HONOLULU, HAWAII – APRIL 16, 2025 – Thirty years ago, Steve Baldridge founded BASE in Honolulu and, with the assistance of Vice President Frank Humay, has since expanded to offices in Chicago, Florida, Guam, and India. Over the years the firm has earned a reputation for collaborating with owners and architects, design teams and builders… Read More

BASE Senior Structural Engineer Kevin Galvez was named a Rising Star in the AEC industry by Civil + Structural Engineer magazine. Since joining BASE in 2019, he has managed and is currently managing projects with a total construction cost of around $900 million. These projects are in some of the most isolated places on earth,… Read More

BASE is proud to announce that we are #3 in this year’s list of Best Structural Engineering Firms to Work For. This is our fifth consecutive appearance in the top five and 14th appearance overall. BASE was also #8 in AEC firms with 10-49 employees. “We’re honored to again be recognized as one of the… Read More

HONOLULU, HAWAII – FEBRUARY 23, 2024 – Hale Kalele was selected as a finalist by the American Society of Civil Engineers for its Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement (OCEA) Award. A tradition since 1960, the OCEA Awards honor projects worldwide that are the greatest examples of civil engineers’ work from the past year, displaying advances in… Read More

We’re #2 in this year’s Best Structural Engineering Firm to Work For ranking and in AEC firms with 10-49 employees! We held our spot at #2 for structural engineers but moved up the list from #4 last year in the 10-49 employee ranking.