David Beh, P.E., MSCE Civil Engineer & Construction Expert

Professional Experience

Provide technical investigations, analysis, reports, and testimony toward the resolution of matters involving structural failure of individual components, elements and structures. Provide technical expertise for matters involving construction defects, material defects, construction sequencing, standard of care, and code compliance.

Supported factory operations through coordination with multi-discipline groups in designing new structures and structural elements. Evaluated existing structures and support elements. Performed analysis of failed structural elements. Performed construction administration services.

Structures and structural elements designed:

• Anchorage of factory equipment for seismic loading.
• Design of structures and connections for vibrations.
• Support and bracing of HVAC ducting elements.
• Support and bracing of piping carrying hazardous materials.
• Steel canopies and foundations, concrete slabs-on-grade and elevated concrete slabs.
• OSHA compliant egress stairs, railings, ladders and fall restraint anchor points.
• Foundations, interior slabs and anchorage for pre-manufactured buildings.
• Concrete retaining walls and foundations.
• Tall fencing and foundations.
• Cold-formed steel buildings with steel sheet shear walls.
• Steel moment frame structures.
• Foundations and anchorage for bollards and vehicle lifts.
• Retrofit of existing framing for suspended hoist equipment.
• Foundations and anchorage for floor mounted jib cranes.
• Retrofit and extension of HVAC steel-framed platforms and towers.

Structures and structural elements evaluated/assessed:

• Pre-manufactured buildings; inclusive of foundations, bracing, connections, columns, beams, purlins, anchorage, suspended ducts and suspended conduits and plumbing.
• Tents and tensile membrane structures; inclusive of foundations, bracing, connections, columns, beams, purlins, anchorage, suspended ducts and suspended conduits and plumbing.
• Steel trusses documented by field investigations and historical drawings.
• Concrete anchor failures.
• Concrete crushing.
• Weld failures.
• Bolt failures.
• Failures attributed to damaging vibrations.
• Construction defects; inclusive of insufficient concrete strength, insufficient rebar, dimensional discrepancies, out of plumb, incorrect materials, failed anchors, and mislocated holes.

Special Trainings and Programs

• Completed Lock-Out/Tag-Out (LO/TO) training.
• Completed Hazardous material (HAZMAT) training.
• Completed OSHA fall hazards training.
• Completed Factory safety training.
• Completed California Office of Emergency Services Safety Assessment Program.
• Maintained structural sections of Tesla master specifications.
• Mentored junior engineers.

Designed concrete, steel, wood, light-gage, and masonry structures. Coordinated with contractors during construction for designed structures. Developed QA/QC procedures for use with construction and design software, managed the work assignments and projects for a team of developing engineers, helped with department budgeting, developed and implemented structural department training policies and procedures.

Structures and Structural elements designed:

• Residential structures for new tribal housing projects utilizing wood.
• Commercial structures for new tribal health projects utilizing steel.
• Water pollution control laboratory building for the City of Portland.
• Masonry and steel buildings for Nevada National Security Site (formerly known as the Nevada Proving Grounds).
• Foundation elements, site retaining walls, MEP equipment support and facilities for the Hanford Site (decommissioned nuclear production complex).
• Retrofits and repairs for existing wastewater and water treatment facilities.
• Retrofits and repairs for existing pump station buildings.
• Foundations for fly ash silos.
• Foundations and anchorage for pre-engineered metal buildings.
• Foundations and anchorage of electrical equipment subject to seismic loading.
• Masonry shear wall with concrete over metal deck floor system dyno room.
• Foundations for a pre-fabricated metal building at a rifle range.
• Structural components for electrical substations, and other electrical equipment inclusive of foundations, retaining walls, supports and bracing.
• Fencing and foundations.
• Elevated wooden walkways.
• Structural components for parks and sports complexes.
• Design of structures and connections for vibrations.

Structures and Structural elements evaluated/assessed:

• Pre-manufactured buildings; inclusive of foundations, bracing, connections, columns, beams, purlins, anchorage, suspended ducts and suspended conduits and plumbing.
• Facilities for Hanford Site and Nevada National Security Site.
• Historical concrete digesters with floating truss lids.
• Survey and assessment of existing wood structures for future retrofits.
• Special Trainings and Programs
• Appointed to City of Portland Unreinforced Masonry Workgroup.
• Volunteer member of SE3 and leader of Diversity and Inclusion group.
• Volunteer member of ASCE and member of Engineer’s Week committee.

Designed concrete, steel, wood, light gage, and masonry for various projects of various sizes and uses. Utilized non-linear finite element analysis to maximize design efficiencies.

Structures and structural elements designed:

• Five stories of residential wood framing over 2 stories of commercial post tensioned concrete (i.e. podium construction).
• Designed wood elements for cross laminated timber projects.
• Seismic retrofits based on evaluation of existing structures.
• Wood structures for special heavy snow loading utilizing structurally insulated panels.
• Fall restraint tie-off points, guardrails, davits, sheet piling, retaining walls, berms, platforms and cryogenic pipe supports for the Vulcan rocket launch pad upgrades at space launch complex 41 at Cape Canaveral.
• Test fixture for crew access arm for Boeing Starliner Spacecraft.
• Crew access tower modifications for MEP equipment and controls equipment.
• Structural components for various space complex projects at Cape Canaveral and Vandenberg.
• 85 foot long steel truss pedestrian bridge over retention pond at space launch complex 41 at Cape Canaveral.
• Designed steel supports for cable line emergency egress system.
• Seismic retrofits of unreinforced masonry educational structures.

Special Trainings and Programs:

• Associate member of ACI 369 Seismic Evaluation and Retrofit of Existing Concrete Buildings.
• Associate member of ACI 374 Performance Based Seismic Design of Concrete and Masonry Buildings.
• SEAO (Structural Engineers Association of Oregon) Engineer’s Week representative.
• Architecture Construction Engineering (ACE) Mentoring Program member.
• Gingerbread bridge team co-captain.

Designed concrete, steel, and masonry structures. Utilized non-linear finite element analysis to maximize design efficiencies. Evaluated the condition of concrete and steel structures.

Structures and structural elements designed:

• Multifamily building (or complex) consisting of two residential towers separated by a roadway all supported on a podium level with staged post-tensioned concrete beams and slabs, above a five-story underground parking garage.
• Concrete buildings for Coast Guard Headquarters.
• Secure concrete buildings according to Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC) and Anti-Terrorist Force Protection (ATFP) requirements for government buildings using the tie-force method and alternative path method.
• Epoxy repairs for concrete anchors.
• Epoxy repairs for underground concrete cisterns.
• Externally bonded carbon fiber reinforcement for concrete slabs.
• Structural components for National Mall Turf Restoration program for National Park Service.
• Tenant improvements for commercial buildings, hospitals and operating rooms, and for universities and other educational institutions.
• Screen walls, steel dunnage for MEP, canopies and other miscellaneous steel supports for façade and MEP equipment.

Structures and Structural elements evaluated/assessed:

• Post-tensioned concrete tendon repairs and relocations at ten-story mixed-use building in Bethesda, MD.
• Five-level concrete parking garage condition assessment.
• Condition assessment of Congressional and other government buildings after the 2011 Virginia earthquake.
• Condition assessment of cracked precast concrete building(s) at rifle range.

Special Trainings and Programs:

• American Concrete Institute member.
• Structural Engineers Association of Metropolitan Washington, Young Member’s Forum.
• Cagley & Associates Cycling Team.

• Multi-array ground penetrating radar for detecting voids and embedded items in hardened concrete.
• Radio frequency identification tags.
• X-ray diffraction.
• Scanning electron microscopy.
• Differential thermal analysis.
• Utilized standard ASTM tests and traditional methods for evaluating fresh and hardened concrete.
• Diagnosed Alkali Silica Reaction in concrete.
• Diagnosed Delayed Ettringite Formation in concrete.
• Translated technical papers between Japanese and English

Professional Credentials

• Professional Engineer: Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia, Washington
• 30-Hour OSHA Outreach for the Construction Industry
• 10-Hour OSHA Outreach for the Construction Industry

Education

M.S., Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah

B.S., Civil Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah

Continuing Education

Competent Person: Scaffolding, 2026

Professional Memberships

American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC)

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