Structural Engineers HALL of FAME
Postings here, document and acknowledge the achievements of individuals honored by the Structural Engineers Association of Washington (SEAW) since the 1950 establishment of the organization.
David Ohnsager - Life Member 2014
David Ohnsager earned a BSCE from the University of Washington and an MSCE from the University of California at Berkeley. He joined SEAW in 1979.
His work with Woodinville-based LDC involved structural analysis and design, with projects for military, industrial, commercial, public and private clients in the US and abroad: hospitals, museums, wharves, tunnels, high- and low-rise office buildings, factories, aircraft hangars, light-rail transit faciities, pedestrian bridges, earth retaining structures, blast-resistant structures, single- and multi-family housing, seismic retrofit, forensic inspection of damaged structures, and static and dynamic analysis of new and existing structures, utilizing a variety of materials.
Representative projects include structural analysis and design of the west entrance structure to the Sound Transit underground light rail transit station on Seattle Capitol Hill; the Sound Transit station at Seatac Airport (design of the roof structure, elevator and stairwell shafts, and pedestrian bridge across Highway 99); Tower 333 (Expedia) Building, Bellevue; Lundeen Plaza, Enumclaw; Matador Restaurant, Tacoma; and Lake Cushman Dam, Skokomish River for Tacoma Power.
Posted March 2014. Updated June 2014