CSD Structural Engineers

For nearly 60 years, CSD has built lasting partnerships through expertise, excellence, and exceptional service. Our structural engineers deliver practical engineering solutions, ensuring project success time and time again.

Practical Innovation

Ideas and concepts embody the world of engineering. Designing practical and functional structures takes the insight that comes from years of experience combined with technical expertise.

CSD offers this combination of experience and expertise—a combination that yields practical, yet innovative solutions. It means designing a project that achieves the required goals and provides cost-effective solutions to your problems. Whether you require a space frame or a retaining wall, a vibration analysis, or a crane building, CSD can assist you in making the right choices, from start to completion.

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Our Values

CSD Value - Expertise

As a team of nationally-recognized structural engineers, we have the experience to solve a broad range of challenging structural engineering problems. We maintain a position of leadership in current structural engineering technology through our involvement in technical committees, teaching, and authoring publications for our industry.

CSD Value - Excellence

Our reputation for providing engineered solutions that are accurate, complete, and detailed results in fewer problems and a more reliable constructed project. We believe that not all engineering is equal and strive to demonstrate that with high-quality design documents. We are diligent and persevere to do what others will not or cannot do.

CSD Value - Exceptional Service

We provide straightforward solutions to help our clients solve problems, with tailored engineering services to meet the specific needs of each client. We understand that engineering is problem solving and help our clients define and understand problems throughout the life of a project.

A Team of Experts

CSD Structural Engineers brings together an exceptional team of structural engineering professionals who are recognized leaders in their field. Our 50-person structural-only firm is built on a foundation of advanced technical expertise, with nearly all employees holding Masters or Ph.D. degrees in Civil/Structural Engineering. What sets us apart is our active involvement in shaping the future of structural engineering through committee work, published research, design guide authorship, and industry lecturing. This combination of academic excellence and practical innovation allows us to deliver the precise, detailed engineering solutions that ensure project success time and time again.

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Education

Nearly all of CSD engineers possess a Masters or Ph.D. degree in Civil/Structural Engineering. This advanced education coupled with our emphasis on practical innovation helps us to better serve client needs. CSD engineers regularly participate in continuing education to stay at the forefront of advances in our industry. CSD staff also regularly present engineering seminars throughout the country.

Experience

We are privileged to be among the nation’s most respected structural engineering design firms with nearly 60 years of engineering and design experience.

CSD celebrates its rich history and continues to build a legacy that takes our clients, community, and staff into the future.

Industry Participation

Professional Registrations

CSD experts are professionally licensed in all 50 states and several Canadian provinces including:

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  • Alabama
  • Alaska
  • Arizona
  • Arkansas
  • California
  • Colorado
  • Connecticut
  • Delaware
  • District of Columbia
  • Florida
  • Georgia
  • Hawaii
  • Idaho
  • Illinois
  • Indiana
  • Iowa
  • Kansas
  • Kentucky
  • Louisiana
  • Maine
  • Maryland
  • Massachusetts
  • Michigan
  • Minnesota
  • Mississippi
  • Missouri
  • Montana
  • Nebraska
  • Nevada
  • New Hampshire
  • New Jersey
  • New Mexico
  • New York
  • North Carolina
  • North Dakota
  • Ohio
  • Oklahoma
  • Oregon
  • Pennsylvania
  • Rhode Island
  • South Carolina
  • South Dakota
  • Tennessee
  • Texas
  • Utah
  • Vermont
  • Virginia
  • Washington
  • West Virginia
  • Wisconsin
  • Wyoming
  • Puerto Rico
  • Manitoba
  • Ontario
  • Saskatchewan
Historical photos of CSD Founders LeRoy Lutz, Don Buettner, and James Fisher

A History of Innovation

When our founders launched CSD in 1968, they instilled a culture dedicated to expertise in the field of structural engineering, responsiveness to the needs of our clients, and excellence in the work that we produce. These principles still guide every project 50 years later.

Connect with the Experts

CSD is dedicated to the success of your project. Our team of experts brings an unmatched level of ingenuity and experience to provide value to our clients. To move your project forward, contact us via phone or email today.