Gary Beck

About Gary Beck

Owner engineer of Eco-Holdings (Texas Engineering Firm F-7395, a Civil, Structural, and 3D BIM Design and Consulting Engineering firm located in Houston, Texas.\"Providing the Nuts and Bolts of Sustainable Project Design\"ECO\'s services include Civil, Structural, and Windstorm Engineering combined with Sustainable Design for residential, commercial, and industrial projects. ECO\'s project experience includes engineering services for civil, structural, solar, wind, and combined heat and power projects located in coastal hurricane zone areas.\"We Work Much Bigger than Our Small Size\" SPECIALITIES: Integrated 3D design using AutoDesk Revit (will cut costs and lead-times) Whole Site Development. This includes Structural Engineering (Foundation, framing, Wind Storm), Civil Engineering (Storm Water Mitigation, Detention, Drainage), Design (CAD), Inspection (Forensic). We also can provided Design Consulting on Sustainability, Materials, Solar, Wind, Envelope, Green Building, and Shelter-In-Place.

Experience

1. Owner

   Eco-Holdings Llc

   Sep 2002 — Present

   Owner Gary Beck is a Duke engineering graduate (B.S.E. Civil) with a career covering construction, design, energy, materials, and mechanical systems. Structural Engineering Certification Board SECB Certified, on the Texas Board of Professional Engineer Windstorm Engineer Roster, a 2013 Texas Department of Insurance Wind Storm Engineer (Structural), and a Texas P.E.(81\' Mechanical). Accredited by USGBC-LEED (US Green Building Council for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design), Special Inspection Agency for the City of Houston, and Member ASCE, ASHRAE. Other skills include AutoCAD, Revit Structure, Revit MEP, and SketchUp Pro and the management of CAD design professionals working in these platforms. Eco-Holdings is a Texas Registered Engineering Services Firm providing design and inspection services (structural and civil engineering, and MEP consulting). ECO offers one-stop services with complete detailed permit-ready construction documentation created in AutoCAD and in Revit Structure/MEP software. Design services in wood, steel, & concrete. Structural expertise with Structural Insulated Panels, Autoclaved Aerated Concrete, Structural Concrete Insulated Panels. Civil engineering flood plain & drainage evaluations, conveyance letters, detention pond design. Inspection services - structural assessment, digital elevation surveys, field concrete strength testing. Energy experience - solar PV, Combined Heat and Power (CHP), standby power generation (engine and micro-turbine driven), and energy optimization design.

Education

• Duke University

  BSE, Civil Engineering

• Duke University

  Bachelor of Science Civil Engineering, Civil Engineering

  1971 — 1975

Skills

• Revit Structure and Mep Design
• Parametric Design
• Negotiation
• 55 Plus Home Design
• Customer Relations
• Team Building
• Designs
• Word
• Low Energy Facility Design
• Product Development
• Autocad
• Construction Management
• Green Building
• Revit
• Strategic Planning
• Research
• Public Speaking
• Energy Efficiency
• Alternate Buildng System Design
• Business Strategy
• Solar Pv Array Design
• Sustainability
• Array
• Sales Management
• Low Energy & Maintainance Building Design
• Management Consulting
• Engineering
• Sustainable Development
• Renewable Energy
• Solar Energy
• Social Media
• Process Improvement
• Residential
• Planning
• Manufacturing
• Microsoft Office
• Residential Homes
• New Business Development
• Cad
• Marketing Strategy