At Simpson Gumpertz & Heger, we give to our profession in many ways: through technical organizations and code committees, industry improvement efforts, community outreach, and more.

Earlier this year, a crew of seven volunteers from the Simpson Gumpertz & Heger (SGH) office in Washington, DC, set off for Chesapeake Bay to help with preservation work needed to keep the historic Thomas Point Shoal Light Station stable.

Last month, a team from SGH’s Boston office worked alongside twenty-two other teams from the Greater Boston area to fight hunger by building structures entirely out of canned food.

I am pleased to announce that the Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) recently launched a new confidential reporting system designed to capture and share lessons learned from structural safety i