I recently gave a presentation on quality control policy. During preparation, it dawned on me that as engineers we often miss the boat as to…
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origin: starting the conversation
Love of the Theater
Full disclosure: While I work by day as what Tom Wallace describes as “mom” to Wallace Engineering, and as what I consider to be the…
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Do Something!
Last summer, my family was sitting around the house watching the news about the flash flooding in Manitou Springs, Colorado, which was the result of downpours on the…
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Freedom
I spent vacation last week at home and got the chance to visit with my oldest daughter and her husband. He is a Marine stationed…
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What A Difference Four Years Make
Do you ever stop to realize how much changes occur in a typical 4-year span? We just went through college graduation with our son. How…
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Give a Girl a Chance…
Not too long ago, I formed a new relationship with a client who was in the market for a consultant with national retail experience. I…
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Saferooms for Schools – One Year Later
It’s been nearly a year since my last blog post. At that time, South Oklahoma City and Moore were just really getting started with the…
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The Engineer and The Artist
Many years ago an engineer married an artist. The engineer pursued order, symmetry and productivity. The artist did not. The artist was nurtured by free…
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Stop and Smell the Roses
Stop and smell the roses…sure it’s an old cliché, but do we really stop and do it? As engineers and architects, we create structures that…
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“To boldly go where no engineer has gone before…”
Architectural Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of Wallace Engineering. Its thirty five-year mission: to explore strange new geometries, to seek out new…
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Safe Schools 101 – FEMA and Oklahoma Emergency Management
As residents of Oklahoma we are fully aware the month of May means severe weather and tornadoes are likely to occur at any time throughout…
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There’s More To It Than Money
There’s more to this working thing than money. We get fulfillment from forming bonds among our peers, having some nourishing accomplishments and contributing to our…
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Why I Love the Mile High City
If I were to venture a guess, I would bet most of our Origin readers are not aware of our Mile High office. With such…
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It’s Not Always About The Numbers
As engineers, we tend to focus on the calculations and drawings and not on the other aspects of running a successful business. I think a…
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March Madness
When the month of March rolls around I think most everyone is aware of March Madness in college basketball. First, there are the conference tournaments,…
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All Things Happen For a Reason
I am a firm believer that all things happen for a reason, even if we will never know what that reason is. A couple years…
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What Bunny Slope? An Update from Allison Taylor
Here’s an update to my post from December: A week ago today, I found myself at the highest altitude I’ve ever been to – on…
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Embracing Differences
In a scene that is played out most mornings in our house, my wife is up bright and early ready for the day. She has…
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Naturally Curious
“Curiosity is a willing, a proud, an eager confession of ignorance.” -S. Leonard Rubenstein. I wonder if I act and think the way I do…
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The Next of a Thriving Breed
art·i·san (ärt’ə zən, -san) noun one that produces something in limited quantities often using traditional methods We’ve all grown up in an industrialized world. Literally everything…
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Together We Make A Family
My wife and I had a wonderful life-changing experience ten years ago when we adopted our first child through DHS and began our family. We…
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A Different Perspective
Several years ago, I started providing metal stud shop drawings for sub-contractors, and it made me change the way that I detail the construction drawings…
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Focus On What Matters
It’s kind of a tradition. Not necessarily in a good sense, but a tradition nonetheless. Every year, our company hosts a big open house for…
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Retaining Wall Design
As a structural engineer, I am frequently called upon to investigate and develop repairs for failed or failing earth retaining wall structures. The call often comes…
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The Art of Engineering
At Wallace Engineering, we often talk about the “art of engineering”. But what does that mean? The American Engineers Council for Professional Development (ECPD), an…
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Getting Off the Bunny Slope
The definition of a New Year’s resolution is a promise to do an act of self-improvement starting on New Year’s Day. Reflecting back on 2013,…
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A Global Experience
Very often in my dealings with clients, colleagues, or people I haven’t met before, I am asked where I am from. No one seems to…
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Watch Where You Step
PPE – Personal Protective Equipment. These small items are there to protect you, typically from making some careless decisions. I, unfortunately, have gone through more…
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Positively Stable
If a structural system includes an unstable element, a sudden (and possibly catastrophic) failure will eventually occur. In addition to safely resisting the applied gravity…
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Top Ten Reasons I’m Thankful to be an Engineer at Wallace Engineering
You can just imagine my delight to see the last Origin entry, ‘Be Aware of Your Surroundings’, expertly penned by our own Sam Ray, was…
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Be Aware of Your Surroundings
I have the privilege, together with my wife, of raising three daughters. They are usually eager to learn, and they also like to teach. Yes,…
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Fulfilling A Dream
Over 30 years ago, a man named Allen Sappington was called to be a missionary to the Kuna, a people indigenous to Panama and Colombia….
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It’s Vintage.
In a recent Origin post by Ron Jantz, he writes about his career of 25 years at Wallace Engineering. He recounts his progression in responsibilities,…
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What is an Architectural Engineer?
This is a discussion that I have had several times with relatives, friends and other engineers as a graduate of the Architectural Engineering program at…
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Structural Condition Assessments
There are several issues that arise when modifying existing structures that differentiates these types of projects from ground-up design and construction. One such issue is…
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Play Ball!
Wallace Engineering moved into the Brady Arts district in 2006 to a great historic 1920s brick warehouse. We had a small parking lot with additional…
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