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Eric Watson

Eric Watson, PE, SE

Principal

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About

A Principal of Miller Consulting Engineers, Eric Watson has been providing structural engineering services since 1994. He is a licensed structural engineer in the state of Oregon and holds professional licenses in 17 additional states. After 30 plus years of military service, Eric takes special interest in providing engineering for projects for our military, service members or first responders. Eric’s leadership keeps projects on time and on budget. During the course of his career, Eric has managed design-build structural design, remodels and additions while leading timely, cost-conscious structural engineering design for new construction. Eric also believes in providing resiliency in our designs, so as to withstand future seismicity, as well as rehabilitating old structures to meet current building code concerns for their use today.

Additional Certifications/Services

Consultation Services to the State of Oregon Building Codes Division, Department of Consumer & Business Services

Certified Building Plans Examiner

Certified Oregon Post-Earthquake Inspector

Oregon Inspector Certification

SR Plan Reviewer/Inspector

ASCE41 Evaluations

Credentials

Education

  • Bachelor of Science Civil Engineering, Portland State University, Portland, OR

Professional Licenses

PE
  • Arizona
  • California
  • Florida
  • Georgia
  • Indiana
  • Maryland
  • Missouri
  • New Mexico
  • New York
  • North Carolina
  • Ohio
  • Oregon
  • South Carolina
  • Tennessee
  • Texas
  • Virginia
  • Washington
  • Wyoming
SE
  • Oregon

Professional Affiliations & Activities

  • American Concrete Institute, Oregon Chapter (OACI) / Past President
  • Oregon Building Officials Association (OBOA)
  • Oregon Chapter of the Construction Specifier Institute (CSI)
  • SEAO Code Advisory Committee

Featured Projects

Continuing Care Residential Community Woodburn, OR • Healthcare Full engineering services were provided for three types of facilities at the Evergreen Continuing Care residential community. The project entailed a single... Alhambra Fire Trainer Alhambra, CA • Municipal & Public Works MCE’s structural design was used for the City of Alhambra's Fire Department Training Facility. This facility includes: Fire command 7 bay street-scape... Amanda Trail Suspension Bridge Yachats, OR • Bridges & Transportation Miller Consulting Engineers provided structural engineering services for the replacement of Amanda Trail Bridge—a 165-foot pedestrian suspension bridge... Benton County Courthouse Corvallis, OR • Municipal & Public Works Benton County contracted MCE to seismically evaluate the Benton County URM Courthouse using the ASCE 41-13 standard. MCE evaluated the building using BPOE-1E... Blue Heron Paper Mill Evaluation Oregon City, OR • Industrial As a subconsultant, MCE provided a structural assessment of eight diverse building groups located at the Blue Heron Paper Mill. Many of the building groups... Bull Mountain Trunk Improvements - Infrastructure Tigard, OR • Municipal & Public Works MCE provided structural engineering services for the expansion design of this major sanitary sewer trunk to accommodate future residential growth.... Cascade Crest Apartment Complex Sandy, OR Situated on two two acre sites, this apartment complex consists of five different unit types in six buildings and individual parking garages. As the... Courthouse Square Remediation Salem, OR • Commercial The original Marion County Courthouse Square building was constructed in 2000, and consists of five stories of above grade and one below grade parking level.... Hollywood Theater Marquee Portland International Airport • Community, Civic & Religious SIGNAGE The Hollywood Theatre opened the first microcinema at the Portland International Airport in February 2017. As the structural engineer on the design... Lewis & Clark College PV Array Portland, OR MCE helped Lewis & Clark College with their renewable energy effort by providing structural engineering design for the foundation and framing for a ground... Lloyd Center Safeway Retrofit Portland, OR • Commercial MCE provided the retrofit of the partially underground parking structure. The structure consisted of two-way concrete slabs and moment-resisting columns. The... Major General George White HQ Salem, OR • Federal & Military The Oregon Military Department’s (OMD), mission was to provide headquarters that would bring all statewide units, groups and stakeholders together under one... Moda Center Sign Portland, OR • Community, Civic & Religious SIGNAGE MCE provided structural engineering services for the support of 10' tall lettering at the Moda Center. The size of the lettering is unique in that... Netarts-Oceanside Fire Station Tillamook, OR • Community, Civic & Religious MCE provided full design services for this project. The original building was a combination of three separate buildings that were constructed at various... Newell Creek Canyon Bridge Oregon City, OR • Bridges & Transportation MCE was excited to provide the structural bridge design and foundation support on an active landslide for the Newell Creek Canyon Nature Park that recently... NW Children's Theater & School Portland, OR MCE evaluated this historical building in accordance with Tier 1 and Tier 2 screening procedures of the ASCE 31. The first phase of the work included... OMD Seismic Assessments Statewide, OR • Federal & Military Seismic Evaluations using Basic and Enhanced Performance Objectives of the ASCE 41 Other standards used for evaluations included: International Building Code... Outdoor/Indoor Cooler Combos San Lorenzo, CA • Education Miller Consulting Engineers worked with Imperial Brown to provide structural engineering design for the vertical and lateral resisting elements of various... Pinwheel Shade Structure Foundation Nototomne Park, Lathrop, CA • Parks, Recreation & Sports MCE provided engineering services for the park’s shade structure for the Nototomne Park in Lathrop, California. MCE's structural design for this project... Smith Rock Pedestrian Bridge Smith Rock, OR • Bridges & Transportation The Smith Rock Pedestrian Bridge provides visitor access over the Crooked River to thousands of rock climbing routes and miles of hiking/mountain biking... Stillwater Apartment Complex Hillsboro, OR • Residential, Multi-Family This multifamily residential project consisted of four three story apartment buildings and two one story general use buildings. Wood was used as the primary... Temporary Construction Bridge Cougar Falls Spillway, Blue River, Oregon • Bridges & Transportation The contractor was installing new fencing and slope stability netting at the Cougar Falls spillway across from their construction staging area. The goal was... Tigard Triangle Commons Tigard, OR • Commercial As an ongoing consultant to the City of Tigard, MCE provided plan review services and site work for the Tigard Triangle Commons Parking Garage. MCE conducted... Washington Square Mall Tigard, OR • Commercial Miller Consulting Engineers, Inc. provided plan review services for the four-story parking garage and pedestrian bridge at Washington Square Mall. MCE...

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