Karen H. Wiinikka, S.E.
Principal
Structural Engineer, 2006 California S5056
Civil Engineer, 1996 California C57016
Ms. Wiinikka became Principal of Donald C. Urfer & Associates in 2007 and is committed to the high level of excellence instilled in the firm by its founder. She has managed and designed commercial and industrial projects, educational buildings, office buildings, and residences. Ms. Wiinikka has extensive experience in investigation and analysis of seismic conditions for conformance to local and state building requirements. Personally involved in the firm's design tasks, she takes an active role in the development of each project's overall conceptual design.
BS, Civil Engineering, University of California, Berkeley 1990
MS, Civil Engineering, George Washington University 1994
Scott R. Haggblade, S.E.
Senior Structural Engineer
Structural Engineer, 1987 California SE 2950
Civil Engineer, 1984 California CE 33063
Mr. Haggblade has practiced structural engineering for over 40 years, the last 32 with Donald C. Urfer & Associates, Inc. He specializes in the structural design and analysis of educational and medical facilities and has been the primary structural engineer for dozens of public school projects including more than ten new elementary schools and numerous new school buildings. In addition, he has worked on many hospital and medical facilities with an emphasis on the support and attachments of mechanical and electrical systems. He has extensive experience in working with DSA and OSHPD.
Mr. Haggblade has also served as a part-time faculty member in the Civil Engineering Department at San Jose State University. He has taught basic structures classes and a graduate course in the design of reinforced masonry structures and seismic retrofit of existing structures.
BS, Architectural Engineering, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo 1978
MBA, University of California, Berkeley 1983
MS, Civil Engineering, San Jose State University 1987
Post-Graduate Engineering Studies, Stanford University 1988
Donald C. Urfer, S.E.
Senior Structural Engineer Emeritus, Founder
Structural Engineer, 1971 California SE 1664
1973 Colorado PE 12166
1992 Hawaii SE 7742-S
Civil Engineer, 1966 California CE 16779
As Founder and former President of Donald C. Urfer and Associates, Inc., Mr. Urfer oversees many of the structural and civil engineering projects that pass through our office. His nearly 50 years of experience includes work for big city firms on large scale projects including several BART stations and the Villa Marin Hospital, to lower profile but often equally challenging projects more prevalent in the Monterey Bay Area. He has managed and designed commercial and industrial projects, education buildings, medical buildings, residential developments, and office buildings. He has extensive experience in investigation and analysis of seismic conditions for conformance to local and state building requirements.
With his years of experience, Mr. Urfer possesses special capabilities in problem analysis, and he specializes in custom engineering solutions for unique architectural concepts.
Barry Ewing
Senior Draftsperson
Mr. Ewing has worked for our firm for almost 40 years. As our senior draftsperson, he provides our clients with working drawings of the highest quality. Mr. Ewing is proficient at computer aided drafting (CAD), and has combined his extensive hand drafting experience with AutoCAD to produced distinctive and well organized drawings for our clients.
BS, Landscape Architecture, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo 1977
Nora Villanueva
Junior Structural Engineer
Ms. Villanueva joined our team in 2017 and works directly under the guidance of the firm's senior engineers. While completing her degree in Architectural Engineering at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, she worked in engineering offices providing structural design, site inspections, review submittals and engineering analysis. Ms. Villanueva brings excellent skills to our firm including those in AutoCAD drafting and detailing.
BS, Architectural Engineering, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo 2017