Tecton Structural Engineering, LLC

Serving Alaska

Scott Gruhn, PE, SE

President, Tecton Structural Engineering, LLC

Born and raised in Alaska, Scott began his structural engineering career in 1991 in Anchorage.  His breadth and depth of structural expertise, along with how he gives back to the community, gained him the 2008 Engineer of the Year award, bestowed by Alaskan engineering societies.

Our Mission

Our goal is to exceed your expectations and make each project a success in every way.  We maintain budget, timeliness, accuracy, efficiency, and above all, safety and integrity.  To us, each project is an interview for your next, and each interaction is an audition to gain your future recommendations.

Experience

Over the decades, Scott's experience has run the gamut: 

    • large projects like the Centerpoint West office buildings and parking garage,

    • small projects like anchoring mechanical and electrical systems,

    • governmental buildings like the Dena'ina Convention Center,

    • residences,

    • retaining walls,  

    • condition surveys and seismic screening, and much more.

He is an expert in the design and analysis of:

    • cast-in-place concrete and precast concrete,

    • reinforced masonry,

    • structural steel, steel joists, steel deck, and light gauge steel,

    • solid-sawn wood, glued-laminated lumber, engineered lumber, and plywood.

Scott has worked on well over a thousand Alaskan projects in his career, including:

    • new construction,

    • renovations,

    • additions,

    • repairs for damaged structures,

    • condition surveys,

    • seismic analyses, surveys, screenings, and upgrades,

    • post-earthquake seismic investigations,  

    • floor and roof load capacity investigations,

    • rooftop snow load surveys,

    • vibration design and analysis, and much more.

Scott helped form the Structural Engineering Association of Alaska, and he served for years as Treasurer, Vice President, and President.  He also chaired the committee working with the University of Alaska Anchorage to determine appropriate snow loads for hundreds of locations throughout Alaska.  Many results from that study now appear in the 2022 edition of ASCE7, "Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for Buildings and Other Structures."

Scott has been based in Anchorage for his entire career.  He knows well the constraints that our climate puts on the construction process and the structures themselves, and he puts this knowledge to work for you, streamlining your projects and avoiding pitfalls that can add time and expense to a project.

Give us a call; we'd love the opportunity to help you with your structural engineering needs!