John is an Associate and the Special Projects Market Chief. He has focused much of his professional practice on leading the technical aspects of our structural engineering group and ensuring a high level of expertise. In particular, John has focused his efforts on being fully versed in seismic analysis/design of structures, including meeting the seismic provisions of the National Building Code of Canada and undertaking analysis and design of structures for unusual loads, such as blast loading. John is a member of the CSA Code Committee for the new Code Design of Buildings for Blast Effects.
John has been the principal structural engineer on many of the major building design projects completed by the firm. In this role, he has led the structural engineering team in design and contract document preparation. John has also been the principal engineer on a number of structural engineering audits, studies, peer reviews and other similar structural assessments.