Leadership

Gary Chock is a licensed Structural Engineer in Hawaii and California, and he has a Master of Science in Civil Engineering from Stanford University. He has been engaged in structural engineering since 1980 and has been responsible for many projects in Hawaii and the Pacific Rim. He has been responsible for Martin, Chock & Carden’s philosophy of integrating design with structural cost monitoring for value engineering. He is principal investigator for the firm’s research work on tsunami, wind, earthquake, and flood hazards with an emphasis on building damage estimation, risk analysis, with applications to building codes and standards. Gary Chock is the Chair of the American Society of Civil Engineers Tsunami Loads and Effects Subcommittee. He also conducts blast analysis in accordance with military and U.S. government criteria. He is the recipient of numerous awards for technical leadership in engineering.  Read More.

Lyle has been a consulting engineer at Martin, Chock & Carden in Hawaii since November 2005, where he has been involved in the design and construction management of numerous structural engineering projects for new buildings, renovations and evaluations. He has performed multi-hazard mitigation planning, post-disaster reconnaissance, development of seismic retrofit strategies and several research projects. He is also the representative of the Structural Engineers Association of Hawaii on the Hawaii State Building Code Council.  Read More.