DCI Engineers

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About the firm

DCI Engineers is a nationwide structural and civil engineering firm founded in 1988 and headquartered in Seattle, Washington. Founded by Mark D'Amato and Guy Conversano, DCI has grown from a two-person basement operation to a 350-plus employee firm with 20-plus regional offices spanning Alaska to the East Coast, licensed and practicing in all 50 states. DCI provides comprehensive structural, civil, industrial, bridge, sustainability, and surveying services, leveraging cross-office collaboration and regional expertise backed by national experience to deliver engineering solutions across a wide range of building types and infrastructure markets.

Established
1988
Team
Large
Firm type
Structural Engineering · Civil Engineering · Land Surveying

People

Jeff D. BrinkCEO/Principal

Mark D'AmatoCo-Founder

Guy ConversanoPrincipal Emeritus and Co-Founder

Grant BuckinghamPrincipal, Director of Operations

Capabilities

Structural Engineering

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DCI's structural services support building programming and performance standards across local and international building codes, from single-family homes to high-rise towers.

  • High-rise and performance-based design
  • Seismic and adaptive renovation
  • Mass timber design
  • Modular construction engineering
  • Tenant improvements

Civil Engineering

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DCI's civil teams connect projects to surrounding infrastructure, supporting site development, utilities, and public and private developments.

  • Site civil design
  • Right-of-way services

Heavy Industrial Engineering

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DCI supports performance-driven structural problems for large-load industrial work.

  • Large load-factor coordination
  • Sloshing and sifting load analysis
  • Contractor-led industrial support

Bridge Engineering

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DCI's bridge group provides inspections, rehabilitations, and new construction for bridges across America, based in the Montana offices.

  • Bridge inspection
  • Bridge rehabilitation
  • New bridge construction

Sustainability and Specialty Engineering

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DCI offers whole-building life cycle assessment, sustainable design consulting, and specialty engineering to advance design practices and simplify project deliverables.

  • Whole building life cycle assessment (LCA)
  • Performance-based design

DCI's surveying group provides land surveying services through Duryea & Associates, a division of DCI Engineers, based in Spokane.

Industries

Commercial · Multifamily Residential · Residential · Hospitality · Historic Preservation · Mixed-Use · Healthcare · Life Sciences · Laboratories · Education · Religious · Sports & Recreation · Parks & Open Space · Government · Industrial · Data Centers · Bridges · Parking

Projects

The Artise

Bellevue, WA · Commercial

Project details

A 25-story, Class A, 1,040,000-sf office tower in Bellevue's central business district with a steel framed gravity and lateral structure featuring buckling restrained mega braces and steel moment frames. DCI Engineers served as structural engineer of record.