Samuel Ford, PE · Licensed Professional Engineer (Oregon #84683) · BIM Manager · Portland
Structure, modeled
and engineered by consensus.
I work with owners, architects, designers, and project managers — in the model — to reach the best structural solution for a project's real constraints. Residential, commercial, and light-industrial design; structural condition-assessment inspections; seismic rehabilitation; structural repair. Fast turnaround. Fixed fees.
Consensus is the point. Good buildings come out of the conversation between the owner who pays for it, the architect who shaped it, the designer who detailed it, and the engineer who makes it stand up. We run that conversation in the model — Revit and Navisworks, federated and clash-checked — so everyone is looking at the same building before it gets built.
Markets
Residential, commercial, and light-industrial structural engineering.
Residential
Additions, ADUs, load-bearing wall removals, new construction. Stamped drawings for BDS permit. Fixed fee. BDS corrections included.
Commercial
Tenant improvements, podium multifamily, mixed-use, and new commercial construction. From concept through stamped permit set.
Light-Industrial
Mezzanines, equipment supports, facility improvements, and spec-driven structural scope. Coordinated with equipment suppliers and GCs.
Services
Inspections, seismic rehabilitation, repair, and design review across all project types.
Structural Condition Assessments
Pre-purchase, damage evaluation, commercial due diligence. Sealed PE report accepted by lenders, insurers, and courts.
Seismic Rehabilitation
ASCE 41 evaluations for buildings that don't fit prescriptive plans. Hillside, non-standard foundations, URM, pre-1920 construction.
Structural Repair
Foundation repair, framing repair, post-event damage assessment, settlement remediation. Root-cause analysis and stamped repair drawings.
Design Collaboration & Review
Peer review, expert opinion, owner's rep, BIM coordination lead, due diligence, code consulting, and early-stage advisory.
How We Work
Collaboration — Working in the Model
Revit, Navisworks, federated models, clash detection, BIM execution plans, and custom tooling. Consensus reached before construction starts.
What We Build In
Materials & Systems
Heavy timber, mass timber, wood over podium, structural steel, cold-formed steel, and masonry. Trade-off guidance for your project.
No Firm Overhead. You Work With the Engineer.
Most structural firms won't take a call about a $4,000 residential project. I will. No project manager buffer, no assistant engineer — you work with a licensed PE who also runs the BIM and writes the software. Fixed-fee quotes. Fast turnaround.
5–10
Business days typical turnaround
Fixed
Fee quoted before work starts
PE
Licensed Professional Engineer (Oregon)
Recent Work
View all projects →Saltwood North & South Apartments
Podium multifamily · Slabtown, NW Portland · for Prometheus · structural design
CedarTree Hotel
Hospitality · Hillsboro, OR · structural design
Grand Central Recycling LA Expansion
Light-industrial · Los Angeles, CA · facility expansion structural design
Pelican Brewing
Hospitality · custom wood structure · Lincoln City, OR
SCRTS King County Transfer Station
Light-industrial · King County, WA · large transfer facility
Raleigh 22
Podium multifamily · NW Portland · structural design
Project photos and case studies in progress.
Ready to Get Started?
Send me your plans. I'll review scope and send a fixed-fee quote — usually same business day.
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