Robert M. Frazier

Experience

Robert Frazier works on projects involving evaluation and repair of existing concrete structures as well as troubleshooting material or component performance problems. This work includes condition assessments, field investigations using destructive and nondestructive testing, laboratory testing, and developing repair and maintenance recommendations. He has also worked on numerous steel and timber structures.

Prior to joining WJE in 2019, Mr. Frazier was a senior project engineer with B+T Group of Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he analyzed and designed modifications for existing telecommunications structures.

Mr. Frazier has coauthored several reports and papers on concrete behavior and fly ash and presented for ACI, ICRI, and the Concrete Pavers Association of Minnesota.

REPRESENTATIVE PROJECTS

Concrete Structures

• Fort Flagler Powerhouse - Nordland, WA: Assessment and laboratory testing of a historic concrete structure
• Elliott Way Bridge - Seattle, WA: Nondestructive evaluation of concrete consolidation in a bridge deck
• Sumner Parking Garage - Seattle, WA: Thermal control plan
• Star Lake Garage - Kent, WA: Concrete assessment and cover survey
• Northgate Parking Garage - Seattle, WA: Below-ground water intrusion assessment and construction document development
• Point Defiance Aquarium - Tacoma, WA: Condition and materials assessment of aquarium tanks
• Dam - CA: Peer review of rehabilitation design material specifications and laboratory evaluation of mixture design
• I-90 Bridges - MT: Field assessment of concrete deck early-age cracking
• Parking Garage - SeaTac, WA: Investigation and repair recommendations for traffic coating and waterproofing
• Braxton at Trolley Square - UT: Seismic and corrosion distress assessment and repair of concrete parking structure
• Ship Canal - Seattle, WA: Constructability consulting and field observation for repair of precast pipe sections
• Juneau State Office Building, North Garage - Juneau, AK: Design and construction period services for large-scale repair of parking structure

 

Corrosion

• Port of Anacortes, Pier 2 - WA: Assessment, construction documents, and construction administration services for repair of concrete pile caps
• SeaTac S Concourse - WA: Concrete and steel foundation wall assessment
• Resort - Woodinville, WA: Evaluation of durability impact on a concrete structure due to chloride-containing admixture
• Private Aquarium - Corvallis, OR: Assessment, construction documents, and construction administration services for repair of concrete slab

 

Failure/Damage Investigations

• 212 BP - Kent, WA: Investigation of timber roof collapse
• LRV Maintenance Facility - Bellevue, WA: Forensic investigation of exterior pavement failure
• Bettencourt Dairy - Wendell, ID: Condition assessment and repair of steel framing exposed to fire
• 1750 Occidental - Seattle, WA: Condition assessment of fractured heavy timber roof trusses

 

Structural Evaluation

• Prefontaine Place - Seattle, WA: Condition evaluation, structural analysis of areaway, and development of conceptual strengthening options
• DOT Box Culverts - OR: Destructive and nondestructive testing of concrete culverts leading to load rating analysis
• Timber Bridge - Bellevue, WA: Inspection and load rating of existing timber bridge
• Telecommunications Structures: More than a thousand modification designs for steel self-supported, guyed, and monopole structures *

 

* Indicates with previous firm

Professional Affiliations

American Concrete Institute (ACI)
International Concrete Repair Institute (ICRI)
Structural Engineers Association of Washington (SEAW)
Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA)

Registrations

Professional Civil Engineer in OR and WA

Education

Oklahoma State University
Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering, 2008
Master of Science, Structural Engineering, 2011