Robert J. Murray, PE, Founder
& Principal
In
1998, Robert Murray formed Murray Engineering and opened a new office
in New York City as a base to provide engineering services to clients
worldwide. He has successfully utilized his versatile experience to
take on numerous projects varying in scope from conventional construction,
such as work related to affordable housing, to specialty construction,
such as modular buildings and special hospital equipment installations.
Mr. Murray manages the firm and also maintains direct involvement
in all projects.
Mr.
Murray started his professional career in 1987 with the Port Authority
of New York and New Jersey. Mr. Murray was involved in maintenance
and repair projects on the George Washington Bridge, Holland and Lincoln
Tunnels, and Newark International Airport. He studied and produced
schematic designs for a proposed future widening of the Goethals Bridge.
In
1988 Mr. Murray joined Horst Berger Partners. The firm specialized
in lightweight tensile structures and offered a variety of work in
building renovation and new construction. As a Project Engineer, Mr.
Murray became extensively involved in steel and concrete modular construction
and analysis of tensile structures. As a special consultant to the
US Army Corps of Engineers in Kansas City, Missouri, Mr. Murray was
project engineer for the forensic study of a tensile structure collapse
at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.
In
1989, Horst Berger Partners dissolved its partnership. As a Project
Engineer, Mr. Murray continued his work at Tor Smolen Calini and Anastos.
At TSCA, Mr. Murray initiated and managed the use of computer aided
design for structural drawing and detailing. While continuing his
work with modular buildings, Mr. Murray was involved in many new buildings
and renovation projects in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and
Massachusetts. Mr. Murray was project engineer for a two hundred forty
foot pedestrian bridge serving the Chanel Industries complex in Piscataway,
New Jersey.
In
1992, Mr. Murray joined Joseph De Nardis in the formation of De Nardis
Associates. As a Senior Associate in charge of personnel and project
management, Mr. Murray designed and coordinated many projects in New
York City and surrounding areas. During this time period, Mr. Murray's
work included multiple family housing, steel and block & plank
mid-rise buildings, hospital facilities, schools, commercial office
buildings, and high-end residential housing.
Today
at Murray Engineering, Robert Murray continues to pursue interesting
projects both big and small. In the past four years he has enjoyed
providing structural engineering services for multiple-family housing,
hospitals, schools, dormitories, laboratories, retail and commercial
renovations, and high-end residential renovation and construction.
He continues to enjoy work as an experienced and knowledgeable consultant
in the New York City region.
Professional
Societies
Structural Engineers Association of New York - President 2006 - 2007
American Institute of Steel Construction
American Society of Civil Engineers
American Institute of Architects
he Association for Preservation Technology
