ERA Structural Engineering
ERA is a full service structural engineering firm, with offices in Saint Paul, Minnesota and Eau Claire, Wisconsin. The firm was founded in 1984 and presently has a total staff of 81 people.
ERA has provided structural engineering services for a broad range of building types. Our experience includes, retail, industrial, government and educational buildings, aircraft hangers, churches, high-rise offices, multi-unit residential, mixed-use facilities, sports and recreational complexes, research and laboratory facilities, data centers, parking structures and detention facilities.
We provide specialty engineering services for the design of precast concrete structures, long-span structures, aircraft engine test facilities and dynamically loaded structures (strong floors, blast panels, seismic masses, etc.). We also conduct investigations of building failures and analysis of existing structures in connection with prospective additions, repairs and restorations.
Structural Engineering Leaders
Our team of Structural Engineers have provided services for projects with construction costs ranging from a few thousand dollars to in excess of 100 million dollars. Notable projects include:
- Mall of America Phase 1 C (a new luxury hotel and a 210,000 SF office building sitting atop the addition)
- Lowertown Ballpark (7,000 fixed seat ballpark -includes alternate seating types for a total capacity of 9,000)
- Wayzata Bay Center (four building senior housing and market apartment unit development)
- University of Minnesota's (Award Winning) 17th Avenue Housing Project (230,000 square foot, six story residence hall with dining facilities)
- Guthrie Theater (250,000 sq. ft. three-theater complex with 1,000 car parking structure adjacent).
- Target Center (19,000 seats for basketball)
- Minneapolis Federal Courthouse (450,000 sq. ft. courthouse with 250,000 square foot underground parking facility)
- IDS Operations Center (512,000 sq. ft. computer facility)