Precis Engineering + Architecture, an award-winning design firm with locations in Ambler, PA, and Cary, NC, has hired Doug Seaboldt, PE, as Director of Structural Engineering. Seaboldt’s hire brings in-house structural engineering expertise, supplementing the firm’s architecture, MEP/FP, automation, and process engineering disciplines.
“Doug will work closely with our architecture and engineering disciplines, as well as our clients, to provide highly responsive, innovative solutions that address their specific project needs from inception to full design and project execution,” said Precis Founding Principal and President Robert Dick, PE. “The addition of a structural engineering group completes our vision of full design service capability.”
Doug has more than 30 years of experience as a structural engineer, providing structural design, analysis, and project management for pharmaceutical, institutional, educational, residential, and commercial facilities, as well as parking structures. His areas of expertise include structural design for high-tech building and cGMP spaces, and evaluation and adaptive re-use of existing structures of all building material types, helping owners, tenants, property/facility managers, and design professionals in evaluations, programming, capital reserve studies, maintenance plans, and façadereviews. As Director of Structural Engineering, Doug oversees the structural engineering department and leads the structural design efforts on the firm’s projects.
Doug holds a Master of Science degree in Civil Engineering from Northeastern University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Architectural Engineering from Pennsylvania State University. He is professionally registered in seven states: Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Arizona, Iowa, North Carolina, and South Carolina. Doug is an active member of the Delaware Valley Association of Structural Engineers (DVASE) and the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE). He resides in Harleysville, PA.
About Precis Engineering + Architecture
Precis Engineering + Architecture(Precis) offers comprehensive architecture and engineering services to support clients’ business goals. From offices in Pennsylvania and North Carolina, Precis provides architecture, planning, interiors; mechanical, electrical, plumbing, HVAC, fire protection, life safety, structural, and process engineering; and automation services for clients in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, manufacturing, university, utility, and research and development markets. The firm has been honored for its design leadership and sustainable approach, with project recognition including the LEED Gold Eisai Pilot Plant, winner of an ISPE Facility of the Year award. The company celebrates its 19th year in practice in 2024. For additional information, visit www.precisengineering.com.
