CSD Company History Timeline
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CSD Structural Engineers (CSD) was incorporated
as Computerized Structural Design when two local professors, Don Buettner (President) and LeRoy Lutz (Vice-President), working at the University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee, decided to leave the world of academia and return to the professional practice of structural engineering.
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Jim Fisher joins the firm
bringing a balance of academic insight and practical engineering experience to the new firm.
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ECOM Associates is created
within CSD to program early structural computer software. Several advances are made with changing technology while new software is created until being sold in 1986.
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Curt Miller begins his 40+ years of tenure
with CSD establishing himself as an expert in design of Rack Structures along with other areas of structural engineering.
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Gary Householder begins his career with CSD
and now has nearly 40 years of design experience in architectural and structural precast concrete.
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Jim Michalek focuses
his expertise toward the design of heavy industrial structures and steel mills.
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John Rolfes joins CSD
and provides expertise in seismic analysis and the design of industrial buildings to this day.
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CSD celebrates 25-year anniversary
with an eye towards future growth and strengthening client relationships.
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George Batcha joins CSD
after several years of designing industrial structures in the pre-engineered metal building industry.
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Mahmoud Maamouri joins CSD
and pursues a variety of work in the concrete industry and with specialty structures.
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Darin Riggleman joins CSD
and focuses his design efforts towards industrial structures/foundations as well as specialty design in the petrochemical industry.
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Jim Fisher receives the AISC Lifetime Achievement Award
for outstanding service to the structural steel design industry.
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LeRoy Lutz receives the ACI Concrete Research Council Arthur J. Boase Award
for his outstanding contributions to the concrete field.
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Mark Bolens oversees the design work
of architectural precast concrete on Saint Clare’s Hospital ensuring another successful project outcome.
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Jim Fisher receives the AISC J. Lloyd Kimbrough Award
which recognizes him as one of the pre-eminent steel designers of the era.
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CSD provides connection design on 1 World Trade Center
with expertise from Mike Kempfert and the connection design team.
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Tim Bickel relocates to Greenville, South Carolina
to better serve a growing client base in the southeast.
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Tom Getschman manages the construction engineering
of the complex and unique ExxonMobil headquarters.
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Michael West receives the AISC Lifetime Achievement Award
for outstanding service to the structural steel design industry.
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Steve Herlache provides critical value engineering insight
to the 150 North Riverside connection design project resulting in major cost and schedule savings.
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Richard Kaehler posthumously receives AISC Lifetime Achievement Award
for outstanding service to the structural steel design industry.
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CSD maintains professional registration
in all 50 states, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and several Canadian provinces to meet continued growth and client demand.