Rick A. Morales, P.E., Principal
rick@pvec.com
EDUCATION
Civil/Architectural Engineering (Building Science Program)
REGISTRATIONS
California Civil Engineer No. 40289 (1986)
Arizona Civil Engineer No. 28954 (1995)
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Consulting Structural Engineering Society (CSES) - President, 1994; Vice President, 1993
Structural Engineers Association of Southern California (SEAOSC)
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
American Concrete Institute (ACI)
Forensic Consultants Association (FCA)
Palos Verdes Peninsula Chamber of Commerce
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Mr. Morales is co-founder of Palos Verdes Engineering, has an extensive
qualified and skilled background as a Civil Engineer for over 25 years.
His professional services extend throughout Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino,
Riverside, Santa Barbara, Victorville, Palm Desert, San Luis Obispo and
San Diego Counties.
He serves as an Engineering Consultant and Expert Witness
for Insurance Companies, Attorneys, Realtors and Homeowners, providing
structural assessments, causation reports and repair designs for damaged
or distressed buildings. Mr. Morales has inspected over two thousand properties
affected by the 1994 Northridge earthquake, and several hundred properties
damaged by the 1992 Landers/Big Bear earthquakes, the 1987 Whittier earthquake
and properties affected by the 2003 San Simeon earthquake. He has also
investigated many properties damaged by the 1993 Malibu and Altadena fires,
the 1996 Carlsbad fires and the 2003 San Bernardino and San Diego fires.
Mr. Morales is a trained emergency volunteer with the Governor’s Office
of Emergency Services. He has provided seismic retrofit designs for many
commercial and industrial buildings constructed of un-reinforced brick
masonry and of concrete tilt-up construction.
His design experience and projects have exposed him to most structural
disciplines and materials used in modern construction. Residential designs
include numerous homes over ten thousand square feet and hillside structures
requiring deepened foundations. Other residential projects include multi-level
timber structures such as apartment buildings and condominiums with subterranean
garages and similar structures constructed of masonry and concrete. Mr.
Morales has designed a variety of facilities structures including steel
buildings, mezzanines and tank supports for companies such as Hughes Aircraft
and Anvil Steel and has also designed many commercial and industrial buildings.
In addition, he has been involved in the design of structural components
for the support of speaker systems and other hung building elements for
companies such as JBL Professional.
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