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Building with Cross-Laminated Timber at Tacoma’s Eastside Community Center—It’s All About Connection

by Alex Legé Valerie Hendel
Tacoma, Washington | On Saturday, October 20, 2018 Tacoma’s new Eastside Community Center opened to the public. The enthusiasm for the project goes to the heart of the community that experienced the need for a safe and vibrant community space and the participants that embraced that need.

Cross-Laminated-Timber CLT at entry to Eastside Community Center Pool in Tacoma Washington
PCS Structural Solutions’ Portland Office Celebrates 1-Year Anniversary

by Valerie Hendel
 
In the same year that the Beatles played the Memorial Coliseum in Portland, Oregon, when gas was thirty-one cents a gallon, and an attempt to move the Cleveland Indians to Seattle fell apart, Hansen, Adams, & Chalker Engineers was established in Tacoma, Washington. Fifty-four years and a rebrand later, PCS Structural Solutions continues to build on its legacy, delivering structural engineering solutions to clients throughout the Pacific Northwest.
 

PCS Group photo in Portland, Oregon
Long-Distance Teams Worked in Concert to Remake Wyoming School Theater

By Bret Maddox
 
Natrona County High School in Casper, Wyoming, stood relatively untouched for nearly 100 years, until the four-story, concrete-and-masonry structure finally underwent an over-$100 million renovation and addition, completed late last year.
All told, the facility encompasses over 300,000 square feet of renovated and new building area. Construction was completed in six phases over five years, with design beginning in late 2011.

PCS Structural Solutions Grows From Within

10 Employees at Tacoma and Seattle offices promoted to leadership positions
 
By Erin Fahlsing
TACOMA, Wash. (July 13, 2018) – PCS Structural Solutions (PCS) has always credited its employees with the company’s successes. Fittingly, 10 engineers have been promoted to leadership positions to match the firm’s rapidly expanding client and project base.
 

Gary Beckner Celebrates 41 Years with PCS Structural Solutions

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.

PCS Putt-Putt Golf Tournament 2018

2nd Annual PCS Structural Solutions Putt-Putt Golf Tournament
July 25-27, 2018
 
Last year we partnered with the American Heart Association to raise money for heart and stroke research and education. With your help, the first annual PCS Putt-Putt Tournament raised almost $15,000! That's amazing! 
 

ASCE’s Structural Engineering Institute Announces New Research Grant with the Charles Pankow Foundation

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.
 

Steel Tariff Impacts to A/E/C

The past couple weeks have generated a lot of attention and speculation regarding steel tariffs.  We at PCS Structural Solutions have been monitoring this issue closely, as we want to understand its impact and be able to best support our clients through this uncertainty. 

PCS Structural Solutions Welcomes Thirteen New Hires

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.
 

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