HCAI- Steel moment frame
- OSHPD 1
- Occupied campus
Care, reinforced.
UC Davis Medical Center PICU Expansion
- Client
- UC Davis Health
- CYS role
- Structural engineer of record
Est. 1963 · Sacramento, CA
Sixty years of buildings that stand. Engineered for the next sixty.
CYS is the Sacramento structural engineering partner for healthcare, higher education and public buildings, designed from the reviewer's side of the table.
- Grid A-1
- 60+ YEARS
- Sacramento landmarks since 1963
- Grid B-2
- DSA · HCAI · CDCR
- Agencies we design and review for
- Grid C-3
- USACE IDIQ
- Prime contract holder
- Grid D-4
- [##] PROJECTS
- Completed across California
Trusted byUC DavisState of California DGSCalPERSCity of SacramentoSacramento CountyUS Army Corps of Engineers
Sheet 01 / Markets
Where we work.
Six markets. One rule: the building has to stand, and the drawings have to get through.
- 01Healthcare
- 02Higher Education
- 03K-12 & Modular Schools
- 04Civic & Government
- 05Justice
- 06Cultural & Historic
Detail 01Sheet 02 / Selected Work
Proof, not promises.
HCAICity- Cultural
- Long-span
- Historic adjacency
Art, held up.
Crocker Art Museum
- Client
- City of Sacramento
- CYS role
- Structural design
DGS- Essential facility
- Heavy equipment
Power that doesn't blink.
State Central Utility Plant
- Client
- State of California DGS
- CYS role
- Structural design
County- Mass timber
- Civic
Quiet, by design.
Davis Community Library
- Client
- Yolo County
- CYS role
- Structural design
Section A–A / Differentiator
From the reviewer's side of the table.
We don't just design buildings. We also check them, for DSA, HCAI, CDCR and UC Davis. We know which details get flagged and which get waved through.
So our drawings come back clean. Fewer comment cycles. Fewer surprises in the field. Your schedule stays your schedule.
Sheet 04 / Expertise
Three doors in.
01
Structural Design
New buildings and additions.
- New construction
- Additions & alterations
- Plan check & peer review
- Value engineering
Seismic
Evaluation, retrofit, historic restoration.
- ASCE 41 evaluation
- Seismic retrofit
- Historic restoration
- SPC / NPC hospital compliance
Equipment Certification
OSP/OPM preapprovals for manufacturers.
- HCAI OSP
- DSA OPM
- Anchorage design
- Shake-table coordination
Deadline 2030
Talk to a seismic engineer →California's 2030 hospital seismic deadline is closer than it looks. Let's talk about your campus.
Sheet 05 / People
A woman-led firm with a young bench and six decades of judgment.
Led by CEO Te Iwi Boyd, our team is young, hungry and trained on everything. Every engineer works across design, seismic and review, so the person on your project has seen it from every angle.
- Portrait · Te Iwi Boyd
Te Iwi Boyd
Chief Executive Officer · SE
"Attitude first. Everything else we can teach."
- Portrait · [Engineer Name]
[Engineer Name]
Associate Principal · SE
"I like a building that tells you exactly how it stands."
- Portrait · [Engineer Name]
[Engineer Name]
Project Engineer · PE
"Hospitals have to work on the worst day. That's the job."
- Portrait · [Engineer Name]
[Engineer Name]
Design Engineer · EIT · Cal Poly
"Every week I learn something I didn't know I needed."
Sheet 06 / Back to Midtown
Home, in a building we know how to respect.
After six decades of Sacramento landmarks, we're moving back to the heart of the city, into a historic building we know how to respect.