Mr. Taplin is a professional Structural Engineer with twenty two years of structural engineering experience. His experience has been focused on the design of a variety of buildings, including multi-family, single-family, retail, commercial, industrial, mixed-use and mid-rise structures. Mr. Taplin has designed buildings constructed with a wide range of structural materials including wood, metal, steel, masonry, cast-in-place concrete and post-tensioned concrete.
The breadth of his experience contributes to the quality of his projects by understanding the advantages and disadvantages of the structural systems available and how they can affect the Owner, Architect and Contractor. In addition, Mr. Taplin has accumulated an understanding of how the concerns of other disciplines can affect the structure, including fire-resistive constuction, mechanical ducting, piping for sprinklers and plumbing, electrical, civil and foundation/soil design parameters. Armed with this experience, Mr. Taplin assists the Design Team focus on the structural systems that are best-suited to the specfic needs of each project.
Selected Projects
Structural Design of the Woods Apartment Complex Expansion - Phases 5B and 5C, San Jose, CA
Structural Design of the Stanford Linear Accelerator Guest House, a Single Residence Occupancy facility to provide short term housing for visiting scientists and Stanford University guests, Palo Alto, CA
Remodel and Seismic Retrofit of Building 2, Siliconix, Santa Clara, CA
Structural Design of Osio Plaza, a 34,000 square foot Mixed-Use Facility, Downtown Monterey, CA
Structural Design of Monte Vista Gardens, a large residential community which provides a total of 262 Family Housing and Senior Housing Units, San Jose, CA
Structural Design of Markethouse Lofts, an award-winning 63,000 square foot Condominium Loft community, San Jose, CA
Partial Seismic Retrofit and Structural Design of Shell Modifications to an Existing Building, Federal Express Trimble Tech Center, San Jose, CA
Structural Design of Towneplace Suites, a 50,000 square foot hotel with a subterranean parking structure, Sunnyvale, CA
Structural Renovation and Conversion of former Military Officer Quarters into the Villas at Hamilton Senior Apartments, Novato, CA
Christopher S. Taplin, S.E.
Senior Project Manager/Associate
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science-Civil Engineering
California Polytechnic State University
1981
REGISTRATION
Structural:
California License No. S3303
Washingtion License No. 36327
Civil:
California License No. C041164