Studio NYL expands to meet increase demand

Boulder, Colorado—April 18, 2012

Studio NYL, a leading Boulder-based structural engineering firm known internationally for its progressive approach to designing architectural structure, today announced that in addition to increasing the size of the firm’s open studio by 70 percent through expansion into an adjacent office space, two new structural engineers have been added to the firm’s growing staff.

“It’s exciting to be in a position to grow again after some challenging years for the AEC industry,” states Christopher O’Hara, PE, co-founder of Studio NYL. “Because our clients continue to increase their need for collaborative, inventive structural engineering solutions, the exceptional skills of our two newest engineers will go a long ways toward keeping our service at the highest level as we grow our space, skills and services to meet our clients’ needs.”

Senior Structural Engineer and Façade Designer Will Babbington, PE, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP, is both a licensed architect and a structural engineer who specializes in façade design. He is currently working on Studio NYL’s $48 million Colorado State University [CSU] Lory Student Center project in Fort Collins as well as multiple other façade projects in Colorado, Arizona and Mexico, and is on the board of the Colorado Chapter of the Building Enclosure Council. Babbington received both his Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering (1998), and Masters of Architecture (2007) from the University of Colorado.

Structural Engineer Lee Maggert, EIT, began his career as a structural engineer in Colorado’s Roaring Fork Valley where he designed custom homes and commercial buildings in and around Aspen. A graduate of the University of Colorado, Maggert is currently working on the Catamount Institute Dormitories in Woodland Park, Colorado, CSU’s Lory Student Center, and multiple custom residential projects located in Colorado and South Dakota.