Katie Bevington

About Katie Bevington

An employee with SK & A since 2006, Katie Bevington has transitioned from CAD Operator to Structural Engineer. After joining the firm, Katie worked for several years as a CAD Operator in our Maryland office. After graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from the University of Maryland, College Park, in 2005, Katie earned her Master of Civil Engineering degree Structural Concentration in 2010 from Norwich University School of Graduate Studies. She provided temporary drafting services for SK & A and passed a Revit Architecture course at Montgomery College between 2008 and 2012 while taking a leave of absence to raise her young children. In February 2013, Katie returned to her former position at SK & A on a permanent full-time basis as a Structural Engineer I. Proficient in AutoCAD, RAM Concept, and Revit, Katie is specifically interested in wood engineering design and existing building renovations. She has provided drafting and engineering services for many of SK & A’s larger stick-built podium projects such as Crown Farm, Reston Station, The Thornton, Channing Place, Gateway, Haven @ National Harbor, Merriweather District Residential Building B & Building C, Loudoun Station Phase 2 apartments & Black Hill Germantown Apartments. In addition to multiple on-going projects in the DC Metro area, Katie\'s current design projects include Electric Works Apartments and Precast Garage in Fort Wayne, Indiana, 100 Clinton Ave Apartments in Stamford, Connecticut, and One Belmont mixed use two building development in Lower Merion, Pennsylvania. Katie received her Bachelor of Science in Architecture in 2005 from the University of Maryland at College Park, a Master of Civil Engineering with Structural Concentration from Norwich University in Northfield Vermont in 2010, and passed the FE exam to become an EIT in 2014. Katie has actively worked to raise money for The Annual Race for Hope 5k to benefit the National Brain Tumor Society and Accelerate Brain Cancer Cure. She also actively supports JDRF’s Finding a Cure for Type 1 Diabetes, American Heart Association, and Child Aid for building schools and libraries in Guatemala.

Experience

1. Structural Engineer Iii

   SK&A Structural Engineers

   Jan 2021 — Present · Potomac, MD, US

   Provides engineering design and drafting for retail and large scale residential podium projects with specialty in wood engineering design (Construction Types 3A and 5A). AutoCAD drafting, Revit drafting, and BIM modeling. Engineering tasks include construction administration, answering requests for information from job sites, shop drawing review, concrete modeling in RAM concept, specifying connection products from Simpson and MiTek (USP) using manuals and proprietary programs, communicating with architects and construction managers, and performing site visits.

Education

• University of Maryland

  Bachelor of Science, Architecture

  2001 — 2005

• Norwich University

  Master of Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering

  2006 — 2010