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> Afshar Jalalian, SE, LEED AP
> Joseph Maffei, SE, PhD, LEED AP
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Associates
David S. Bleiman
David joined Rutherford & Chekene in 2000 and transitioned into the role of CEO in March of this year. He is a recognized A/E/C industry leader in the application of BIM and Integrated Project Delivery and was honored by the AIA California Council with a Presidential Citation for his work as part of the organization’s Integrated Project Delivery Definition Task Group. Under David’s leadership, R&C has designed over $4 billion in projects using BIM since 2004. Autodesk honored R&C with a Revit BIM Experience Award in 2008 for its innovative use of BIM to promote integration and collaboration across the extended building team.
David is currently in active collaboration with architects, general contractors and steel fabricators in new applications of 3-D design in the construction process and in the creation of new communication methods within the A/E/C team and with owners.
David is principal structural engineer on many of R&C’s significant healthcare and laboratory projects, including the Anderson Lucchetti Women’s and Children’s Hospital in Sacramento, the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Solar Energy Research Center, and the Stanford School of Medicine Li Ka-Shing Center for Learning and Knowledge.

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