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Tipping Structural Engineers

Berkeley, CA

Unlocking greater possibilities

Services
19
Offices
1
Projects
12
Leaders
25
Founded
1983
Size Estimate
11-50 employees

Overview

Tipping is a service-forward structural engineering practice that unlocks greater possibilities for clients and communities. Its unconventional approach blends creativity with technical mastery to push the boundaries of structural engineering by focusing on project goals before calculations, asking difficult questions, and leveraging a deep understanding of structural behavior.

Founded
1983
Size Estimate
11-50 employees

Services

Innovative Design

Structural design that applies engineering first principles to efficient project-specific solutions.

Seismic Resilience

Seismic design guidance for high-value buildings and post-earthquake operational goals.

Advanced Analytics

Analytical modeling used to predict structural behavior and optimize design decisions.

Integrated Value

Early-stage structural guidance that aligns performance, cost, and constructability.

Sustainable Integration

Structural design support for lower-impact buildings and efficient material use.

Research and Custom Tools

Internal research and tool development that advances structural engineering practice.

Industries

Firm type

Project types

Projects

Storehouse Lofts

2026 | Multifamily Residential

A historic renovation, seismic retrofit, and adaptive reuse concrete project converting a storehouse into residential lofts.

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Samuel Merritt University Oakland City Center

Oakland, CA | Education

A new construction highrise steel building incorporating laboratory and higher education facilities.

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3130 Wilshire

Commercial

A renovation and adaptive reuse project featuring seismic retrofit and advanced analytics for a concrete commercial building.

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Intuit Dome Trellis

Sports & Recreation

A special project utilizing advanced analytics and steel construction for new trellis design.

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UCSF Nancy Friend Pritzker Psychiatry Building

Healthcare

A new construction concrete healthcare and laboratory facility built via design-build delivery.

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UC Berkeley David Blackwell Residence Hall

Berkeley, CA | Education

A new construction concrete student housing and higher education residence hall.

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Exelixis Life Sciences Headquarters

Life Sciences

A new construction steel commercial laboratory facility.

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UCSF Mount Zion Housing

Multifamily Residential

A concrete renovation and seismic retrofit project providing housing for UCSF Mount Zion.

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San Francisco Conservatory of Music

San Francisco, CA | Arts & Culture

A new construction concrete highrise educational and cultural facility.

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Contra Costa County Administrative Building

Government

A new construction steel and concrete county administration facility.

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633 Folsom Offices

Commercial

A major seismic retrofit, renovation, and adaptive reuse of a midcentury concrete commercial office building featuring a major addition.

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520 S El Camino Real

Commercial

A commercial seismic retrofit, renovation, and adaptive reuse project with steel and concrete structural systems.

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Leadership

Mike Korolyk

Principal

Abby Enscoe

Associate | Project Director

SE

Adrian Ku

Project Manager

SE

Alec Zavala

Senior Technical Engineer

CE

Alex Mehrer

CAD/BIM Specialist

Andrew Jimenez

Project Manager

SE

Anurag Upadhyay

Analysis-Focused Engineer

PhD

Barry

Associate | Director of Systems and Information Technology

Beverly Xu

Project Manager

CE

Bridget Carls

Marketing Coordinator & IT Specialist

Bruce Danziger

SoCal Practice Leader

SE

Burhan Mir

Project Engineer

Cheryl Norton

Associate | Director of Marketing and Business Development

Christopher Tiran

Senior Project Engineer

CE

Clayton Riggins

Project Manager

SE

Fuko Tsuruta

Project Manager

CE

Gina Carlson

Associate Principal

SE

Gina Tesser Phelan

Senior Associate | Director, People Operations

PCC

Ginevra Rojahn

Project Engineer

Henry Nistler

Project Engineer

CE

Holly Ames

Staff Accountant

Ian Kelso

Senior Associate | Project Director

SE, AIA

Isaac Williams

Project Manager

SE

Itria Licitra

Associate | Project Director

SE

Jason Armes

Associate | Project Director

SE

Testimonials

Tipping brought a thoughtful strategy to seismic resilience of a midcentury building carrying the load of a major addition. They added significant value through targeting performance-based improvements based on modeled analysis which gave us great confidence in the relevance of the investment.

Brent Van Gunten, Principal, Gensler

Offices

Headquarters

Headquarters

1906 Shattuck Avenue

Berkeley, CA 94704

(510) 549-1906

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