David Ojala Email & Phone Number

David Ojala is a structure failure first-responder, with broad expertise in structural and geotechnical design, construction, and performance. In addition to his core capabilities in forensics and property loss consulting, David’s knowledge of structural vulnerabilities and failure investigation, coupled with his background in structural design and code development, provide him with the experience needed to take lessons learned from failures and apply them to new design, retrofit, peer review, and risk and resilience consulting for complex structures and portfolios. David specializes in design and analysis of long-span and tall buildings, and evaluation and repair of structures damaged by earthquake, wind, fire, and water. David is also a certified welding inspector (CWI) and provides both proactive and failure analysis consulting for structural and pipeline weldments.In addition to his work experience, Mr. Ojala is heavily involved in structural disaster response and assessment activities, and is a frequent speaker on matters related to natural hazard risk and resilience, structural safety assessment, structural plan review, and building code changes. He is a trained Structures Specialist with FEMA Urban Search and Rescue California Task Force 4 in Oakland, a member of the Structural Engineers Association of California's Earthquake Performance Evaluation Program, and is a trained Safety Assessment Program Trainer, Coordinator, and Evaluator for CalOES. He also serves as Vice President of the Structural Engineers Association of Northern California (SEAONC) and a member of the Structural Engineers Association of California's (SEAOC) Resilience and Policy Committees. He is also a past chair of SEAONC's Existing Buildings Committee and Disaster Emergency Services Committee, and past chair of the SEAOC Existing Buildings Committee.

Listed skills include Structural Engineering, Civil Engineering, Seismic Design, Concrete, and 17 others.