excerpt from an […]
FTF’s own John Dal Pino, S.E. and Larisa Enachi contributed this article to the Engineer’s Notebook on the ability to determine approximate answers to complicated problems, which comes in handy in the real world of engineering, how approximate analytical techniques are the foundations of structural engineering. Click to read full article in STRUCTURE Magazine