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Awards Selected list

AwardsSelected list

2022 Best Projects: Award of Merit – Renovation/Restoration
Engineering News Record (ENR) California
Pier 70 Building 12
Plant Construction Co. LP (Maffei: lateral analysis and design)

2022 Excellence Award – Existing Structures
Structural Engineers Association of California
Pier 70 Building 12
Nabih Youssef & Associates (Maffei: lateral analysis and design)

2021 Award of Excellence – Retrofit/Alteration
Structural Engineers Association of Northern California
633 Folsom Renovation and Vertical Expansion
Tipping Structural Engineers (Maffei: seismic peer review)

2018 Award of Excellence – Special-Use Structures
Structural Engineers Association of California
Swing Arm Isolation – First Ever Seismic Application
Maffei Structural Engineering, Exploratorium Global Studios

2017 Housner Fellow
Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
Karl Telleen

2017 BALA Remodeling Awards, Category 35: Historic Preservation/Restoration
Bowles Hall Seismic Retrofit and Renewal
Maffei Structural Engineering

2017 Best Projects Merit Award – Renovation/Restoration
Engineering News Record (ENR) California Region
Bowles Hall Seismic Retrofit and Renewal
Maffei Structural Engineering

2017 Excellence in Structural Engineering Award – Renovation/Retrofit/Rehabilitation Structures over $20 Million
National Council of Structural Engineers Associations
Bowles Hall Seismic Retrofit and Renewal
Maffei Structural Engineering

2017 Award of Merit – Historic Preservation
Structural Engineers Association of Northern California
Bowles Hall Seismic Retrofit and Renewal
Maffei Structural Engineering

2016 Award of Excellence – Landmark Structures
Structural Engineers Association of California
SFO Air Traffic Control Tower
Walter P. Moore, Rutherford+Chekene, Maffei Structural Engineering

2015 Election to College of Fellows
Structural Engineers Association of California
Joe Maffei

2015 Election as Director
Structural Engineers Association of California
Karl Telleen

2014 Award of Merit – Study/Research/Guidelines
Structural Engineers Association of California
SEAOC Guidelines for Wind and Seismic Design of Rooftop Solar Arrays
SEAOC Solar Photovoltaic Systems Committee, Joe Maffei, vice chair, and Karl Telleen, member

2014 Leslie D. Martin Award of Merit
Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute
Seismic Design Methodology Document for Precast Concrete Diaphragms
Joe Maffei, Industry Advisory Committee, and Karl Telleen, contributor

Influential NEES Project Award 2009-2014, Structures Category
George E. Brown Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation
Development of a Seismic Design Methodology for Precast Floor Diaphragms
Joe Maffei, Industry Advisory Committee

2012 Young Practicing Engineer Award 
American Concrete Institute
Karl Telleen

2011 Award of Excellence – Historic Preservation
Structural Engineers Association of Northern California
UC Berkeley Bowles Hall Retrofit for Fault Offset
Rutherford+Chekene, Joe Maffei, project principal

2010 PhD Symposium Paper Award Honorable Mention
Fédération International du Béton (FIB)
Karl Telleen

2009 Fulbright Fellowship – Switzerland
U.S. Department of State
Karl Telleen

2009 Award of Excellence – Study/Research/Guidelines
Structural Engineers Association of California
Advanced Seismic Assessment Guidelines
Joe Maffei, lead author

2008 Award of Excellence – Study/Research/Guidelines
Structural Engineers Association of California
Seismic Design and Review of Tall Buildings
SEAONC Task Group, Joe Maffei, chair

2007 Edwin G. Zacher Award
Structural Engineers Association of Northern California
Joe Maffei

1996 Post-Doctoral Scholarship
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Joe Maffei

1994 Research Scholarship
New Zealand National Society for Earthquake Engineering
Joe Maffei

1992 Fulbright Fellowship – New Zealand
U.S. Department of State
Joe Maffei

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