Rubin M. Zallen, P.E.
Rubin M. Zallen is a structural and forensic engineer with over 45 years experience and is principal of Zallen Engineering of Framingham, MA. He has experience in structural design, structural investigation, and construction of buildings, bridges, and special structures. He also has experience in project management, preparation of construction contract documents, and supervision of construction for a general contractor in the field. Mr Zallen has extensive knowledge of the workings of the construction industry and the performance requirements of and the relationships among architects, engineers, and contractors in the design and construction of various structures.
Education
- Bachelor of Civil Engineering
Syracuse University, 1951
- Master of Science
Advanced Study of Structural and Geotechnical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1959
Professional Engineering Registration
- Connecticut
- Maine
- Massachusetts
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New York
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- National Engineering Certificate from National Council
of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying
(qualifies an engineer for licensing in virtually all of the states)
Professional Activities
- Past Chairman, Technical Council on Forensic Engineering
American Society of Civil Engineers
- Past Chairman, Committee on Practices to Reduce Failures
Technical Council on Forensic Engineering
American Society of Civil Engineers
- Member, Task Committee on Lift Slab Construction
Technical Council on Forensic Engineering
American Society of Civil Engineers
- Chairman, Massachusetts Select Committee on the
Building Regulatory System (1986)
- Member, Loads Advisory Committee
Massachusetts Board of Building Regulations and Standards
- Chairman, Committee on Peer Review of Structural Design
(1990-1992), Boston Association of Structural Engineers (BASE);
editor and principal author of BASE Proposal on Review of
Structural Design by an Independent Structural Engineer;
adopted by the Massachusetts Board of Building Regulations and
Standards as a regulation in the Massachusetts State Building Code
- One of the principal authors of structural design criteria for existing
buildings for the Massachusetts State Building Code, by the Loads
Advisory Committee and the Seismic Advisory Committee of the
Massachusetts Board of Building Regulations and Standards
- Invitee, Users' Workshops on Seismic Rehabilitation, December 2,
1994, Phoenix, AZ and December 12, 1995, La Jolla, CA; ATC-33;
Project to develop guidelines and commentary for the seismic
upgrading of buildings; Building Seismic Safety Council & Applied
Technology Council
- Past Chairman, Structural Group
Boston Society of Civil Engineers Section
American Society of Civil Engineers
- Member, Task Committee on Means and Methods of Construction
American Consulting Engineers Council of New England
- Member, Panel of Arbitrators
American Arbitration Association;
arbitrator on construction related cases
- Past President, Massachusetts Construction Industry Board
Professional Societies
- American Arbitration Association
- American Concrete Institute
- American Consulting Engineers Council
- American Consulting Engineers Council of New England
- American Institute of Steel Construction
- American Society of Civil Engineers
- Boston Association of Structural Engineers
- Boston Society of Civil Engineers Section
American Society of Civil Engineers
- Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
- Massachusetts Construction Industry Board
- Massachusetts Society of Professional Engineers
- National Society of Professional Engineers
- Post-Tensioning Institute
- Prestressed Concrete Institute
- Technical Council on Forensic Engineering
American Society of Civil Engineers
- Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
Publications and Lectures
Mr. Zallen has given lectures or authored papers on earthquake engineering, structural failures, structural loads, forensic engineering, building codes, responsibilities of parties in the construction process, contractor's licensing, means and methods of construction, and peer review of structural design. (A list of lectures and papers will be provided upon request). |
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