News

2015

• Insight recently helped launch the Engineering for Kids (EFK) program at Westminster Elementary in Venice, California Read more
• Brent Blackman, Belinda Li and Hank Lin volunteer to design structural modifications of an existing home for USMC Lance Corporal Weber and Building Homes for Heroes Read more
• Hank Lin, PE joins Insight-SE as a Design Engineer
  
• Sophie Chow is born - congrats to Vanessa and Paul!
  
• Beats by Dr. Dre Headquarters design in Culver City receives National AIA Award for Interior Architecture
• Edgar Plazola celebrates his 10 year anniversary at Insight-SE

2014

• Helen Chow, PE relocates from Bay Area to join Insight-SE as a Design Engineer
  
• Belinda Li passes her Professional Engineer exam and is promoted to Design Engineer
• Rusnak Mercedes Benz construction starts in Arcadia
  
• Insight becomes Founding Member of the United States Resiliency Council (USRC) Read more
• Beats by Dr. Dre Headquarters in Culver City recognized as one of the “World’s Coolest Offices” by INC. Magazine

2013

• Insight-SE team celebrates 10 year anniversary
• Edgar Plazola elected to the Board of Directors for the Structural Engineers Association of Southern California (SEAOSC) – he will serve a two year term starting in 2014
• Edgar Plazola passes his Structural Engineer exam and is promoted to Project Engineer
• Vanessa L. Chow is promoted to Project Engineer
• Belinda Li joins Insight-SE as a Structural Designer
  
• Vasquez Rocks - LEED Platinum Interpretive Center for the Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation - receives numerous awards including:
  -- SEAOSC Excellence in Structural Engineering Award for Sustainable Design
  -- Award of Excellence by the California Park and Recreation Society
  -- AIA/San Fernando Valley Design Award
  -- National Association of Environmental Professionals (NAEP) Educational Excellence Award
  
• Rusnak Porsche, Rolls Royce, Maserati & Bentley in Pasadena receives award from SEAOSC for Excellence in Structural Engineering in Retrofit/Alteration category
  
• Burbank Water and Power receives California Architectural Foundation (CAF) Owings Award for Environmental Excellence

2012

• Construction underway at Higuera in Culver City
  
• LA Biomed celebrates the grand opening of their latest research center
  

2011

• Vanessa L. Chow is promoted to Design Engineer
• South Beverly Grill receives AIA Restaurant of the Year and LABC Los Angeles Architectural Awards
• Hillstone R+D - Yountville R+D - Construction under way
  

2010

• Edgar Plazola passes his Professional Engineer exam
• Vanessa L. Chow passes her Professional Engineer exam
• Krisi Mills joins Insight-SE as consulting bookkeeper
  
• Construction underway at the new Vasquez Rocks Interpretive Center in Agua Dulce, California
  
• Insight-SE continues to grow despite the recession and a major downturn in overall construction spending

2009

• Insight-SE moves into new creative office in El Segundo
  
• Construction underway for voluntary seismic retrofit of major clothing warehouse in downtown Los Angeles
• Insight-SE creates one of the first Building Occupancy Resumption Programs (BORP) to be approved by a local building department in Southern California for a client with several buildings totaling nearly 1M square feet

2008

• Vanessa L. Chow joins Insight-SE as a Structural Designer
  
• Brent Blackman elected to the Board of Directors for the Structural Engineers Association of Southern California (SEAOSC) to serve a two year term
• Construction underway at the new Student Union for the CSU Channel Islands campus in Camarillo, California
  
• Construction underway at Blackwelder in Los Angeles
  

2007

• Wilson Lai, Brent Blackman's classmate and friend at UC Berkeley, joins Insight as a Principal and will start the San Diego office for our firm
  
• Wilson Lai elected to the Board of Directors for the Structural Engineers Association of San Diego (SEAOSD) to serve a two year term
• Construction underway at the Salvation Army - Building E Phase 3 Dorm in Palos Verdes, California
  

2006

• Insight 'hires' first 'engineer in training'
  
• Construction underway at Manhattan Country Club in Manhattan Beach
• Insight-SE retained to provide structural due diligence services for Nissan’s campus of buildings in the South Bay

2005

• Edgar Plazola joins Insight-SE as a Structural Designer
  
• Construction underway at La Buca Restaurant in Los Angeles

2004

• Firm quickly takes off with substantial growth in overall revenue and backlog

2003

• Insight Structural Engineers, Inc. was established in Los Angeles by Brent Blackman, SE with a vision of creating long-term relationships with clients who value excellent service