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…
Read MoreArchitectural 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…
Read MoreAs residents of Oklahoma we are fully aware the month of May means severe weather and tornadoes are likely to occur at any time throughout…
Read MoreThere’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…
Read MoreIf I were to venture a guess, I would bet most of our Origin readers are not aware of our Mile High office. With such…
Read MoreAs engineers, we tend to focus on the calculations and drawings and not on the other aspects of running a successful business. I think a…
Read MoreWhen the month of March rolls around I think most everyone is aware of March Madness in college basketball. First, there are the conference tournaments,…
Read MoreI am a firm believer that all things happen for a reason, even if we will never know what that reason is. A couple years…
Read MoreHere’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…
Read MoreIn a scene that is played out most mornings in our house, my wife is up bright and early ready for the day. She has…
Read More“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…
Read Moreart·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…
Read MoreMy 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…
Read MoreSeveral 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…
Read MoreIt’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…
Read MoreAs 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…
Read MoreAt Wallace Engineering, we often talk about the “art of engineering”. But what does that mean? The American Engineers Council for Professional Development (ECPD), an…
Read MoreThe 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,…
Read MoreVery 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…
Read MorePPE – Personal Protective Equipment. These small items are there to protect you, typically from making some careless decisions. I, unfortunately, have gone through more…
Read MoreIf a structural system includes an unstable element, a sudden (and possibly catastrophic) failure will eventually occur. In addition to safely resisting the applied gravity…
Read MoreYou can just imagine my delight to see the last Origin entry, ‘Be Aware of Your Surroundings’, expertly penned by our own Sam Ray, was…
Read MoreI have the privilege, together with my wife, of raising three daughters. They are usually eager to learn, and they also like to teach. Yes,…
Read MoreOver 30 years ago, a man named Allen Sappington was called to be a missionary to the Kuna, a people indigenous to Panama and Colombia….
Read MoreIn a recent Origin post by Ron Jantz, he writes about his career of 25 years at Wallace Engineering. He recounts his progression in responsibilities,…
Read MoreThis is a discussion that I have had several times with relatives, friends and other engineers as a graduate of the Architectural Engineering program at…
Read MoreThere 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…
Read MoreWallace Engineering moved into the Brady Arts district in 2006 to a great historic 1920s brick warehouse. We had a small parking lot with additional…
Read MoreAre you an impulse shopper? Can you buy something on a whim? I can’t. I think it’s due to being an engineer. I question everything….
Read Morelif·er ˈlīfər/ noun informal noun: lifer; plural noun: lifers 1. a person serving a life sentence in prison. 2. a person who spends their life in…
Read MoreIt’s August in Oklahoma; hot, sticky and you still have the lawn mowing to look forward to this weekend. It can’t be helped, right? Well,…
Read MoreMy best friend told me, “Just remember: you hit what you look at”…as he put me on a schizophrenic dirt bike that tried to kill…
Read MoreI am looking forward to December this year and not just because of the holidays, but this December will be the end to a decade…
Read MoreOften times people ask for the opportunity to take on new/additional responsibility; whether that is a kid at home, an athlete on a sports team,…
Read MoreMy wife and I do a small amount of gardening and one thing we always plant are some hot chili peppers. Varieties vary depending on…
Read MoreA while back I was perusing articles about the physical office spaces and campuses of “way out there” companies like Facebook, Apple, Google and Amazon. …
Read More“An architect should live as little in cities as a painter. Send him out to our hills, and let him study there what nature understands…
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