Rutherford + Chekene is a structural and geotechnical engineering firm in California specializing in new design and retrofit of structures for clients in sectors that include healthcare, higher education, corporate, research and development, art and education, and technology.
Rutherford + Chekene began implementing 3-D modeling to produce building information models (BIM) in 2005. R+C has developed more than $3 billion in construction using BIM created with Revit, Tekla and other software.
History Rutherford + Chekene was founded in San Francisco in 1960 by two structural engineers, John Rutherford and Constantine Chekene. John served as the company’s first president, and in 1975, Constantine Chekene succeeded John as President.
Notable projects Bakar Precision Cancer Medicine Building, San Francisco Structural engineer of record for the new Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art at UC Davis Seismic consulting for bridging documents and structural and geotechnical peer review of the San Francisco International Airport Air Traffic Control Tower UCSF Smith Cardiovascular Research Building at Mission Bay UC Merced Science and Engineering Building 2, Merced New Exploratorium, San Francisco UC Berkeley Boalt Hall Law Library, Berkeley UC Davis Gallagher Hall and Conference Center for the UC Davis Graduate School of Management, Davis Designing for Wind Loads on Solar Arrays, California De Young Museum, San Francisco Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing Renovation and expansion of the UC Santa Cruz McHenry Library, Santa Cruz Genentech Hall, QB3, and hospital at the UCSF Mission Bay campus Pixar Animation Studios, Emeryville California Strong Motion Instrumentation Program (CSMIP) Study Geotechnical engineer of record for the California Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park Seismic consulting after the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, New Zealand
References
King, John. "Davis: Design chosen for Shrem art museum", San Francisco Chronicle, May 2013. Young, Eric. "Rehab/renovation: The Exploratorium at Pier 15," San Francisco Business Times, March 2013. Rauber, Chris. "Finalist / best health: Mills-Peninsula Medical Center," San Francisco Business Times, March 2012. Gonchar, Joann. "One Project, but Many Seismic Solutions", Architectural Record. Talarico, Wendy. "Seismic Systems that Stand Up to Nature", Architectural Record, February 2000.