Engineering newsmaker
*Steven B. Tipping ’69
Spring 2007
Civil engineering graduate Steve Tipping has developed
a new metal shear wall that has the potential to lower construction costs
of earthquake-resistant multiunit housing.
Tipping is president of Tipping Mar + Associates, a structural engineering
firm in Berkeley, Calif. As a result of his work, he was chosen among the
Top 25 Newsmakers for 2006 by Engineering News Review.
Load tests performed on the new system have proven the assembly offers three
times the strength of plywood shear walls, twice the strength of any proprietary
metal system available and ease of installation. Tests are being carried
out at UC-Berkeley with funding from the Pankow Foundation.
Tipping’s firm has won many awards including top project honors from both
the National Council of Structural Engineers Association and the American
Institute of Steel Construction.