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Gabriel Acero

AECOM

 

Member profile details

Membership level
Member SE
Salutation
Mr
First name
Gabriel
Last name
Acero
Credentials
  • PE
  • SE
  • Other
 

COMPANY INFORMATION:

Organization
AECOM
Business Address
999 Town & Country Road
Business City
Orange
State
CA
Zip
92868
Country
USA
Website
www.aecom.com
Business Phone
714-567-2522
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Personal Bio (Optional)
Gabriel Acero is a licensed Civil and Structural Engineer with over 25 years of experience in the structural engineering field.

At AECOM, his focus has been the capacity research, advanced 3D structural modeling, implementation of performance-based-design (PBE) methodologies for evaluation, and rehabilitation of existing structures, design of high-performance structures including high rise structures, large scale water reservoirs, DSA, Aviation and Oil facilities, historic buildings, sports facilities, hospitals, schools, data centers, hotels, retail, residential, bridges, between others. At the same time, Gabriel’s extensive project base has allowed him to gain valuable experience in a vast number of structural design areas. He has developed considerable expertise with concrete, steel, masonry, and timber structures, including new buildings, tenant improvements, DoD, 3rd world construction techniques, CDCR peer reviews, and Attorney support for Construction Defect Litigation. He has been lead engineer of a variety of new and retrofitted buildings, responsible of supervising structural calculations, coordination with testing laboratories, clients, and other professionals involved in the projects for both: small and large-multi-geographical structural teams.

His experience with international projects in USA, Numerous Latin-America countries, South Korea, Azerbaijan, Canada, and New Zealand, where he assisted in the post-earthquake efforts that followed the 2010 earthquakes, results handy when thinking out of the box for a project.

He has co-authored numerous technical publications, participated in the design of the largest outdoors shaking table in the world which is located at the University of California San Diego (UCSD), in the design and rehabilitation of highrise buildings, major University buildings.

Throughout his experience he has been invited as international panelist and presenter at the Colombian Society of Engineers, and Colombian Chamber for Concrete (2021), SEAOC, UCSD (2020), “30 years after Loma Prieta Earthquake” SEAOSC (2019), “SEAOSC Winter Event” (2016 and 2017), between other events.

He has served as an active member of the Seismology Committee and Hazards of the Structural Engineers Association of Southern California (S&HC-SEAOSC) for over 15 years and is the Seismology Committee Chair for SEAOC and the S&HC-SEAOSC, member of Codes and Standards Committee at SEAOSC, Chair of the SEAOC Subcommittee for Precast Concrete Walls, and co-leads the Blue Book Article for the SEAOC Resiliency Based Design.
 

EDUCATION / LICENSING

CA S.E. License Number
S5742
 

EXPERIENCE

How Many Years of Engineering Experience?
27
Specialization
  • Commercial Buildings
  • Facilities: Education
  • Facilities: Healthcare
  • Facilities: Laboratory
  • Facilities: Public
  • Legal Consultation/Expert Witness
  • Post-Earthquake Evaluation
  • Residential: Hillside Homes
  • Residential: Multi-Unit
  • Residential: Single Family Homes
  • Retrofit: Historic Rehabilitation
  • Retrofit: Non-Ductile Concrete Building
  • Retrofit: Nonresidential Building Rehabilitation
  • Retrofit: Residential
  • Retrofit: Wood-framed Soft Story
  • Seismic Bracing of Non-Structural Elements
  • Seismic Evaluation & Reports
  • Solar Photovoltaic Applications
  • Structural Peer Review
  • Tall Buildings
  • Unreinforced Masonry Buildings
  • Other


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