Bfmj Has Announced That Scott Muka, SE, PE

bfmj has announced that Scott Muka, SE, PE., of Winchester, Kentucky, has joined their staff as Director of Operations.

Mr. Muka, originally from Illinois, holds a B.S.C.E. degree from the University of Illinois and is a licensed structural engineer in Illinois and a licensed professional engineer in Kentucky, Ohio, Florida, Wisconsin, Missouri, Michigan, Indiana and Iowa. He is also a professional member of structural professional engineering societies, including the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI) and was involved with the publication of the PCI Design Handbook, 5th edition. Mr. Muka brings a broad range of structural engineering and management experience to bfmj. He has held the positions of Chief Engineer, Senior Structural Engineer and Engineering Department Manager at several structural engineering firms in Illinois and Michigan.

Mr. Muka is also a specialist in precast/prestressed concrete design. He has held previous positions as Engineering Department Manager and Vice President of Engineering at precast concrete manufacturing firms in Illinois, Michigan and Kentucky and was General Manager of an architectural precast concrete manufacturing plant in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Mr. Muka has performed numerous field inspections and report writing for new and distressed structures, including some that required the use of hazardous confirmed entry methods. He has conducted numerous load testing of lifting and handling devices used in the precast concrete industry. He has designed specialized handling devices and prestressing frames for the precast concrete industry.

Several memorable projects to Mr. Muka are the structure for the Billy Graham Library at Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois, the handling design for the architectural precast concrete cladding for the NBC city front center in Chicago, Illinois, the structural engineering for the relocation of a 60,000 pound concrete Picasso sculpture from Schaumburg, Illinois to LaHavre, France and the architectural precast concrete cladding panels for the Ascent Building at _________ Bridge in Covington, Kentucky.