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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: […]
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
FTF Featured in Dwell Magazine When the surf-loving client’s main ask is to “see the waves from wherever you are,” we deliver — including turning the third floor into a spacious communal living area that features a wall of windows that would hold up to a seismic event and bear the force of the daily […]