We're excited to celebrate the opening of The Mill in downtown Santa Barbara. Ashley & Vance teamed up with Becker Studios and AB Design to provide structural and civil engineering services for all aspects of the project. From adhering to the City's stringent Tier 3 Storm Water Management Plan (SWMP) requirements, to specifying permeable pavement and bio-infiltration areas, to retro-fitting the existing trusses and foundations to handle the myriad of new tenants, great...
We are proud to have been part of this great student housing project located at 4717 Brooklyn Street, Seattle WA. Construction crews are putting the finishing touches on the project and residents will be moving in very soon. Ashley & Vance Engineering provided structural engineering for this new 56 unit, 72,000 square foot building that involved post tension concrete design for the lower stories and 5 stories of wood framing. This was a challenging design that included a full height internal atrium courtyard, green roof, recreation room, below story parking, and commercial street...
We're loving the progress we're seeing on this residential remodel in the Santa Barbara foothills. The bulk of the framing is completed, with waterproofing, window, and door installations soon to follow. Thanks to the work of Architect Kevin Moore and his team, this remodel is sure to greatly enhance the look and feel of the house, while providing new bedrooms, a full bathroom, and easy access to a private patio. For more info on the concept behind the design, check out Kevin's blog...
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...
