Wally Ford

IMEG Corp, Client Executive | Houston, United States

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Wally Ford, P.E., LEED AP, has 44 years of experience in the planning and design of structural systems for commercial and institutional buildings. He specializes in high-rise design, having been involved in the design of dozens of buildings over 25 stories and many over 50 stories. He has contributed to the architecture and engineering community by teaching a variety of structural engineering courses in the Architecture Departments of both Rice University and the University of Houston.

Wally Ford

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01 February 2000

Complete Retrofit of a 47-Story Steel Building for Wind Loads

Joseph Colaco & Wally Ford, CBM Engineers, Inc; Gene Robertson, Reliant Energy

This paper describes the retrofitting of an existing 47- story all-steel building with four basements in Houston, USA. Exterior steel spandrel beams welded to columns...

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01 February 2000

Complete Retrofit of a 47-Story Steel Building for Wind Loads

Joseph Colaco & Wally Ford, CBM Engineers, Inc; Gene Robertson, Reliant Energy

This paper describes the retrofitting of an existing 47- story all-steel building with four basements in Houston, USA. Exterior steel spandrel beams welded to columns...