BASE

From the early days of the firm, BASE has actively worked in areas of high natural risk, bolstering our experience in tsunami, high-wind and seismic resiliency and even gaining first-hand experience while facilitating natural disaster response efforts in the Pacific and the Caribbean. Within the first five years of the firm we launched our Antiterrorism/Force Protection (AT/FP) design practice in response to our clients' need for this specialty service, developing expertise in designing buildings for blast resistance and progressive collapse prevention. Today, BASE is a full-service structural design firm-and one of the nation's foremost experts in engineering for high-risk environments, with special expertise in designing structures that are resilient against high seismic activity, hurricane/tornado winds, tsunamis or threats of terrorism. But BASE has always remained budget-conscious and focused on developing efficient designs for projects of all risk levels, from renovations to new..

Primary location: Chicago United States