Chabot Engineering

Ms. Cynthia L. Chabot, P.E. is an independent structural engineering consultant who works with owners, architects, engineers, and contractors to perform structural investigation, design and contract documents for residential and small commercial structures.  Some of her more recent projects include renovations to historic as well as modern buildings, design of new homes, bridges, investigation and design repairs of failed structures, and structural inspections of residential and commercial buildings.  

Prior to working independently, her experience spanned 12 years in all phases of structural engineering.  Varied work experiences with three reputable engineering firms include transportation corridors in Massachusetts, Maine, and Oklahoma.  She provided construction phase services for horizontal (bridges and tunnels) and vertical (buildings) construction, and bridge inspections for the states of Massachusetts and Maine.  

Ms. Chabot began the first 7 years of her structural engineering career with the management consultant joint venture Bechtel/Parsons Brinckerhoff working on the Central Artery Tunnel Project, one of the largest civil works projects in the world where some of the most recent state-of-the-art structural engineering work has taken place.  When the engineering work on the project was complete, she continued her structural engineering career with Gannett Fleming then with HNTB in Boston.  After 12 years of working for prestigious firms, she began her own consulting structural engineering firm to pursue her personal interests in the field of structural engineering.  The projects that she has worked on include:

• Design and drawings to raise a floor in a one-hundred-year-old two-story wood home in Bedford, Massachusetts,
• Design and drawings for two new four-story wood structures as Best Western hotels in Saugus, Massachusetts,
• Structural rating and report for the Ashland Town Hall for potential future renovations,
• Investigated and reported on construction errors for new homes in Hopedale and Essex, Massachusetts,
• Investigate and design carrying beam for mis-constructed penthouse on a Boston Back Bay masonry condo,
• Design mat slab foundation for a baseball dugout at University of Massachusetts in Boston,
• Design foundation for 80 foot and 90 foot sports stadium light poles at Boston University field,
• Structural investigation of one-story masonry structure adjacent to highway tunnel portal in East Boston
• Investigation and repair of elevated structural concrete slab for a homeowner’s garage
• Bridge for Wellesley College Nehoiden Golf Course - a 70 foot light vehicle and pedestrian bridge.
• High-end new house in Weston to include hip roofs and turrets with large span expanses.
• Peer review for the Watertown Arsenal Arts Center theatre.
• Floor rating for an existing commercial warehouse turned office building in Stoneham.
• Designs for existing houses for additions and large open spaces.
• Fitchburg Commuter Rail Reconstruction for ADA requirements.  Work included the design of a precast deck mini high-platform supported by cast-in-place piers along with the steel canopy supported by cast-in-place piers.  Work also included support for construction phase services.  
• Canopy extension at the Interchange 1 toll plaza for the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority.  Work included the repair of a steel canopy damaged by a vehicular collision.  Work also included the extension of the existing canopy.  
• Bridge inspections as part of the Massachusetts State Complex Bridge Inspection Program
•  Lynn, Saugus River Rt. 107;
•  Boston Alford St.;
• Boston, Summer St.;
• Haverhill, Chain Bridge; 
• Boston, I-93
• Maine Turnpike bridges:
• Captain Thomas Rd.; new 2-span steel girder bridge supported by cantilever abutments.
• Holmes Rd., new 2-span precast bulb-tees bridge supported by pile stub abutments;
• Mousam River Mainline; 3-span 330' steel girder bridge supported by stub abutments.
• Old Portland Rd., 4-span steel bridge raising & redecking;
• Stevenstown Rd., 4-span steel bridge redecking.
• Oklahoma Turnpike Broken Arrow South Loop.  This work consisted of 15-bridges in two construction contracts.  The bridges were predominantly dual 3-span structures including two ramp bridges and four 4-span bridges.  The bridge design consisted of concrete deck on prestressed concrete AASHTO Type II, III, IV and PCI bulb-tees utilizing integral and stub abutment bridges.  
• Massachusetts Highway Department's Footprint Bridge program:
• Hudson, Massachusetts.  A precast-prestressed superstructure.
• Williamstown, Massachusetts.  A 120' 3-span bridge.  
• Dorchester Avenue Bridge, Boston, Massachusetts; superstructure design as part of the Central Artery/Tunnel Project.  A 7-span precast-prestressed multi-box beam superstructure.
• UMass Lowell wood salt storage shed.  
• Barnstable DPW prefabricated metal building design for a garage maintenance facility.  
• Winthrop water storage tank investigation for structural seismic compatibility.  
• Central Artery/Tunnel Project contracts D015A, D017A, D018A, D019E and D019B preliminary design for concrete cut-and-cover tunnels.  Contract D009B final design for concrete cut-and-cover tunnels.  

Ms. Chabot is a graduate of Wentworth Institute of Technology with a B.S. in Civil Engineer Technology/Structural emphasis (1989).  As she worked, she pursued another engineering degree in the evenings at Northeastern University with a B.S. in Civil Engineering/Structural emphasis (1994).  She is licensed as a structural engineer in Massachusetts (1996) and Vermont (2001).  

Ms. Chabot participates in numerous professional societies including the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), the Structural Engineering Institute (SEI), the Boston Society of Civil Engineers (BSCES), and the Boston Society of Architects Historical Resources Committee in an effort to remain abreast of the most current technologies and research in her field.  She attends lectures and seminars on numerous topics in structural engineering.  She has written several papers on the automation of design as well as other topics of interest to engineers.  She is Editorial Subcommittee Chair for the BSCES Journal of Civil Engineering Practice.  She is task leader on the topic of Value Based Compensation on the SEI Business and Professional Activities Division, Business Practice Committee.  A recent article published in the June 2002 issue of Structure Magazine discussed Value Based Compensation. She has also served on the committee working jointly with the architectural community on development of guidelines for the Massachusetts State Building Inspectors for the inspection of drawings for proper stamping. She received the BSCES President’s Award in 1997 and the BSCES Clemens Herschel Award in 1998.

Last updated 3/5/05