Kyle Twitchell, PE
Developing a passion for design, architecture and engineering Kyle has always wanted to explore and collaborate with others to create spaces that individual’s and communities want to visit. Kyle takes joy in tackling both difficult and simple engineering problems as part of the process of creating these spaces. Through his career of 15+ years, he has led the analysis and design of a variety of projects that has created a depth and breath of experience. Projects have ranged from art installations; seismic retrofits; research facilities; medical and healthcare facilities; higher education; government and infrastructure development; high end single family residential and multi-family residential; commercial developments and tenant improvements; and façade design. This diverse level of experience on ranging from simple to complicated or from large to small has provided him with the ability to work collaboratively with design teams, clients, contractors and end users with positive outcomes.
Luke Ruggeri, PE
Luke has always looked forward to working on the most difficult projects he can find. As he tried out different project types in the early part of his career, he quickly found that the challenge of preserving and re-using old buildings fulfilled this desire. He finds the unique challenge of working on existing buildings to be personally satisfying and enjoys contributing to a diverse built environment while building sustainably by re-using old buildings.
More recently, Luke has been focusing on better understanding the motivations behind a client’s decisions, knowing that the structural considerations of a project, while vital, are normally secondary to the true goals of a project. Luke uses this knowledge to prioritizes the success of a project, as defined by his clients, when determining appropriate structural solutions. He focuses on prioritizing architectural requirements, integrating the mechanical systems, and indicating when design options may be costly or difficult to build so that his clients may make informed decisions.
Luke has specialized in existing building renovations and cultivated a deep technical knowledge base that allows him to work on most building and project types, recently running jobs ranging from existing wood building renovations to large concrete and steel buildings including work on adaptive reuse and high-rise projects. This has allowed him to see many different design solutions and he leverages this knowledge to work collaboratively to find appropriate solutions for each of his project’s unique challenges.