Unlocking greater possibilities

Our unconventional approach blends creativity with technical mastery to push the boundaries of structural engineering.

Innovative Design

Instead of textbook solutions and conventional approaches, we ask deeper questions to unlock possibilities. Through ingenuity and a thoughtful application of engineering first-principles, we develop more responsive and efficient structural designs.

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Advanced Analytics

We harness our advanced analytics’ capabilities to predict structural behavior and gain key insights to develop optimized, data-driven design solutions—creating real value for clients and building owners.

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Seismic Resilience

We combine innovative design and a collaborative and responsive workflow to deliver tailored, effective, and unexpected seismic design solutions that help protect our clients’ high value investments and facilitate post-earthquake operations.

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"Tipping brought a thoughtful strategy to seismic resilience of a midcentury building carrying the load of a major addition. They added significant value through targeting performance-based improvements based on modeled analysis which gave us great confidence in the relevance of the investment."

— Brent Van Gunten AIA, Principal, Gensler

Sustainable Integration

As industry leaders, we collaborate and innovate to create low-embodied energy, sustainable design solutions that are efficient, cost-effective, and seek to reduce carbon output to minimize construction’s environmental impact.

Sustainable Integration

Integrated Value

We’re hyper-focused on providing useful insights early in the design process to better inform key decisions, control cost, and minimize disruptive surprises. By internalizing project-level goals, we’re better able to help achieve them.

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At Tipping we look at projects beyond just a transaction or a contract with an individual or group. Each problem has its own complexities, making every day exciting and a bit of an adventure.

- Mike Korolyk, Principal

Tipping celebrates 40 years

In 1983, Steve Tipping (1947-2017) founded our firm on the belief that a structural engineer’s most valuable asset isn’t simply the ability to perform calculations. Instead, he believed that a deep understanding of overall project goals and a practice of rigorous design thinking lead to the most innovative, impactful, and often unexpected, structural solution. 40 years later, we’re honored to be continuing in his path, creating structural solutions that unlock greater possibilities for our clients and community.

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Meet our People

We’re a community of diverse practitioners who are relentlessly curious and courageously creative.

Recent Awards & Recognition

Our unconventional approach and practice of rigorous design thinking leads to impactful, unexpected design solutions—many of which go on to be recognized and rewarded by the greater structural engineering community.