Ross Esfandiari, M.S., P.E.
President/Principal, RES Engineers Inc.
Experience
36 years of Engineering and Service with emphasis on QA/QC Special Inspection and testing experience and involvement in the Testing and Inspection Industry.
1995 – Present RES Engineers, INC. (RES), San Francisco, CA President
As the President, Owner and Responsible Engineer of RES, Mr. Esfandiari is responsible for: project proposals, client needs, job delegation, execution and follow through, final completion of projects, and meeting of goals and deadlines. Ross is well known and respected throughout the industry. Typical projects include:
- Special inspection in accordance with Section 17 of building code
- Evaluation of URM, historical or hazardous structures
- Building surveys to determine as-built conditions
- Investigation and leak studies
- Fire damage investigation and evaluation
- Quality control and inspection of structures
- Consulting on concrete materials, including marine structures
- Corrosion evaluation of reinforced and pre-stressed concrete structures
- Concrete material failure and repair recommendations
- Structural analysis and design, including plans and specifications
- Specializing in reinforced and pre-stressed concrete
- Expert witness testimony on material and testing related issues
- Curtain wall design and testing
- Research and product development
1993 – 1995 Applied Materials & Engineering, INC. (AME), Oakland, CA Principal
As one of the principals of AME, responsible for project proposals and client needs, project execution by delegation and follow-through, completion of projects, meeting of goals and deadlines. Typical projects are listed above and were related mostly to design and consulting for concrete steel, wood and masonry structures and retrofit and repair of concrete buildings.
1983 – 1993 Testing Engineers, INC. (TEI), Oakland, CA
- Executive Vice President Member of the Board of Directors and responsible for planning and management of testing and inspection (T&I) and consulting departments (staff of 65), including Consulting Engineers, Santa Clara Engineering Lab, Pavement Management, Santa Clara Soil and Metallurgical Laboratory, Non-Destructive (NDT) Laboratory and Roofing Departments.
- Vice President Consulting Division Manager. Responsible for project execution as outlined below, by managing staff of 15 full-time and ten part-time engineers.
- Senior Engineer Consulting Division. Responsible for project proposals, client needs, job delegation, execution and follow-through to final completion of projects, and meeting goals and deadlines. Typical projects were as listed above, and primarily concrete material related.
- Field Inspector Testing and Inspection Divisions. Responsibilities included quality control, testing and inspection of concrete, steel, masonry and wood framed buildings (Senior Engineering Technician II). Specialized in pre-stressed concrete structures. Resident field inspector on 15 major commercial buildings, including structural steel, reinforced and pre-stressed concrete and structural masonry.
1977 – 1983 Freyssinet International, Paris, France Branch Manager
Responsible for project execution, through managing a staff of 40 engineers, technicians and draftsmen. Projects included preliminary and final design, cost estimating, and construction supervision of various types of pre-stressed concrete structures such as: bridges; commercial, industrial, and residential buildings; stadiums; water tanks and dams. Assisted in developing software for analysis and design of pre-stressed, post-tensioned, segmental box-girder bridges.
1975 – 1976 (summers) Pell-Frischman & Partners Consulting Engineers, London Staff Engineer
Design engineer responsible for analysis and design of multi-story high-rise and low-rise concrete and steel-framed structures.
Registrations
- P.E. (Civil) State of California – No. 38098
- P.E. (Civil) State of Hawaii – No. 7378
- P.E. (Civil) State of Washington – No. 45657
- D.I.C., London, England
- ICC Certified Special Inspector, Structural Steel and Welding, Reinforced Concrete, Pre-Stressed Concrete, Structural Masonry, and Spray-Applied Fireproofing
- AWS Certified Welding Inspection (CWI #99100811)
- ACI Certified Concrete Inspector
Education
- M.S. Concrete Structures and Technology, Imperial College, University of London, England
- B.S. Civil, Structural, and Environmental Engineering, University of London, England
Memberships
- Director – ACI Northern California Chapter and Western Nevada Chapter
- Member – Applied Technology Council (ATC)
- Member – Structural Engineering Association of No. California (SEAONC)
- Director – American Concrete Institute (ACI)
- Member – American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
- Member – International Code Council (ICC)
- Member – American Society of Testing Materials (ASTM)
- Member – Institute of Civil Engineers, England (MICE)
- Member – American Welding Society (AWS)
Publications
- “Testing and Evaluating the Strength of Existing Historical Buildings”, Fifth
U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering (NCEE),Chicago, IL, July, 1994 (co-author) - “Guidelines for the Seismic Rehabilitation of Buildings”(FEMA 273/274) 1993
- “Study of the Effect of Corner Displacements on the Stress Distribution of an Elliptical Paraboloid Shell Under Different Loads and Boundary Conditions.” London, 1977