About Alex Apostoli, P.Eng.
Alex Apostoli, P.Eng. is a Registered Professional Engineer in British Columbia and Alberta and is a graduate of UBC Civil-Structural Engineering. He has worked as a structural engineering consultant since he graduated in 1984 and has experience designing residential, commercial, industrial, civil, civic, agricultural and institutional structures. Alex was the president of AAE Structural Ltd. from 1995 to 2022 and is now practicing as a sole proprietor.
Alex has developed specific expertise in earthquake analysis and design and is proficient in dynamic Finite Element Analysis (FEA). One area he specializes in is the seismic analysis and withstand capacity of electrical distribution equipment, with clients that include BC Hydro, Schneider Canada, Power Survey and Wesco.
Another area of specialization is seismic restraint of electrical, mechanical and medical equipment and he lists VIHA and various mechanical and electrical contractors.
Since 1993 Alex has been engineering specialty scaffolds for Industrial Scaffold Services Ltd., who service the pulp and paper industry as well as Public Services and Procurement Canada at the Esquimalt Graving Dock.
Alex has taken many engineering seminars, workshops and courses since graduation including graduate courses in seismic design of steel and concrete buildings and dynamic seismic analysis of structures through the EGBC/Vancouver Structural Engineers Group’s Certificate in Structural Engineering program.
Education
1984 - 1994
1995 - 2005
2006 - 2016
2017 - 2024
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1984 – B.A.Sc., Civil/Structural, University of British Columbia
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1988 – AutoCAD 1 & 2, BCIT
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1989 – CISC: Connections, Single Storey & Low-Rise Office Building Design
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1990 – Earthquake Structural Design Seminar - U.B.C.
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Seismic Design for Bridges - MOTH
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Fundamentals of Seismic Design - VIGG
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1992 – Seismic Evaluation of Existing Buildings Seminar – VSEG, UBC
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1993 – Workshop on Seismic Evaluation of Buildings, NRC
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1995 – Postearthquake Evaluation of Buildings, MOTH
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1996 – Design in Cold-Formed Steel & Lightweight Framing Systems, CSCE/CSSBI
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International Conference on Tubular Structures, WIC, AWS
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Engineered Masonry - Limit States Design, MCC, MIBC, AMRAB
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Concrete Design with CSA A23.3-94, CPCA/CSCE
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1998 – CISC: Low-Rise Office Building Design
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Short Course on Seismic Design of Buildings, VSEG, EERF, DSE, SECBC
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2000 – Workshop on Postearthquake Safety Evaluation of Buildings, ATC-20-1
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2002 – CISC Steel Bridges, Design, Construction & Fabrication
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Effective Design of Non-structural Seismic Restraints, APEGBC
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2004 – CISC: Steel Framed Office Building Design Course
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2005 – UBC/Vancouver Structural Engineers Group: Graduate courses in Dynamic
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Analysis of Structures & Seismic Design of Steel Structures
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2007 – SEABC: Seismic Assessment & Retrofit Design Concepts Using a Performance Based Approach
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SEABC: Performance Based Seismic Retrofitting of Low-Rise Buildings
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2010 – APEGBC/SEABC: 2 Day Seminar on Soil Structure Interaction
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2011 – APEGBC/City of Vancouver: Certified Professional Course, Part 3 of the BCBC
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2013 – F201 - Finite Element Analysis & Design Training Course, S-Frame Software Inc.:
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G103 Advanced Finite Element Analysis, S-Frame Software Inc.:
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NEHRP: Seismic Design of Concrete Mat Foundations
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2014 – S-Frame Software Inc.: A301 - Dynamics for Structures
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SEABC: E5-1 - Seismic Design of Concrete Structures
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2015 – ATC: NIST Tech Brief #10, Seismic Design of Wood Light-frame Structural Diaphragm Systems
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FEMA P-807, Seismic Evaluation of Retrofit of Multi-unit Wood Framed Buildings with Weak First Stories
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2016 – ATC-125: Earthquake Strengthening of Cripple Walls in Wood Frame Dwellings
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SABC: Seismic Risk Assessment and Management
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2019 – Nonlinear and P-Delta Finite Element Analysis for Structural Engineers F203, Softek Services
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2020 – Professional Practice Guidelines on Retaining Wall Design, EGBC
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2021 – Joint Professional Practice Guidelines: Encapsulated Mass Timber Construction up to 12 Storeys, EGBC
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2021 – Design of Multi-Storey Masonry Buildings, 14th Canadian Masonry Symposium
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2021 – Dynamics for Structural Engineers A301, Softek Services
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2021 – Seismic Analysis and Design in S-Frame A501, Softek Services
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2022 – Rehabilitation of Existing Structures Using FRP, EGBC
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2023 – Updates to Part 4 of the 2023 BC Building Code, EGBC
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2023 – New Provisions for Qualification and Design of Post-Installed Adhesive Anchors into Cracked and Uncracked Masonry, Simpson Strong-Tie
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2023 – SRG Seminar – SRG 2020 Training Workshop
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2023 – SRG Seminar - Seismic Site Response for the 6th Generation Seismic Hazard Model of Canada
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2024 – Strengthen Your Designs with the Latest Strong-Wall® Applications, Simpson Strong-Tie
Experience
Sole Proprietor
2022 – present: Alex Apostoli, P.Eng.
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HMCS Victoria Fin Scaffold, ISSL
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Blackwater Gold Mine/Powerside, seismic analysis & withstand review of electrical distribution equipment
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Surespan Ready-Mix Aggregate Bin Roofs
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Cedar Creek Mobile Home Park, raft foundation for water tanks
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Wiersma Residence & Elevated Concrete Pool Structure
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Cook Residence & Studio, wood & heavy timber framing
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Powerside-Harmac Pulp Mill, seismic anchorage of electrical equipment
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Exchange Energy, seismic restraint of mechanical equipment
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Goluza Residence, part 4 shear wall design
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Luzopone Residence, Part 4 wood shear wall design
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DeVries Residence, seismic foundation upgrade and Part 4 shear wall design
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Browne Residence, Part 4 shear wall design