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Joseph Hacker

Associate III

Experience

Since joining WJE in 2019, Joseph Hacker has been involved in investigations and assessments of new and existing structures. These include damaged and failed components in various systems and materials, including cast-in-place and precast concrete, steel, wood, masonry, glazed curtain walls and windows, membrane waterproofing, and flashings. Mr. Hacker has worked on many investigations involving large amounts of data collection and processing.

Prior to joining WJE, Mr. Hacker was a design engineer with SmithGroup in Detroit, Michigan, focusing on small to mid-sized manufacturing and higher education projects. From this previous experience, Mr. Hacker brings additional project delivery and construction phase services experience.

REPRESENTATIVE PROJECTS

Failure/Damage Investigations

Industrial Building - Cheshire, OH: Investigation of hopper failure, including selective demolition
I. Schumann & Co. - Bedford, OH: Structural evaluation of steel structure following an explosion
Various Buildings - FL: Fenestration evaluations after storm event
Fairfield Inn - Toledo, OH: Structural evaluation and repair design of a wood-framed structure after a fire event

Concrete Structures

Ice House - Columbus, OH: Load determination for adaptive reuse, including use of ground penetrating radar, inspection openings, and structural analysis
Carlyle Parking Garage - Lakewood, OH: Evaluation and repair design for precast double-tee beams
Renaissance Hotel - Cleveland, OH: Condition evaluation of cast-in-place concrete parking garage

Wood Structures

Spaghetti Warehouse - Columbus, OH: Evaluation of timber trusses after partial collapse
Sokal Ceska Sin Hall - Cleveland, OH: Repair design for a partially collapsed timber truss

Structural Metals

Sports Facility - Columbus, OH: Evaluation of metal roof deck fasteners
Warehouse - Bedford, OH: Design peer review and reinforcement design of wide-flange steel members

Masonry

Platform Brewing Company - Cleveland, OH: Structural evaluation and maintenance plan development for a mass masonry building
Slippery Rock University, Heating Plant - Slippery Rock, PA: Facade evaluation, repair design, and construction phase services
Private Residence - Loudonville, OH: Evaluation of clay tile distress due to steel corrosion

Structural Analysis/Computer Applications

Dormitory Building - Ashland, OH: Frame analysis to design repairs of corroded beams
Higher Education Facility - East Lansing, MI: Truss and frame analysis for new design *
Manufacturing Building - Warren, MI: Composite beam-and-slab system design for a new building *

* Indicates with previous firm

Professional Affiliations

Structural Engineers Association of Ohio

Registrations

Professional Engineer in OH

Education

The Pennsylvania State University
Bachelor of Architectural Engineering, Structures Option, 2017
Master of Architectural Engineering, Structures Option, 2017

WJE Cleveland
6100 West Creek Road
Suite 100
Cleveland, OH 44131
Tel: (216) 642-2300
jhacker@wje.com

Practice Areas

Failure/Damage Investigations
Concrete Structures
Wood Structures
Structural Metals
Masonry
Structural Analysis/Computer Applications

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