About the Authors

Kenneth A. Luttrell, PE/CE/SE, MACI

M.S. in Structural Engineering at Stanford University — 1964
Practicing Structural Engineer since 1964 — Designing new buildings and retrofits of existing buildings, evaluating structural systems of existing buildings and structures, performing peer reviews and detailed third-party code compliance reviews.
Leader on the structural evaluation of an all-concrete house for presentation at the 2008 Insulating Concrete Form Association (IFCA) Conference In Orlando, FL.
Participant on the Tilt-up Concrete Association, (TCA), Task Group that evaluated the structural capability of the Tilt-up Panels and their connections to the roof of the Home Depot building that was destroyed by the EF-5 Tornado in Joplin, Missouri in 2011.
Licensed California Structural Engineer since 1966.
Vice President of CYS Structural Engineers, Inc. — Leading Sacramento, CA Structural Engineering firm for 40+ years.
Past President of the Structural Engineers Association of California, (SEAOC).
Chairman of the SEAOC State Seismology Committee during final development of the Seismic Provisions adopted in the last edition of the Uniform Building Code, (1997 UBC).
Chairman of the SEAOC State Existing Buildings Committee 2010 — 2011.
Chairman of the SEAOC State Wind Code Committee since 1985.

Bachelor of Science in Civil/Structural Engineering, Ohio State University, 1951
Portland Cement Association, Field and Statewide Paving Engineer, Columbus Ohio 1954-1964
Portland Cement Association, Special Representative to State and Federal Agencies, Sacramento California, Project Manager for Design and Construction of Disaster-Resistant Concrete Houses for California State Migrant Worker Housing Demonstration Project 1964-1968
Portland Cement Association, District Engineer and Regional Manager, Denver Colorado 1968-1972
Morrison-Knudsen Construction Co. and H. K. Ferguson Co, North American Regional Manager, Turnkey Civil and Mechanical Contractors 1972-1976
Vice President, Project Manager, Food Industries Engineering Company, food processing factories, Iran and Turkey 1976-1978
Assistant Executive Construction Manager, construction of King Abdulazizz University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 1978-1980

Transportation and Engineer Management (TEAM) company, Start-up project manager and trainer, for Saudi Arabia Minister of Foreign Affairs, Diplomatic Quarter Project, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 1980-1983
TEAM, Seminar lecturer to Arab engineers, Middle East and North Africa: subjects Project Management and Precast Concrete Technology 1980-1989
Splice Sleeve Japan Limited, created United States company to market high-strength mechanical connectors for concrete reinforcing bars, 1978-1994
Citizens Democracy Corps, USAID, U. S. Department of State, mentor to construction companies in Poland, Romania and Russia, 1995-2000
Project Manager, Preliminary engineering for the construction of insulated disaster resistant concrete houses in Russia Far East and Yuzhno Sakhalinsk (Sakhalin), USAID 1997-1998
Keynote speaker at the first Russian Project Management Association convention on the subject of Computerized Project Management Systems, Moscow, 1999
Supervised design and construction of award-winning seismic-resistant insulated concrete house in Iasi, Romania 2002-2005
Captain, U. S. Naval Air Reserve — Retired