Howard Carter Associates, Inc.   Howard Carter Associates, Inc.

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QUALIFICATIONS OF KEY PERSONNEL

Joseph P. Mako, President
Structural Engineer
S-1487
 
Job description:   Consultation on structural problems and preparation of structural calculations, plans and specifications.
Experience with firm:   35 years, plus 12 years with other companies
Education:   BS 1949 Civil Engineering
MS 1950 Structural Engineering
Active Registration:   Since 1964, Civil Engineer
Since 1967, Structural Engineer
Experience and qualifications:   Commercial & industrial building design; public buildings.
Prestressed concrete buildings and parking structures.
Reinforced concrete building frames, slabs, retaining walls, tilt-up & prefab construction. Prefab steel buildings, frames, towers, bunkers, bins, conveyors & support structures.
Wood Construction: Building framing, pole structure, forming & shoring.
Foundations: Turbo alternator foundation, machine & press.
Drilled caisson, sunken caisson, pile foundations.
Shoring for excavation, building underpinning, tunnels.
Small & medium size bridges.
Steel, reinforced & post tensioned concrete tanks and reservoirs.
Reinforced concrete and steel water towers, sewage & pump stations.
Pipe line carrying structures: Bridges, columns and brackets.
Seismic Retrofitting.
Memberships:   California Society of Professional Engineers
Past President, Monterey Bay Chapter
Structural Engineers Association of Northern California
American Society of Civil Engineers
National Society of Professional Engineers
International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering
Post Tensioning Institute
Awards:   1998 ACI Concrete Construction Award - Unique Use of Concrete
 

Kenneth R. Wyatt
Structural Engineer
S-1019
 
Job description:   Structural Plan Checking for Code conformance for local Cities and the County of Monterey.
Experience with firm:   34 years, plus 18 with other firms
Education:   BS 1949 Civil Engineering
MS 1947 Structural Engineering
Active Registration:   Since 1950, Civil Engineer
Since 1959, Structural Engineer
Experience and qualifications:   Industrial Buildings and warehouses; tilt-up and concrete block, wood frame and incombustible.
Metal deck roof structure. Hospitals (multi-story).
Sewage Plant structures. High rise (3,4,10,13,16 story) steel and concrete frames.
Prestressed structures pre-tensioning and post-tensioning.
Precast structures, building frames, floor and roof panels, wall panels on high-rise frames.
Bridges, retaining walls, culverts. Hotels wood frame, concrete block and concrete slab.
Pile foundations. Ocean Seawall. Structural Plan Check.
In 1964 - Member of a committee of 12 Structural Engineers to write and grade California Structural Engineering examinations for the State government.
Memberships:   Structural Engineers Association of Northern California
American Society of Civil Engineers
 

Csilla M. Foss
Vice President
Structural Engineer
California: S-3537
Arizona: S27215
 
Job description:   Operations Manager, Principal Structural Engineer, preparation of calculations, plans and specifications, project coordination, site inspections and reports.
Experience with firm:   20 years, plus 1 with other firms
Education:   BS 1983 Architectural Engineering
California Polytechnic University
Active Registration:   Since 1986, Civil Engineer
Since 1991, Structural Engineer State of California
Since 1993, Structural Engineer State of Arizona
Experience and qualifications:   Educated in one of the top Architectural Engineering programs in the United States.
Experienced in commercial, industrial, government, school and hospital building design and rehabilitation of existing structures.
Extensive experience in design using many materials of construction such as concrete, masonry, steel, wood, prefab elements, etc.
Familiarity with local and governmental codes (DSA, OSHPD Military), and plan review requirements and processes.
Memberships:   Structural Engineers Association of Northern California
International Conference of Building Officials
 

Stephen C. Mayone
Structural Engineer
S-4459
 
Job description:   Consultant and Project Engineer: preparation of structural calculations, plans and specifications.
Experience with firm:   12 years, plus 6 with other firms
Education:   ME 1986 Structural Engineering & Structural Mechanics
University of California at Berkeley
BS 1981 Chemistry
University of California at Santa Barbara
Active Registration:   Since 1989, Civil Engineer
Experience and qualifications:   Experienced in commercial, industrial and residential structures;
damage and settlement repairs; structural and seismic upgrade of existing and historic structures;
pier and grade beam foundations, underpinning and mat foundations, retaining structures, tanks and industrial structures; inspections and reports. Six years experience as a construction worker.
Educated in one of the nations best structural engineering programs.
Memberships:   Structural Engineers Association of Northern California
 

Johnny R. Eddy
Civil Engineer
C-64584
 
Job description:   Project Engineer: Preparation of structural calculations, plans and specifications.
Experience with firm:   6 years
Education:   BS 1997, Architectural Engineering
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Active Registration:   2003 Civil Engineer
Experience and qualifications:   Educated in one of the top Architectural Engineering programs in the United States.
Experience in commercial, industrial, residential structures; prefabricated metal buildings, concrete, concrete tilt-up, timber, concrete block, steel; structural and seismic upgrade of existing structures; pier and grade beam foundations; retaining structures; tank and industrial structures and foundations; field inspections and reports.