Canyon Studio

structural engineers group

Business Entity
Harrington Engineering inc.

Education
Doctorate: Structural Engineering and Structural Mechanics, University of Colorado, Boulder – 2016
Master of Science: Structural Engineering and Structural Mechanics, University of Colorado, Boulder – 2015
Bachelor of Science: Civil Engineering, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo – 2011

Licenses
Civil Engineer: NV and CA

Affiliations 
Tahoe-Truckee Engineers Association, Structural Engineers Association of Northern California (SEAONC), American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC)

Overview
Cody is the owner and operator of Harrington Engineering inc. and is a proud member of the Canyon Studio. Before founding his own company, he served as a lead principal in Gabbart & Woods Tahoe Partners / Structural Engineers where he led a variety of complex projects and contributed to many others through his expertise in design, 3D modeling, structural analysis and project detailing. 

With a strong background in research and a creative, positive approach, Cody adds significant value to every design and building team he works with.

Cody’s portfolio includes:

Professional Design and Construction Administration

• Design collaboration with Architects on over 50 projects with challenging exposed structure in the extreme snow and high seismicity region of Lake Tahoe/Truckee.
• Advanced 3D modeling and structural analysis using REVIT and ETABS software.
• General Construction Administration as well as Advanced Seismic Observation for projects with high sensitivity to execution.

Research Experience / Collaborations / Publication

Haselton Baker Risk Group / Chico, CA / Consultant – University of California Seismic Risk Modeling 2018 – 2019

• Seismic risk evaluations for all existing buildings located on University of California school campuses, prioritizing the retrofit of existing buildings based upon their assessed seismic vulnerability.

Applied Technology Council / Redwood City, CA / Working Group Member – ATC 78: Identification and Mitigation of Nonductile Concrete Buildings 2013 – 2017

• Establishing a recommended methodology, that is low cost and easily implementable, for analyzing the collapse risk of nonductile concrete buildings. Developing procedures for computing structural collapse probability, including methods of predicting column drift capacity and column drift demand, and methods which relate column collapse probability to the building collapse probability.

Collapse Assessment of Moment Frame Buildings, Considering Vertical Ground Shaking (Publication) / Advisor – Abbie Liel, Ph.D., P.E. 2013 – 2015

• Quantification of the effect of vertical ground shaking on the response of ductile and nonductile concrete buildings and comparison of current ASCE 7 load combinations for vertical shaking to simulated results.  Development of a limit state material in OpenSees for detecting and predicting the onset of flexural failure in ductile reinforced concrete columns.

Assessment of Seismic Risk Reductions to Reinforced Concrete Moment Frame Structures Through Retrofit Design / Advisor – Abbie Liel, Ph.D., P.E. 2015 – 2016

• Systematic quantification of retrofit effectiveness at the structural level through the identification and definition of dimensionless structural indicators such as change in strength and ductility.  Quantification of seismic risk reductions through performance-based earthquake engineering framework after retrofit using concrete jacketing, steel jacketing, or fiber-reinforced polymer wraps.  Comparison of results on the benefits of each system as a method to retrofit specific building deficiency types.