Brian attended the Oregon Institute of Technology and graduated with his Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering in 2013. He then became part of the Precision Structural Engineering team and has been with PSE since. Over the 2 years Brian has been with PSE his skills have evolved and he has started taking on more projects and the type of projects he engineers has broadened.
Brian’s tasks include lateral (wind and seismic) analysis and design, vertical and horizontal member design, foundation design, drawing and developing structural drawings and details. All the aforementioned work was done under the supervision of a licensed engineer. Brian is skilled in several computer programs such as, AutoCAD, RISA 3D, RISA Foot, Woodworks Office, and Microsoft Office.
Although Brian does pretty much any type of project you could want, he specializes in Earth Bag homes and “Green buildings”. Since working with PSE, Brian has been involved in numerous different types of projects including large scale projects such as churches. He has also been involved with smaller scale projects such as Treehouses, Yurts, and round homes.