A Quick Look:
Richard A. Christ, P.E. – Vice President
Registration: Professional Engineer
– State of Ohio 1982
– Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 1996
– Indiana 2008
Master of Science in Civil Engineering – Case Western Reserve University, 1980
Bachelor of Architecture – University of Notre Dame, 1977
Professional Affiliations:
- Member: American Society of Civil Engineers
- American Concrete Institute
- Cleveland and International
- Structural Engineers Association of Ohio
- Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute
- National Society of Professional Engineers
- American Institute of Steel Construction
- Past Officer of the Cleveland Chapter
- Ohio Society of Professional Engineers
- Cleveland Society of Professional Engineers
- Board of Directors
- Rocky River Board of Zoning and Building Appeals
Responsibilities:
Mr. Christ is a principal with the firm. His experience includes: structural analysis and design of new buildings; investigation, restoration, renovation, remodeling, and reuse of existing buildings; major civil engineering projects; and, failure investigations, preparation of feasibility studies, contract documents and specifications, review of construction compliance with design, including shop drawing and testing procedures. Projects include institutional, commercial, stadium facilities, public works, residential, and industrial. In addition, Mr. Christ has a major background in architecturally exposed structural systems, including: architecturally exposed structural steel, cast-in-place and post-tensioned concrete, and timber structures.
CAREER DEVELOPMENT:
Mr. Christ has been associated with Barber & Hoffman, Inc. since 1979. He became an Associate with the firm in 2002 and a principal in 2005.
Key Projects:
Cleveland State University — Rhodes Tower Plaza Renovation
The underside of the existing plaza structure, originally built in 1971, showed signs of significant structural deterioration in the form of cracked and/or delaminated concrete and exposed corroded reinforcing at several locations. The underside of the plaza structure also showed significant signs of dampness and wetness, indicative of the fact that the integrity of the waterproofing system had been seriously compromised. The Rhodes Plaza Renovation project was twofold — repairs to the underlying structure and the accompanying replacement of the overlying landscaping.
University Hospitals Health System — New Medical Office Building
A new two-story, 46,000-square-foot outpatient health center including a three-story elliptical tower. The facility's structure utilized lightweight composite floor construction on steel framing bearing on shallow spread footings. Steel moment frames comprised the structure's lateral resisting system.
Howard M. Metzenbaum Federal Building & U.S. Courthouse — Skylight and Renovations
Design of a new atrium enclosing skylight structure for the Historic Federal Courthouse Building. The structure consists of interconnecting (3-dimensional) architecturally exposed structural steel pipe trusses supported by just 4 new columns. The typical main trusses have an architecturally arched bottom chord with gable shaped top chords. The structure is to be built within the perimeter roof profile (above the existing lightwell-courtyard) thus creating multiple snow, snowdrift, unbalanced snow and wind loading conditions.