Ashley & Vance is thrilled to welcome Bruce Jones, P.E. , to the firm! Our Santa Barbara team was so thrilled, in fact, that they gathered together to cook up some ribs in his honor. In addition to the good shared meat , they also found out that Bruce was born and raised in Santa Ynez, attended college at Cal Poly, SLO, spent the last few years working for the...
Scaffolding's been erected, dirt hauled, and walls shotcreted as construction crews work full-tilt on the 3800 block of Upper State Street in Santa Barbara, CA. This site is the future home of an 89-unit, 170,000 square foot mixed-use building designed by Ashley & Vance's Sean Galbreath, SE . As things progress, Sean, the architects at DesignARC , & the contractors of George C. Hopkins are...
Construction is well under way on the retail portion of this impressive mixed-use project in the heart of downtown San Luis Obispo. Once completed, it will boast approximately 50,000 square feet of retail space, plus additional offices and residential units. Currently the project appears to be a blank dirt lot on either side of an existing brick building, but a closer inspection reveals over 80 drilled concrete caissons ranging from 24” to 30” in diameter, and plunging roughly 30 feet deep in some locations. Formwork is in place at the back of the project in preparation for the nearly 18-...
After experiencing a fantastic season of growth in the first 5 months of its existence, our Oakland office, led by Matthew Tropp, SE , is moving to a new location. Beginning July 21, 2015 , they can be found at 1610 Harrison St, Suite A, Oakland, CA 94612 . If you are in the area, stop on by and say hello!
The Compass General Construction crew has been hard at it and we are seeing the project coming close to completion. This 56 unit, 7 story building at 72,000 square feet will provide affordable off campus student housing adjacent to the University of Washington. Recent project activity includes addition of metal siding to the East elevation, finishing tenant improvements, installing elevators, and appliances. This building will have an interior courtyard, gym, and green LID roof top.
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June brings a special kind of bloom to the Bend Ashley & Vance Engineering . The Bend team is growing strong and needed an extra branch to add to their family tree. Jackson Kelly was located in the San Luis Obispo office , where he was guided into the outstanding structural engineer that we have today, and was happy to add to that growth. As much as the SLO office is...
Our Santa Barbara team rarely passes up a chance to celebrate with good food and great people. On this occasion, it was to welcome long-time A&V veteran, Chad Pruett, P.E. , into the fold. Having been in our San Luis Obispo office for the past 7 years, Chad has now made the move to partner with Paul Belmont, P.E. , in leading our structural team in Santa Barbara...
Ashley and Vance Engineering are assisting with a new project for the Paddock Zoo in Atascadero, California. The adorable red panda will soon have a new home by fall 2015. The exhibit was planned with AV for civil and structural engineering which met ...
The site was once home to a much larger facility which has partially been demolished to make way for this urban re-development project and will add retail, residential and...