Our Community Service Committee planned and hosted the first PES Furniture Build Day – Socially Distanced Edition last weekend, benefiting the Furniture Bank of Metro Atlanta. PES employees and family members came together and assembled 22 pieces of furniture to be donated to this wonderful organization! The Furniture Bank of Metro Atlanta provides furniture for […]
PES Structural Engineers is excited to announce that Sarah Scarborough, P.E., S.E., has been selected as the 2020 Young Engineer of the Year by the Structural Engineers Association of Georgia (SEAOG). The Young Engineer of the Year Award is awarded to a practicing structural engineer aged 35 or younger (as of the date of the application […]
On Thursday, May 11, I had the opportunity to speak to the 3rd grade students at Dresden Elementary School for Career Day. Explaining structural engineering can be a challenge when my friends and family ask me about my career, so the task of explaining my career to a group of elementary schools students was initially […]
One of our main reasons and goals when working with worksets is to improve the performance of our models. For this reason, they become increasingly important and it becomes necessary to master using worksets correctly. First, let’s make sure you understand what a workset is. Worksets can be a great tool to help manage your […]
It’s only natural that we reflect on our year when it nears a close. Our PES family has had another amazing year of growth and exciting accomplishments and we’d like to share a few highlights with you. Arguably the most exciting news is the growth of our team: we’ve added six new engineers to our […]
On December 7th we loaded up a couple of vans with 22 of our engineers and headed east to Augusta for a tour of the Convention Center followed by a visit to Macuch Steel’s fabrication facility. This was a valuable experience for our engineers not only to help them understand how structural and miscellaneous steel is […]
Many people suffer from an illusion that scope boxes are only useful in large scale projects, but the truth is that they are a very handy tool for any size project and they are incredibly easy to set up. Easy to set up and able to manage basic functions, they can also be very powerful […]
With Thanksgiving just a couple of days away, we thought it would be fun to ask everyone here at PES what they are thankful for this year during our annual Potluck Luncheon last Friday. “I am thankful for my healthy and happy family, awesome co-workers, and Matt Ryan.” “I am thankful for being able to […]
We are pleased to announce that David Aucoin, PE, has been promoted to Senior Associate and added as a new owner of the firm while Erik Swerdlow, PE and Chad Forster, PE have been promoted to Associate. An 11 year veteran of PES, David is the leader of our New England office. From our West […]
PES is pleased to announce that the firm has been named as a PSMJ 2015 Circle of Excellence firm. In a professional context it often happens that private or corporate clients corder a publication to be made and presented with the actual content still not being ready. Think of a news blog that’s filled with content […]