CSD Company History Timeline
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.
First Project – UWM Union Building
Jim Fisher joins the firm
bringing a balance of academic insight and practical engineering experience to the new firm.
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.
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.
CSD moves to new headquarters
North of Milwaukee to accommodate continued growth.
Gary Householder begins his career with CSD
and now has nearly 40 years of design experience in architectural and structural precast concrete.
Jim Michalek focuses
his expertise toward the design of heavy industrial structures and steel mills.
Jim Fisher is awarded the AISC T.R. Higgins Lectureship Award
John Rolfes joins CSD
and provides expertise in seismic analysis and the design of industrial buildings to this day.
CSD celebrates 25-year anniversary
with an eye towards future growth and strengthening client relationships.
George Batcha joins CSD
after several years of designing industrial structures in the pre-engineered metal building industry.
CSD continues to expand
services by opening a Colorado Office headed by Jules Van de Pas.
Mahmoud Maamouri joins CSD
and pursues a variety of work in the concrete industry and with specialty structures.
Darin Riggleman joins CSD
and focuses his design efforts towards industrial structures/foundations as well as specialty design in the petrochemical industry.
Jim Fisher receives the AISC Lifetime Achievement Award
for outstanding service to the structural steel design industry.
LeRoy Lutz receives the ACI Concrete Research Council Arthur J. Boase Award
for his outstanding contributions to the concrete field.
Mark Bolens oversees the design work
of architectural precast concrete on Saint Clare’s Hospital ensuring another successful project outcome.
Tom Whittow becomes CSD’s second president
after 25 years of work for CSD’s steel producer clients.
Jim Fisher receives the AISC J. Lloyd Kimbrough Award
which recognizes him as one of the pre-eminent steel designers of the era.
CSD provides connection design on 1 World Trade Center
with expertise from Mike Kempfert and the connection design team.
Tim Bickel relocates to Greenville, South Carolina
to better serve a growing client base in the southeast.
Curt Miller becomes CSD’s third president
Tom Getschman manages the construction engineering
of the complex and unique ExxonMobil headquarters.
Michael West receives the AISC Lifetime Achievement Award
for outstanding service to the structural steel design industry.
Steve Herlache provides critical value engineering insight
to the 150 North Riverside connection design project resulting in major cost and schedule savings.
Richard Kaehler posthumously receives AISC Lifetime Achievement Award
for outstanding service to the structural steel design industry.
CSD completes a rebranding campaign
and remodeling of the Milwaukee office.
LeRoy Lutz is presented with the Beedle Award
during the SSRC Annual Stability Conference.
CSD maintains professional registration
in all 50 states, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and several Canadian provinces to meet continued growth and client demand.
CSD celebrates our 50-year anniversary
with our fourth President, Michael Ryer, leading the helm.
