Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Announces Recent Los Angeles Promotions

 These individuals possess the expertise and dedication to clients that enable SGH's continued success.

LOS ANGELES, Cali. - May 25, 2010 -National engineering firm Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc. (SGH) announced the promotions of the following employees in its Los Angeles office:

• Gregory Hardy was promoted to senior principal. Greg heads SGH's Los Angeles Structural Mechanics division and has more than 30 years of experience in engineering mechanics. His responsibilities have included natural hazards probabilistic risk assessments, earthquake experience-based studies, aircraft impact analyses, stress analyses, seismic margin studies, and shock and vibration environmental testing for hardware qualification. Greg has specific expertise in highly protected industries such as nuclear, defense, and energy and has consulted with the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). He has also conducted seismic tasks associated with the earthquake at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant in Japan and a seismic risk assessment for the Darlington Nuclear Generating Station in Toronto, Canada.
• Philip Hashimoto was promoted to senior principal. Phil has 30 years of experience in civil/structural and earthquake engineering with specific expertise in the nuclear industry. His project work spans a diverse range of technical areas, including structural/seismic analysis and design, construction support and management, equipment seismic qualification, risk assessment, and computer software development. He has performed work for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), commercial nuclear utilities, and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). Phil's projects include the seismic fragility evaluation and structure response analysis for the Mühleberg Nuclear Power Plant in Mühleberg, Switzerland; a seismic evaluation of the Device Assembly Facility at the Nevada Test Site in Mercury, Nevada; and an experience-based seismic qualification of equipment at the Idaho National Laboratory in Idaho Falls, Idaho.
• David Kuivanen was promoted to principal. Dave has more than 25 years of architectural experience, with a focus on investigating building failures and designing solutions to construction problems for commercial and residential buildings. Dave's work includes investigating building enclosure systems and designing and administering the construction of repairs to waterproofing, roofing, and exterior flashing and cladding systems. He has provided expert testimony on more than 30 projects that have involved litigation. Currently, Dave is working on a water intrusion and building investigation project at a major Arizona timeshare resort. He is also consulting on a concrete and envelope investigation at high-rise condominiums in Las Vegas, Nevada, and providing forensic investigation services at numerous low-rise residential and commercial buildings in California, Arizona, and Nevada.

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