Archive for January 2022

Earlier this month, we wrote about What Disasters Teach Us About the Importance of Design Codes. the role that our own founder and principal Kirby Hartle played during the devastating 2010 Haiti Earthquake when he served as a Structures Specialist with the Urban Search and Rescue Virginia Task Force 1. For the two weeks Kirby…

Here in the United States, designing buildings to meet international, national, state, and local codes is simply part of the structural engineering process. It’s required by law and expected by customers. It isn’t until natural or manmade disasters strike that we truly gain an appreciation for building and design standards, why these codes are required,…

Top Level Engineering: Celebrating a Successful 2021, Looking Ahead to Great Opportunities in the Future Happy New Year from Top Level Engineering! As we move into the first few weeks of 2022, we look back on the previous year with a grateful spirit – as we have much to celebrate! First and foremost, we are…