Craig
Comartin S.E., President of
CDComartin, INC, is an internationally recognized expert in the development and application
of performance based earthquake engineering (PBEE). He
is particularly expert in the evaluation and design of structures to meet complex
performance objectives and in the management of seismic risks associated with groups of
individual facilities. Since 1997, Mr.
Comartin has been serving as the campus seismic consultant for the University of
California, Berkeley. He has developed
performance based standards for the evaluation, design and retrofit of campus buildings in
conjunction with a $1 billion twenty year program. Mr. Comartin’s efforts at Berkeley
also have helped to improve the cost-efficiency of many projects. In addition to assisting institutional owners, Mr.
Comartin has been a consistent participant in the development of published procedures and
guidelines for PBEE. He has published numerous
technical papers mostly on the practical aspects of performance-based engineering. Mr.
Comartin is a graduate of The University of California, Berkeley.
