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Joseph Nicolas, P.E. <br />Pacific Engineering <br />Principal Engineer <br />Joe managed his own firm and supervised staff during the production of steel fabrication <br />drawings. Joe was responsible for providing structural engineering calculations to support the <br />fabrication division and would consult with developers, contractors, architects, and engineers. <br />His duties also included estimating the materials necessary and steel fabrication costs. <br />City of Sacramento — Development Services Department <br />Supervising Engineer <br />Joe was responsible for supervising the commercial and residential plan review staff on projects <br />needing permits in the City of Sacramento. Joe's responsibilities included preparation and <br />administration of division's budget, consulting with developers, architects, and engineers, and <br />communicating the life -safety building codes. He also served as a plan reviewer for mid -rise <br />structural projects, seismic retrofits of existing buildings using the State Historic Building Code <br />and FEMA documents, and had reviewed various apartments and mixed use projects for the <br />Life Safety provisions of the California Building Codes. <br />County of Sacramento <br />Associate Engineer <br />Joe provided his expertise in the building design industry providing structural plan review of <br />commercial and residential buildings. These projects included 2 to 3 story apartments, <br />commercial, residential, and Sacramento County Construction projects. <br />Buehler & Buehler Structural Engineers, Inc. <br />Associate Engineer <br />Joe provided his structural design experience for various projects throughout the Sacramento <br />Region. He has extensive knowledge of the building codes and FEMA documents necessary to <br />design structures. His design experience included the retrofitting of unreinforced masonry <br />buildings, education facilities, healthcare facilities, commercial and residential facilities and <br />parking structures. His experience included structures designed of timber, masonry, concrete, <br />steel mid -rise construction and post tension concrete. <br />Orland Police Headquarters <br />Senior Plans Examiner <br />Existing Historic Building in Orland, California, a 92,000 square foot public safety building, type <br />VB construction, fully sprinklered. Existing reinforced concrete moment frame arches with <br />concrete shearwalls. Project was designed using the 2007 Historic Building Code and the 2007 <br />California Building Code. <br />Seismic Evaluation and Upgrade <br />Ruhstaller Building, Sacramento, CA <br />Supervising Engineer <br />An early Historic 4600 square foot URM with mezzanine strengthened to meet the "collapse - <br />prevention" performance objective defined in FEMA 310. The lateral system consisted of URM <br />bearing/shearwalls supported by unreinforced brick and concrete footings. <br />V4LEAF, hwC. <br />