JONATHAN TOONE, S.E.
MANAGING PRINCIPAL
About Jon Toone
Jon Toone has designed, analyzed, managed, and coordinated a wide variety of structural projects across the United States and abroad. With over 15 years of notably comprehensive experience, his project portfolio encompasses all major building materials from low-rise wood framed buildings to complex, seismically sensitive steel and concrete high-rises. Jon combines technical proficiency, solid understanding of practical field applications, and sound engineering judgement to develop successful projects collaboratively with owners, architects, contractors, and staff to yield timely, reliable results
EXPERIENCE
SKIDMORE, OWINGS & MERRILL // San Francisco, CA 2000-2002 // Structural Design Engineer
SIMPSON STRONG-TIE // Stockton, CA
2002-2003 // Branch Engineer
BARKER DROTTAR ASSOCIATES // Las Vegas, NV
2004-2007 // Project Engineer
JOHN A. MARTIN & ASSOCIATES OF NEVADA // Las Vegas, NV
2007-2015 // Associate
ENGINEERING SYSTEMS SOLUTIONS // Idaho Falls, ID 2015-2016 // Senior Structural Engineer
JOHN A. MARTIN & ASSOCIATES, TETON REGION // Rexburg,ID
2016-PRESENT // Managing Principal
EDUCATION, LICENSES, EXPERTISE
M.S. // CIVIL ENGINEERING, EMPHASIS:STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING MECHANICS AND MATERIALS, University of California, Berkeley 2000
B.S. // CIVIL ENGINEERING, Utah State University 1999
Licensed: IDAHO: Civil & Structural, UTAH: Civil & Structural, NEVADA: Civil & Structural, CALIFORNIA: Civil
My Specializations: Structural Analysis & Design, Seismic Analysis & Design, Building Code, Project Management
SAMPLE PROJECTS
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, MERCED // Merced, CA (Skidmore, Owings & Merrill)
➢ Library Information Technology Center: duel-winged 5-story concrete moment frame/shear wall structure separated by a seismic joint
➢ Central Plant: 2-story facility combining concrete shear walls with steel braced framing, topped by long-span steel roof trusses supporting heavy mechanical equipment
ARBORETUM APARTMENTS // Boise, ID (Engineering Systems Solutions)
➢ Two 4-story wood frame residential structures over post-tension concrete parking garages
➢ One 2-story wood frame building comprised of residential units over a club house
WILLIAMS BUILDING // San Francisco, CA (Skidmore, Owings & Merrill)
➢ Seismic retrofit of a historic 8-story building
➢ Shotcrete shear walls and steel columns with masonry façade
HOME2 HOTELS BY HILTON // Victorville & Barstow, CA(Engineering Systems Solutions)
➢ 4-story wood-frame hotels
HARRAH’S RESORT // Valley Center, CA (John A. Martin & Associates of Nevada)
➢ 24-story concrete hotel in a very high seismic zone abutted against an existing tower and separated by a seismic joint
CROWN SYDNEY // Sydney, Australia (John A. Martin & Associates of Nevada)
➢ 75-story tapering, lotus-shaped concrete tower housing six-star hotel accommodations and luxury apartments on the Sydney waterfront
UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS // Las Vegas, NV (John A. Martin & Associates of Nevada)
➢ Thomas & Mack Arena and Events Center➢ Structural investigations and rigging analysis resulting in tripled roof loading capacity for large-scale (150,000-200,000 pound) shows
