Kelsey Structural was founded in 2014 by Guy Kelsey, a San Diego native who has structural engineering experience with a wide array of structure types, encompassing water and wastewater treatment plants, water storage reservoirs and facilities, infrastructure and military buildings, commercial buildings, and residential structures.
The primary purpose of Kelsey Structural is to provide efficient subconsultant design services that exceed our client’s expectations. Our objective is to ensure the success of our clientele by providing innovative structural engineering expertise to meet project goals and deadlines.
Kelsey Structural takes pride in our design services and strives to build strong client relationships based on trust, hard work, and performance.
Mr. Kelsey has over 14 years of experience in structural engineering, designing both new and retrofit projects for various types of structures including water/wastewater, commercial, infrastructure and military facilities. Mr. Kelsey has performed extensive seismic evaluation and condition assessments for existing buildings, water/wastewater structures, water storage facilities, and infrastructure throughout southern California. Based on his graduate level education at the University of California, San Diego he has the ability to not only perform typical code based seismic and structural analysis, but also complex nonlinear structural analysis and advanced seismic design procedures such as performance based design which can be utilized in analysis of essential facilities and structures located in areas of extreme seismicity. He has a passion for creative engineering design while providing efficient, cost-effective solutions for his clients. His lessons learned throughout the successful completion of many projects coupled with his previous construction experience have allowed him to develop a design perspective with an emphasis on low-cost, constructability, and completeness.
Mr. Stone is a currently licensed California SE with over 12 years of project management and structural design work encompassing commercial, military, water/wastewater, and infrastructure projects. He has performed many complex structural and seismic analysis projects for new and existing buildings, water/wastewater structures, and infrastructure facilities throughout California utilizing the latest design standards and philosophies. His expertise includes steel, concrete and masonry design and retrofit, finite element computer analysis, condition assessment, and structural life cycle analysis. He has extensive experience in the design, assessment, and seismic analysis of liquid containing structures with a specialty in reinforced concrete, prestressed, and steel tanks. His work has included the preparation of structural drawings, specifications, and calculation packages, project coordination and management, technical report writing, cost estimating, life-cycle analysis and construction support services.
Mr. Isaacs is a currently licensed California SE with over 12 years of structural design and related work encompassing commercial, infrastructure, and government projects. Mr. Isaacs has performed many highly technical and analytical structural and seismic analysis projects for new and existing buildings, and infrastructure throughout California using finite element computer programs. In addition, Mr. Isaacs has provided expert services for litigation; peer review for performance based high rise structures; and seismic evaluations for homes and high rises internationally. Mr. Isaacs has provided project management, structural design and construction support services for projects consisting of both precast and cast in place concrete, masonry, steel, and timber structures. He is knowledgeable of current design codes and utilizes the most current design philosophies and techniques in his projects. His work has included structural design and detailing, design specifications, project coordination and management, and technical report writing.
Dian Zhang has joined the Kelsey Structural team straight from her Master's program education at the University of California, San Diego. Dian is an enthusiastic engineer, eager to learn and put her skills to use helping the Kelsey Structural team deliver on each project she undertakes. Her high standard for excellence is evident in her work, with thorough, detailed and efficient designs being the standard for Dian. She has developed a specialty for construction support submittal and RFI review, helping ensure a seamless transition from design to construction with minimal field issues occurring. We are happy to have Dian on board and our clients should be pleased to have such great support added to their trusted Kelsey Structural team.
