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AMERICEC offers the full range of civil/structural and seismic engineering services, from pre-design consultations through checking, evaluations and assessments, and to preliminary and detailed designs and construction support and supervision. The projects of the AMERICEC team have utilized all types of construction including wood, steel reinforced concrete (cast-in-place or pre-cast); pre-stressed concrete (cast-in-place post-tensioned or pre-cast pre-tensioned); steel frame; and composite steel, for a wide variety of facilities including office buildings, mixed-use, commercial buildings, apartment buildings, residential, schools and universities, religious facilities, hospitals, and others. We have significant experience in the code requirements, reviews and assessments of geotechnical analyses and reports, and computer applications and structural analyses programs. We work very closely with well known US and International architectural and engineering firms to streamline the coordination process between the various engineering disciplines and provide a seamless comprehensive design. In addition, the AMERICEC team has the requisite background in all facets of the wide ranging civil engineering discipline to handle transportation, environmental, electrical and mechanical and industrial/power/communications assignments. We are known for contributing resourceful and incisive engineering talent to every project within the framework of providing our clients with maximum value for our services. SERVICES
REPRESENTATIVE PROJECTS BY THE AMERICEC TEAM Structural Engineering/Blast Resistance Design Services
From May through October 2007, AMERICEC provided Saudi CEC, our affiliate in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), with comprehensive structural engineering design services, to also address blast resistance, for several buildings comprising the proposed Saudi Chevron-Phillips new Administration Office Complex in Jubail, KSA. The facilities consist of a two-story Administration Building (110,000 sq. ft.) with a connected one-story Cafeteria (13,000 sq. ft.), a Musalla, a Gate House, and a Main Gate Security Station. AMERICEC’s services were primarily undertaken at our Tarzana, South California office, in coordination with Saudi CEC’s Architectural Department; with a 2-week trip to Saudi CEC’s offices in Al-Khobar, KSA, at about the 40% completion stage, by Samir Ekmekji, our director and senior structural/seismic manager for meetings with the Client, the architect, and the multi-disciplinary engineering team, and for performing some design work in Al-Khobar.
AMERICEC’s services covered the following tasks:
The Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) is the largest Community College District in the Nation and comprises nine public two-year community colleges serving over one hundred cities and communities in an area encompassing 882 square miles. Since July 2003, AMERICEC has been undertaking campus-wide infrastructure utilities surveying, mapping, assessments, and engineering planning at Los Angeles City College (LACC), one of the nine community colleges comprising LACCD. LACC was established on September 9, 1929 on the former site of UCLA, and the campus covers 48 acres on the Northeast side of Hollywood. With an enrollment figure of about 17,000 students, LACC is the fourth largest of the nine campuses.
AMERICEC developed an appreciably more accurate, up-to-date, underground
utility and infrastructure as-built plan to aid in all new construction
per LACC’s Master Plan. Prior to commencing the field investigations,
AMERICEC performed an in-depth examination of numerous old documents and
drawings obtained from the campus management team and several public
agencies. AMERICEC also played the key role of liaising with the Client
and coordinating and supervising the different aspects of the project
ranging from underground utility locating and tracing, to surveying and
digital data capture, to office field data reduction and processing, as
well as map production. Throughout the entire project, AMERICEC ensured
QA/QC controls were properly maintained and implemented to the
satisfaction of the Construction Project Management Team. AMERICEC also
completed capacity calculations, analyses, and needs assessments, and
utility engineering planning studies for the demands (existing and
projected under the new campus wide master plan) placed on the water,
wastewater, storm water, and gas systems. All the data collected are
structured and formatted to allow easy conversion into a GIS database.
The tasks involved in this project are important steps in support of any
new construction, and can save time and money during the implementation
phase. Obtaining data in GIS format contributes towards future planning
and upgrading since GIS will become a standard practice used in all
design and construction as well as planning. The comprehensive planning
and assessment reports for the four utility systems were submitted in
early July 2005. AMERICEC, working with The Albert Group Architects (TAG) completed the detailed structural/seismic and HVAC/plumbing engineering design for the Barnes Park Community Center in the city of Baldwin Park, California. The Community Center comprised a single story recreational building on an area of approximately 3,800 sq. ft., with masonry and wood walls, concrete floor, and wood roof construction. AMERICEC also
provided construction support services including site visits during
construction, review of shop drawings, responses to RFIs, and redesign
services as a result of occurring changes.
AMERICEC also working with TAG, is
under contract to complete the detailed structural/seismic and
HVAC/plumbing engineering design for the Sycamore Park Community Center
in the city of Diamond Bar, California. The Community Center will
consist of a new single story recreational building with no basement,
adjacent to an existing building on an area of approximately 4,600 sq.
ft., with exterior trellises, masonry and wood walls, concrete floor, a
partial double volume with two levels, and wood roof construction.
AMERICEC provided TAG with the detailed
structural engineering design for the modernization of a 13,000 sq.ft.
community center gymnasium in Perris, California. The project also
involved a structural study for the seismic strengthening to meet the
1997 Uniform Building Code. AMERICEC also provided construction support
services including site visits during construction, review of shop
drawings, responses to RFIs, and redesign services as a result of
occurring changes.
AMERICEC’s director, Samir Ekmekji,
managed the detailed structural design of the seismic strengthening and
renovation of the sanctuary building in Manhattan Beach, California. The
building consists of masonry walls and arched glue laminated beams. The
sanctuary has a main floor, a substantial balcony floor, and a stage
with structural steel catwalk extending over to the center of the
sanctuary for theatrical features. A new glass front was added to the
main entrance of the building supported by a steel armature.
AMERICEC’s director, Samir Ekmekji,
managed the detailed structural design of Hollywood Western Development,
a four-story steel frame mixed-use building over a subterranean partial
garage in Hollywood, California. The project was constructed over the
Metro substation.
AMERICEC’s director, Samir Ekmekji,
managed the detailed structural design of the Community Center building
in the Skid Row area of Downtown Los Angeles. A building with several
winning awards including the international Architectural Record Award.
Two story and partial roof top deck multi function dedicated to the
improvement of the quality of life for people living in the shadow of
poverty. The structure consists of masonry walls and piers supporting
steel deck and concrete composite floor, and 2nd story wood
roof. AMERICEC’s
director, Samir Ekmekji, managed the detailed structural design of a
Food-4-Less market and a Rite Aid drug store including parking over a
100,000 sq.ft. Home Depot in down town Los Angeles. The design included
shoring with tie-backs for excavations.
AMERICEC’s director, Samir Ekmekji,
managed the detailed structural design of LA Colorado Terrace, a
mixed-use building on a steep hillside lot in Glendale, California. The
building consisted of three stories for senior-citizen residential
units, over three stories for concrete parking, a restaurant, and
commercial uses respecitevely.
This project, which was directed by Roy Wilson, AMERICEC’s director and
senior planner, covered engineering and design support and construction
supervision for Neighborhood #1 in Al-Khafji Home Ownership Development,
Saudi Arabia. The scope of work included, in addition to the detailed
design work, constructability reviews, supervision of site work, review
of materials and construction contractor’s shop drawing submittals,
coordination with the Aramco Gulf Operations Co. (AGOC) and concerned
Government agencies, site meetings, progress verification, verification
of contractor's invoices, variation orders, remedial work, revisions to
plans, budget and schedule, reporting, documents control, quality
control, start-up and commission support, and technical support.
This project covered the preparation of the detailed designs of
infrastructure of Neighborhood #4, Al-Khafji Home Ownership
Development. Support facilities included a kindergarten and boys &
girls elementary, intermediate, and high schools (7 schools).
Infrastructure facilities included site design, grading, street design,
walkways, traffic signs & marking, block & lot layout, water
distribution system, sanitary sewer collection system, stormwater
drainage, irrigation system, electrical system, street lighting,
communication system, parks, plantings and buildings. The scope of work
included data collection, site visits, preparation of drawings and
construction specifications, an environmental assessment, topographic
surveying, a geotechnical study, bill of quantities, conditions of
contract & schedules, calculations, value-engineering, project
management, QA/QC & tendering support. Constructability reviews were
conducted during the course for the design to meet the applicable Aramco
requirements and standards which are based on US standards. Roy Wilson
was the project director on this assignment.
AMERICEC’s director, Samir Ekmekji,
working with our affiliate Saudi CEC, managed the detailed structural
design for the rehabilitation and expansion of the various concrete
structures at a major 12 mgd wastewater treatment facility in Dhahran,
Saudi Arabia.
AMERICEC’s director, Samir Ekmekji,
working with our affiliate Saudi CEC, managed the detailed structural
design of the three story steel frame and precast concrete MSO building
with a total area of 150,000 sq. ft. The building has two free standing
staircases and a central three-story atrium with sliding skylights.
AMERICEC’s director, Samir Ekmekji,
working with our affiliate Saudi CEC, managed the detailed structural
design for a precast concrete pedestrian bridge over a national highway
with two intermediate monument pillars. The bridge connects the
residential neighborhood on one side of the highway with a public park
on the other side. AMERICEC’s director, Samir Ekmekji, provided specialized seismic consulting services for the structural design of a new Ministry of Interior office building including the Minister’s residence. The structure consists of a four-story concrete building over one subterranean level, with large conference halls for dignitaries. The building was designed with seven different expansion/seismic joints in order to control expansion and seismic drifts.
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