Ron Hamburger

About Ron Hamburger

Ronald Hamburger has more than 30 years of experience in design, construction, education, research, evaluation, investigation and repair of commercial, institutional, and industrial facilities. He is an internationally recognized expert in performance-based structural, earthquake and blast engineering, and has played a lead role in the development of national structural engineering standards and building code provisions. Following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York, Mr. Hamburger served as the lead investigator into the collapse of New York’s twin World Trade Center towers on behalf of the Structural Engineering Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Mr. Hamburger has lectured at the University of California at Berkley, the University of California at Los Angeles, Stanford University, and numerous other academic institutions. He is present chair of the Structural Engineering Certification Board, a past President of the National Council of Structural Engineering Associations, a past President and Fellow of the Structural Engineers Association of California and the Structural Engineers Association of Northern California, and a past Director and Vice President of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute.Specialties- Performance-based structural engineering- Blast & Progressive collapse design- Highrise buildings- Failure Investigations

Experience

1. Senior Principal, Director

   Simpson Gumpertz & Heger (SGH)

   Jun 2002 — Present

   Direction of staff of 40 structural engineers and support staff in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Orange County, California. Project types include- Structural design and peer review- Seismic evaluations and upgrades- Blast and Progressive Collapse Consultation- Failure investigation - Construction litigation consultation

Education

• New York University - Polytechnic School of Engineering

  MSCE, Structures

  1972 — 1974

• New York University - Polytechnic School of Engineering

  BSCE, Civil Engineerign

  1970 — 1974

• Golden Gate University

  MBA, Constructon Project Management

  1980 — 1985