Andrew Pontecorvo, PE
Associate Principal
Andrew Pontecorvo, PE is a Structural Foundation Engineer experienced in analyzing and designing both shallow and deep foundations, retaining walls, underpinning and complex excavation systems, including sheet pile walls, slurry walls, secant pile walls, internal and external bracing systems, underpinning, and tiedown anchors. Andrew was a first responder after 9/11, making below ground inspections and stability assessments coordinated the slurry wall stabilization with the City agencies and their contractors. He leads teams of geotechnical, structural, and resident engineers for various projects including, public and private projects, from inception to completion for projects with a focus on affordable housing, new developments, infrastructure, old masonry buildings, and resiliency projects in New York City.
Education
- Columbia University, MSCE 1995
- Columbia University, BSCE 1994
Professional engineering licenses
- New York
Memberships/Honors/Activities:
- New York Building Codes Committee
- Special Inspections & Temporary Structures Committee Member (2017-2018)
Notable projects:
- World Trade Center Reconstruction, New York, NY
- MTA Accessibility Upgrades at the 68th Street Station / Hunter College Station, New York, NY
- Brookfield Place, New York, NY
- The New York Aquarium, New York, NY
- PANYNJ LaGuardia Airport Flood Protection, New York, NY
- Steinway Tower - 111 West 57th Street, New York, NY