By Erin Fahlsing
 
At 7:30am on July 5, 1977, Gary Beckner walked in to his first day of work with Chalker Engineers.  Now, three company name changes, four office moves, five promotions and 41 years to the day later, he will finish his last workday with PCS Structural Solutions this afternoon.

The American Society of Civil Engineers’ (ASCE) Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) received a Research Grant from the Charles Pankow Foundation in the amount of $150,000, for the development, writing and publishing of ASCE’s SEI Pre-Standard for Performance-Based Design for Wind (Pre-Standard). The Research Grant Agreement was signed on March 15.
 

Please join PCS Structural Solutions in welcoming their newest staff members: Paige Jones, Ellen Williams, Shadow Woodfork, Hai Lin, Chris Jeseritz, Sunny Siddhu, Sharon Mika Sweney, Bryce Floyd, Steven Farmer Jr., Marv Fucal, Katya Finegold, Hee Jin Byun, and Daniel Hollar.
 
Paige Jones joins PCS as the Human Resources Manager in the Tacoma office. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications and Business from Washington State University and has over 20 years of HR experience in the construction, financial, and healthcare industries.
 

PCS Structural Solutions is proud to announce the opening of its third office in Portland, Oregon. With more than 50 years of experience as a collaboration-focused, single-discipline structural engineering firm based in the Northwest, PCS is excited to better serve its clients in Oregon. The state of Oregon has been increasing its priority of seismic resiliency in education and healthcare facilities—two valued, core components of PCS Structural Solutions’ portfolio.