Ryan Sandstrom

SE, PE

Director, Engineering

Biography

Ryan is a licensed professional and structural engineer with over nine years of experience performing new and retrofit designs, forensic damage investigations, and code analyses. His structural engineering experience includes new designs, tenant improvements, and seismic retrofits of research laboratories and classroom buildings at educational institutions, and neurointerventional and radiology facilities at healthcare institutions. He also has experience in the forensic investigation of residential, commercial, institutional, educational, and healthcare facilities. Ryan is efficient and effective in opining on the cause and extent of damage, conducting code analyses related to required upgrades or retrofit work, and providing repair recommendations and/or engineered repair drawings.

Credentials

SE | Structural Engineer
PE | Professional Engineer

Representative Consulting Assignments

Commercial Building Partial Roof Collapse | Torrance, CA | Investigation of collapse cause and mediation support services.
Biological Science Center | Tempe, AZ | Design of new 180,000 SF structure.
Clinical and Translational Research Facility | La Jolla, CA | Design of new 365,000 SF structure.
Clinical Development Center | Santa Clarita, CA | Investigation of structural fire damage and pre-lawsuit support services.
Commercial Building Sinkhole | Trona, CA | Investigation of structural damage due to sinkhole.
Commercial Building Explosion | Los Angeles, CA | Investigation of structural damage.
Luxury Multifamily Condominiums | Beverly Hills, CA | Design of new 120 unit condominium structure.

Professional Experience

2020 - 2023 | Senior Project Manager | YA Engineering Services
2023 - Current | Director, Engineering | YA Engineering Services
2019 - 2020 | Director of Forensics | John Labib + Associates
2016 - 2019 | Structural Engineer Forensic Consultant | Envista Forensics
2011 - 2016 | Structural Engineer and Project Manager, | KPFF Consulting Engineers