Education

B.S. in Civil Engineering California State University, Los Angeles, CA

M.S. in Civil Engineering with emphasis in structural design, California State University, Los Angeles, CA

Registrations

Registered Professional Engineer (Civil), CA76549, AZ60558, NV23598, TX121028, WA52918, OR97219

Training

ASHERA 24 hour asbestos inspection course Risa 3D/tnxTower

HAAG certified roof inspector Ocalc-Pro

ASTM2026/2557 Seismic Risk Assessment

Highlights

Mr. Lee’s technical expertise stems from over 16 years of engineering practice. His technical expertise focuses on structural design for new and existing buildings, seismic risk assessments, and structural/forensic investigations.

7 years of experience in seismic risk assessments.

12 years of experience in structural design of structural design of construction projects.

10 years of experience in assessments of existing buildings supporting cell carriers; i.e. Verizon, AT&T.

2 years of experience in Forensic reporting and existing building code evaluations.

2 years of experience in Jurisdictional plan review.

Experience Summary

Mr. Lee has 12 years of experience in structural design of residential and commercial projects, including wood, concrete, steel and masonry structures. His design work as project engineer includes new construction, expansion, renovation, remodel, structural observation, structural review, forensic reporting and construction administration. He has extensive experience with repair and retrofit for roof collapse, fire damage and foundation settlement as well as seismic retrofit design. His design work includes commercial remodeling, residential repair, and the repair of building failures.

Seismic Risk Assessments

~1,000 Seismic risk evaluations of individual buildings and portfolios; probabilistic and scenario losses; multi-hazard analyses; business disruption and loss mitigation assessments. Author seismic risk assessment reports for real estate transactions in accordance with industry practices.

Building Design/Seismic Retrofit

Engineering and construction documentation for new and existing buildings; residential and commercial structures; design experience with steel, concrete, masonry, and wood-frame construction. He has performed fire damage repairs, roof collapses, wood truss design and repairs, and equipment anchorages. Perform structural calculations in accordance with modern and historic building codes in support of building investigations and seismic retrofit analysis and design.

Telecommunications Building Design

Commercial building rooftop analysis and engineering designs & calculations to install AT&T and Verizon networks (Antennas, Remote Radio units, Fiber, H-frames). He has designed building equipment rooms and rooftop steel platforms supporting equipment cabinets, as well as designing FRP (r/f friendly) screens. Mr. Lee has designed new and existing attachments and foundations to public right-of-way structures - wood, steel, concrete poles for the support of small cell projects.

Plan Reviewer

Mr. Lee has 2 years of experience in performing structural engineering work in the checking of designs, plans, and specifications for variety of structures for compliance for the City of Los Angeles Building & Municipal Codes.

Forensics Consulting

As a Structural Project Engineer Mr. Lee has performed inspection and reports for the repair design for fire damage, earthquake damage, wind-damage, roof collapse, moisture intrusion and foundation settlement of buildings, parking decks and retaining walls, investigation of structural failures, vehicle impact damage to buildings, dry rot, ground settlement, differential foundation movement, including identification of cause and origin, and construction defects for a wide range of residential and commercial insurance claims.

Project Experience

Seismic Risk Consulting

Tesla 45500 Fremont Blvd. Fremont, CA. Seismic risk assessment for (20) manufacturing buildings w/ 4,500,000 sq. ft. cumulative building area.

Wilshire Grand 900 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA. Seismic risk assessment for a 73-story high-rise building w/ 2,013,137 sq. ft. floor area.

Grand Wailea 3840 Alanui Drive Maui, Hawaii. Seismic risk assessment for (10) hotel buildings w/ 1,000,000 sq. ft. cumulative floor area.

The Laramar Group, 901 S. Ardmore Ave. Los Angeles, CA. PML w/ structural report for a four-story 28-unit URM building in koreatown.

Berkeley Point Capital, llc, 16007 Merrill Ave. Fontana, CA, Oasis Townhomes. Seismic risk assessment for a 15-apartment buildings w/107,000 sq. ft. building area.

Jackson Square Properties, 2300 Palisades Dr. Corona, CA, Palisades at Sierra del Oro. Seismic risk assessment for a three-story, 288-unit property w/292,000 sq. ft. building area.

Building Design/Seismic Retrofit

Farbod Rezvani Architects, Structural design of Four new two-story ground up custom homes in W. Los Angeles. 12426 Landale Ave., 4443 Farmdale Ave., 2931 Military Ave., 2947 Kelton Ave.

304 N. Van Ness Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90004, Mandatory soft story seismic retrofit design.

Telecomm Building Design

Verizon Wireless New site builds, Hillhaven 1067 Park View Dr. Covina

Sprint rooftop FRP antenna screens and equipment cabinets, 5155 W. Rosecrans Ave. Hawthorne

Forensics Consulting

Riverside Townhomes, 4807 Beck Ave. Valley Viillage, CA. Structural Fire damage evaluation.

Handling Systems, 2659 E. Magnolia St. Phoenix, AZ. Roof Framing damage evaluation.

Integrity Concrete, 540 Opper St. Escondido, CA. Roof Framing damage evaluation.

Chilton & Leste Mangement, 4762 Maureen Ln. Moorpark, CA. Pavement depression/tree root evaluation.

Franciscan Missionary Sisters, 11320 Laurel Canyon Blvd. San Fernando, CA Elevated Walkway damage.

Apple Campus 2, North Tantau Ave. Cupertino, CA Storm Damage remediation work.

Eastlake country club, 2375 Clubhouse Dr. Chula Vista, CA Vehicle Impact damage evaluation.

Valerie Lee + Associates 4506 W. Jefferson Blvd. Los Angeles, CA Steel portal frame evaluation.

Barker Management, 2023 E. 122nd St. Compton, CA Vehicle damage and construction drawings.

Affiliations

Structural Engineers Association of California (SEAOC)

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

Contact

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