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About Us - HCG structural engineerS

When you need an expert

HCG  Associates, Inc. provides structural design for residential and light  commercial. We're small and enjoy the residential projects but love the challenging projects too! In San Francisco and the nearby proximity  buildings often need seismic retrofit, Mandatory Soft Story Program improvements and similar structural upgrades. In the outlying areas we  accommodate new construction, retrofit and additions. So whether it's a  new home, your building needs to be brought up to code or if you just  want to add a room, a retaining wall or a jacuzzi on your roof, we're  the first place to call.

Here's some stuff we do!


Home Owners

  • Structural design, plans and calculations
  • Onsite inspections & assessments for existing buildings (single family, condos, etc.)
  • Seismic upgrades for code and earthquake readiness
  • Addition to living space (i.e. room additions, kitchen expansion, new deck, jacuzzi on the roof, etc.)
  • Retaining Wall design
  • Building Code compliance

Contractors

  • Structural design, plans and calculations
  • Inspections & assessments
  • Seismic upgrades
  • Working drawings / As-builts
  • Seismic / pipe restraints
  • Modifications to design


Seismic / Earthquake / Fire

  • Foundation inspections
  • Retrofit / upgrades
  • URM (Un-reinforced Masonry) upgrades
  • Assessment / Structural Review

Leadership

Darrel Harris, S.E. Licensed California Structural Engineer, has owned and operated HCG Associates since 1979. He's a  registered Civil Engineer & Structural Engineer in the State of  California and also holds a Building Contractor license in the State.


Born  in Oklahoma but raised in California, he completed his B.S. Civil  Engineering at California State University, Long Beach and then went on  the complete his MBA at University of California, Berkeley. Go Bears!


Notable early  experience includes Fluor Corporation, Bechtel Corporation, Bell  Operations Corporation prior to starting HCG. Some of his work portfolio has been  overseas which has brought experience building telecommunications  infrastructure, defense facilities, petrochemical/refinery and power  transmission infrastructure.


Here in the Bay Area,  Darrel and HCG have served hundreds of clients ranging from residential  to technology, manufacturing, education and transportation facilities. 


He  particularly enjoys working on residential structural design,  soft-story retrofit, seismic evaluations and homes in need of seismic retrofit throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.


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