Willett Engineering Company

A structural design team you can lean on.

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About the firm

Willett Engineering Company is a structural engineering firm founded in 1990 and headquartered in Tucker, Georgia, with a satellite office in Port St. Joe, Florida. WEC serves clients across the United States, with engineers licensed in 47 states and territories. Structural specialties include tilt-up concrete design, erection engineering for long-span steel framing systems, connection design for the steel fabrication industry, and preservation of historical structures. Markets served include manufacturing, education, retail, healthcare, multifamily residential, and government. Over 95% of projects come from repeat clients.

Established
1990
Team
Small
Firm type
Structural Engineering · Forensic Engineering

People

Brandon HoffmanPresident

J. Mac WillettPrincipal

Lelia ConlinSenior Engineer

Laura Leah MooreSenior Engineer

Capabilities

Structural Engineering Services

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Full-spectrum structural engineering for new construction, renovation, and specialty projects across steel, masonry, concrete, and timber.

  • New Building Design
  • Construction Administration
  • Analysis of Existing Structures
  • Renovation & Retrofitting
  • Structural Consulting
  • Historic Preservation
  • Erection Engineering

    Erection engineering for long-span structural steel framing systems.

  • Connection Design

    Connection design for the steel fabrication industry.

  • Tilt-Up Concrete Design
  • Adaptive Re-Use Assessment
  • Disaster Assessment
  • Feasibility Studies

Industries

Manufacturing · Industrial · Education · Retail · Commercial · Multifamily Residential · Healthcare · Arts & Culture · Government

Projects

Midtown High School

Atlanta, GA · Education · Client: Cooper Carry

Project details

New 65,000-sf classroom building engineered to bridge 30 feet over an underlying sewer system. Construction cost of $17 million.

Fox Factory

Gainesville, GA · Manufacturing · Client: BRPH

Project details

Structural design for a 350,000-sf vertically integrated manufacturing and distribution facility, including a large office mezzanine, anodizer room, clean rooms, truck canopy, and fuel storage area.

Historic Ford Auditorium

Berry College, Rome, GA · Arts & Culture · Client: CEVIAN Design Lab

Project details

WEC researched the 1928 auditorium's original blueprints and construction materials to create 3D models of the original roof trusses, then developed a framing plan to install a new state-of-the-art acoustic ceiling. Winner of the Architecture MasterPrize 2020 in the Restoration & Renovation category.

Barack & Michelle Obama Academy

Atlanta, GA · Education · Client: Cooper Carry

Project details

New building design and structural renovation comprising a 10,000-sf heavy renovation, 3,000-sf new media addition, 8,050-sf new gymnasium addition, and 400-sf new entrance addition. Construction cost of $11 million.