A tree grows in Napa A private golf clubhouse on family-owned vineyard knoll is reimagined with nature in mind. Thanks to Marin Magazine for featuring a project we collaborated on with the talented Karin Payson and Plath...
Congratulations to FTF's Jillian van Enckevort for being elected as a new member of the Structural Engineers Association of Southern California (SEAOSC) Board for the term 2023-2025! Bravo! "Jillian's structural engineering journey began when she was...
FTF Founder and Principal Randy Collins recently returned to his alma mater, UCSD, where he attended an all-day Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure (NHERI) Industry-Academia Workshop and visited the Englekirk Structural Engineering Center....
Author: John Dal Pino Contributors: Claire Hu, Elizabeth Bognar, and Hongxun Yang Below is an inside look at John's full report on Ferndale. Introduction & Objectives Between Christmas and New Year's, I led a small group of young...
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...
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...
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,...
This past year, despite all odds, we helped get over 75 kids out on beautiful Mount Tamalpais in Marin County through FTF’s sponsorship of the Redwood High School Mountain Bike Team...
Marin City Health and Wellness Clinic Expanding in Marin When the Marin City Health and Wellness project started in late 2018, I was excited to partner with Quezada Architecture to expand free healthcare services and provide...