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Our Firm
Providence Engineering is a consulting engineering firm that specializes in providing our clients with the engineering services that best meet their needs. Our goal is to understand and fulfill the needs and desires of our clients while providing them with an efficient, effective solution in compliance with applicable requirements.
Our Work
Providence is one of the few firms in the area that offers structural and civil engineering services for a variety of situations and circumstances. Our client base includes individual residential homeowners, contractors, developers, architects, insurance companies, mortgage companies, and realtors. A general overview of the type of work regularly engage in is listed below.
Foundation Design
Providence has designed numerous foundations for a variety of structures. Our foundation design expertise includes metal building foundations, traditional building construction foundations, atypical foundations for residential structures, tower foundations, and sign foundations for a variety of uses and applications.
Structural Design and Analysis
One of the mainstays at Providence is the large variety of structural design and analysis work. We have successfully provided design and analysis solutions for many projects including retaining walls, residential framing, commercial building framing, lightgage steel fabrication drawings, metal building retrofits and additions, mezzanines, and seismic anchors and restraints.
Building Plans
Providence has designed and drafted full building plans for several applications. The in-house staff at Providence is capable of providing basic architectural, mechanical, electrical, and detailed civil and structural design services for these facilities. However, if the scope of the architectural, mechanical, and electrical portions of the building plans extends beyond the expertise of the in-house staff, Providence refers to our local network of design professionals for additional expertise in their applicable discipline.
Design Review and Certification
Providence has reviewed designs by manufacturers for a variety of structures and structural components including retaining walls, radio towers, tower foundations, sign foundations, timber trusses, light-gage steel trusses, and light-gage steel beams. This service enables clients to take generic designs and have them certified and approved for construction in the desired locality.
Civil Engineering
The civil engineering capabilities of Providence include rezoning and special use submissions, erosion and sediment control and stormwater management design, and residential and commercial site development design, and utility design. Our staff is very familiar with construction practices and has been actively involved in the construction administration and inspection on multiple projects.
Our Staff
The firm was originally founded as a sole proprietorship in 1993. In 2001, the firm was transformed into a partnership when Sean Goldsmith was promoted to a partnership position. In 2002, Metwood, Inc. acquired the firm to provide onsite structural engineering as well as to expand the professional services abilities of the company. The Providence staff includes two licensed professional engineers and one engineering designer whose qualifications are listed below.
Sean C. Goldsmith, PE
Position:
President
Education:
Virginia Military Institute
Lexington, Virginia
1994 Bachelor of Science – Civil and Environmental Engineering
Qualifications Summary:
Mr. Goldsmith has 12 years of engineering experience including a wide variety of assignments. He has been responsible for the design of numerous residential and commercial developments, gravity sanitary sewer systems, sanitary sewer pump stations and forcemains, stormwater management facilities, water supply, disinfection, and distribution systems, creation and coordination of industrial pretreatment programs, and construction administration and inspection for a variety of development and municipal projects. Mr. Goldsmith’s proficiency on several software packages, including Eagle Point, Haestad Methods Hydraulic Software, AutoCAD, and Microsoft Office keeps Providence up to date and efficient. His demonstrated success in a variety of design projects, problem solving, project management skills, and coordination with clients assures an appropriate, client tailored, design solution and success in review process with regulatory agencies. He is experienced in leadership, team projects, and computer applications, which brings us the ability to perform and excel when others fail.
Since the acquisition of Providence Engineering, Mr. Goldsmith has been responsible for the day-to-day operation of Providence Engineering, including establishing and enforcing policies, securing and ensuring completion of the work, and customer satisfaction.
States Licensed:
Virginia, Florida, Pennsylvania
Associations and Certifications:
Passed Virginia DCR “Erosion and Sediment Control-Contractor” Course; Cert. #2215
Passed Virginia DCR “Erosion and Sediment Control-Designer” Course
Member, Tau Beta Pi, National Engineering Honor Society
Associate Member, RRHBA
James C. Pugh, PE (Chris)
Position:
Vice-President
Education:
North Carolina State University Raleigh, North Carolina 1986 Bachelor of Science – Aerospace Engineering Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, Virginia 1989 Master of Science – Civil Engineering
Qualifications Summary:
Mr. Pugh has a rich portfolio of experience gained over 25 years of structural engineering practice. Structural work includes the design of foundations and superstructure for commercial, industrial, institutional, and residential buildings including applications involving concrete, hot-rolled steel, lightgage steel, and wood. His experience in analysis and design is complemented by preparation of contract drawings and specifications for a variety of contractual arrangements. Mr. Pugh’s proficiency on several software packages, including RISA, STAAD, MathCad, Visual Basic, AutoCAD, and Microsoft Office assists Providence’s efficiency and timely responses to our client’s needs.
States Licensed:
Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina
Associations and Certifications:
Associate Member, RRHBA
Mark WilsonPosition:
Engineering Designer
Education:
Thomas Nelson Community College
AAS Degree, Drafting and Design
Qualifications Summary:
Mr. Wilson has a combination of twenty-two years of total design experience. He has assisted Providence with a wide variety of assignments for the past two years. He has been responsible for site development layout with grading, utilities layout with profiles, building interior layout, as well as electrical, plumbing, and HVAC layout and design. Mr. Wilson has completed several residential inspections and evaluations for a variety of scenarios. He is proficient in several software packages including AutoCAD and Microsoft Office.