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Anna J. Quinn

Associate III

Experience

Anna Quinn has been involved in the condition assessment, structural evaluation, and repair design of concrete and steel structures. She has experience in assessing and evaluating finishing-related defects and problems associated with new concrete construction, as well as performing various concrete and steel structural failure investigations. Ms. Quinn prepares construction documents involving repair designs and has experience utilizing destructive and nondestructive testing techniques.

Prior to joining WJE, Ms. Quinn worked as a graduate research assistant at Auburn University, where she studied the effects of vehicular braking in highway bridge substructures for typical Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) short-span bridges. She created an analytical model to determine the shear force in the substructure and calibrated the model to static pull tests and dynamic braking tests conducted on a short-span bridge typical of ALDOT construction.

REPRESENTATIVE PROJECTS

Structural Evaluation

Refinery - Port Arthur, TX: Assessment of existing structures for wind load capacity
Governmental Facility - Houston, TX: Visual assessment of structural steel framing for potential overload
Multistory Building - Houston, TX: Structural steel bracing design
Hyatt Regency - Houston, TX: Assessment of structural steel pool framing

Repair and Rehabilitation Design

Various Parking Garages - Houston, TX: Concrete repairs of impacted double-tee stems
Chemical Plant - Pasadena, TX: Concrete repair design of reformer foundation
Marathon Oil Tower - Houston, TX: Shear strengthening repair design for adaptive reuse of a post-tensioned and conventionally reinforced parking garage

Failure/Damage Investigation

Governmental Facility - Houston, TX: Investigation and structural analysis related to a roof collapse
Tilt-Wall Building - Houston, TX: Investigation, analysis, and repair design related to partial roof collapse
Reinforced Concrete Bridge Foundation - Houston, TX: Damage assessment and repair design related to construction damage
Airport Terminal - Houston, TX: Structural assessment and repair design related to a partial structural collapse

Construction Materials Assessment

El Rio Buildings B and D - Houston, TX: Evaluation and recommendations for damages caused by concrete slab moisture
Houston Methodist Clear Lake Hospital - Nassau Bay, TX: Evaluation and recommendations for distress in terrazzo flooring caused by concrete slab moisture
Lonestar Corrosion Services - Houston, TX: Evaluation of concrete site paving
Custom Car Cool - Houston, TX: Evaluation of concrete site paving

Construction Troubleshooting

Cy-Fair Volunteer Fire Department - Houston, TX: Evaluation of concrete slab delaminations
United Technical Operations Center - Houston, TX: Evaluation of concrete slab delaminations
Educational and Hospital Buildings - Various Locations, TX: Preconstruction concrete flatwork consulting

Bridges and Civil Infrastructure

Various Vehicular Bridges - AL and TX: Initial, routine, and in-depth condition assessments
Various Bridge and Roadway Construction - Harris County, TX: Assessments of concrete pavement cracking, structural assessments of bridge components, and development of repair documents
In-Service Bridges - Dallas, TX and Houston, TX: Routine inspections of numerous bridges and retaining walls

Nondestructive Evaluation

Existing Segmental Bridge - Houston, TX: Structural monitoring and instrumentation
Facility Paving and Flatwork Surveys - Various Locations, TX
New Bridge Construction - Harris County, TX: Bent cap survey for identifying reinforcing configuration/cover

Professional Affiliations

American Concrete Institute
Structural Engineers Association of Texas

Registrations

ARSC Basic Orientation Plus
OSHA 10-Hour Construction
Professional Engineer in TX

Education

Auburn University
Bachelor of Civil Engineering, 2017
Master of Science, Civil Engineering, 2019

WJE Houston
4321 West Sam Houston Parkway North
Suite 190
Houston, TX 77043
Tel: (832) 467-2177
aquinn@wje.com

Practice Areas

Structural Evaluation
Repair and Rehabilitation Design
Failure/Damage Investigation
Construction Materials Assessment
Construction Troubleshooting
Bridges and Civil Infrastructure
Nondestructive Evaluation

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