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DesignPhiladelphia

Behind the Walls: An Insider's Perspective of Center City

Featured Engineer: Allison Lukachik, PE, SE, CDT

Allison is an Associate at Keast & Hood Structural Engineers. She joined the firm in July 2012 and has over 15 years of professional engineering experience. She holds a B.S. in Architectural Engineering and a M.S. in Civil Engineering from Drexel University, an M.B.A., in Business Management from Temple University, and is a CSI Construction Documents Technologist. She is a member of the Delaware Valley Association of Structural Engineers, a Board Member of the Association for Preservation Technology, Delaware Valley Chapter, and a Founding Member and the Record Keeper for the Delaware Valley Association of Structural Engineers, Women in Structural Engineering (WiSE) Committee. Allison is also an Adjunct Professor at Drexel University College of Engineering, Construction Management.

Best part of working at KH

Allie enjoys working at a firm where she can share her projects and passion with her daughter and help to mentor future generations of women in the structural engineering field.

Recent Projects

• Wharton Academic Research Building | University of Pennsylvania
• Perelman Center for Political Science and Economics

In the News

• Announcing Three New Associates

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Keast & Hood's Professional Affiliations

• ACE Mentor Program
• American Council of Engineering Companies Federal Procurement Advisory Committee
• American Concrete Institute - American Institute of Architects
• American Institute of Steel Construction
• American Society of Civil Engineers
• Association for Preservation Technology International
• The Athenaeum of Philadelphia
• Bryn Mawr College Buildings & Grounds Committee
• The Carpenters’ Company of the City and County of Philadelphia
• Community Design Collaborative
• Construction Specifications Institute
• Delaware Valley Association of Structural Engineers
• Drexel University Dept. of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering Advisory Board
• Drexel University Faculty
• Engineers’ Club of Philadelphia
• Habitat for Humanity
• Haddon Heights, NJ, Planning/Zoning Board
• Hawthorne Empowerment Coalition (Philadelphia)
• International Code Council
• Masonry Society
• Morris Arboretum, Physical Facilities Committee
• National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying
• National Trust for Historic Preservation
• New Castle County, DE, Historic Review Board
• Philadelphia University Faculty
• Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia
• Rebuilding Together
• Society for Marketing Professional Services
• US Green Building Council