Mr. Pelham established an engineering practice in 1981. He subsequently worked with Mr. Barrish to merge their firms under the name Barrish Pelham & Partners, Inc. in 1987.  Mr. Pelham is presently the firm’s Chief Executive Officer and has served as President of Barrish, Pelham and Associates, Inc. for over 19 years.  He also serves as a Principal in charge of numerous large structural and forensic engineering projects.  Mr. Pelham was elected to the Structural Engineers Association College of Fellows in 2005 in recognition of his professional accomplishments. 

Mr. Pelham has been employed as a consulting engineer since 1976. He has acted as a project engineer, project manager, construction administrator and principal investigator for hundreds of successful projects. As a general practitioner his background includes work in concrete, steel, masonry and timber structures. Projects have ranged from new multi-story structures to the seismic retrofitting of registered historic buildings. Mr. Pelham also has extensive experience in investigating the cause and origin of property damage claims and structural failures. Mr. Pelham served six years on the SEAOC Professional Practice Committee and as Chair, he successfully published the first statewide "Recommended Guidelines for the Practice of Structural Engineering in California".

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