Schaaf & Wheeler

Dan Schaaf and Caitlin Gilmore of Schaaf & Wheeler are working with the City of Livermore to test deployment of a 30-foot panel of the Watergate flood barrier at Livermore Municipal Airport. The City is evaluating Factory Manual (FM) approved dry floodproofing products that could protect airport structures against overbank flooding from the adjacent Arroyo las Positas. They tested the panel for weight, maneuverability, and geometry -- all of which inform design, deployment and device storage. City of Livermore employees, including Sheetal Parmar and Livermore Senior Civil Engineer Pamela Lung, were also on hand for the test.

This year's Floodplain Management Association annual conference was extra special for the Schaaf & Wheeler crew as firm founder Jim Schaaf (center) was honored with FMA's 2019 Mentor Award.

Schaaf & Wheeler founder Jim Schaaf (left) was honored September 4 by the Floodplain Management Association with the 2019 Mentorship Award for his "ability to share experiences with employees, clients, and other consultants." In addition to founding and running his own firm, Jim taught water resources engineering courses at Stanford, Santa Clara University, and San Jose State, where he was beloved by his students.

It's official! Peder Jorgensen has retired from life as a civil engineer in water resources and 25 years with Schaaf & Wheeler. Your co-workers and clients will surely miss you, Peder -- as a mentor, friend, and an encyclopedia of water knowledge!

Schaaf & Wheeler colleagues and friends celebrated the season and a successful year with dinner and a tour of San Jose's infamous Winchester Mystery House. The Hawaiian shirts were a surprise tribute to retiring owner and 42-year civil engineering veteran Peder Jorgensen (center), whose traditional Friday attire included -- you guessed it -- a Hawaiian shirt.

Schaaf & Wheeler's Robin Lee, Dan Schaaf, and Lise Shannon spent an invigorating two days at the APWA Northern California Public Works Conference. Huge 500 attendees per day turn out from North and East Bay public agencies.

Glenn Anderson, Lise Shannon, Caitlin Gilmore, and Cassandra Fagan are "caught on digital" during a rare moment together at the Schaaf & Wheeler exhibit during the 2018 Floodplain Management conference in Reno, Nevada.

Schaaf & Wheeler is kicking off the firm's post Labor day participation in the 2018 Floodplain Management Association conference in Reno, Nevada. Dan Schaaf will be coaching public agencies in funding options for public stormwater projects during a 9 am technical session on Thursday, September 6. Until then, lots of visiting with friends, colleagues, and customers!

Quite a few Schaaf & Wheeler engineers cycle to work as part of their daily commute routine. But on Bike to Work Day 2018 several folks from Schaaf & Wheeler | San Francisco teamed up to make the morning ride into the office -- and even the ride up the elevator -- extra fun. #biketowork

Schaaf & Wheeler engineers devised a solution to a significant sinkhole in Moraga, on behalf of our client, the Town of Moraga.

Schaaf & Wheeler's Caitlin Gilmore and Dan Schaaf exhibited at the 21st Annual and largest ever Northern California APWA Public Works Conference in Richmond, California. Caitlin along with City of Livermore's Joel Waxdeck gave a seminar on the topic of Large Scale Trash Capture Device Design. Schaaf & Wheeler's Robin Lee (not pictured) joined with Town of Moraga's Edric Kwan for a session to discuss a recent Town sinkhole and how to avoid such aging storm drain emergencies through proactive improvements.