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LEADERS IN STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING & BUILDING INSPECTIONS

Our goal is to earn your complete trust and respect by providing the highest degree of service possible. We’ re known for our attention to detail, our technical knowledge, and our commitment to impeccable customer service.

Building Personal Relationships One Client at a Time

WHY RUCKMAN ENGINEERING, PLC?

Since our founding in 1988, Ruckman Engineering, PLC has completed hundreds of industrial, commercial, and residential projects. Our licensed and professional engineers are experienced with working across a broad spectrum of project types and scales throughout Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. Professionalism and quality are at the core of everything we do. We approach each project with common sense and a cost-effective mindset. We always look out for our client’s best interests and do our utmost to meet completion deadlines and stay within budget. When you contact Ruckman Engineering, PLC for consultation, investigations, or inspections, you can be confident you are getting a deep expertise born of several decades of experience coupled with an integrity expected of small, hands-on, family-run businesses. We place great importance on building close, personal, long-term relationships with each of our clients.

At Ruckman Engineering, PLC, we are dedicated to serving your needs by delivering cost-effective and practical structural engineering solutions in a timely and responsive fashion.

Our Services

Ruckman Engineering, PLC is an engineering consultant firm providing professional structural engineering and building inspection services throughout Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia. Our engineers oversee projects from initial site reconnaissance to final design and construction.

Structural Engineering Design & Evaluations

Our structural engineering services are useful for clients building or designing new structures or remodeling existing buildings. We can design and/or evaluate entire structures or specific elements.

Steel

Timber/Wood

Masonry

Reinforced Concrete

Floor Slabs

Retaining Walls

Shallow and Deep Foundations

Bridge Crane, Jib Crane, Monorail

Consultation, Investigations, and Inspection Services

Structural Condition Assessments

Third-Party and Code Inspections

Rock Removal/Blasting Damage Evaluations

Insurance Claims Investigations

Expert Witness Testimony

Pre- and Post-Blast Surveys

Meet Our Founder

As the managing partner and senior engineer for Ruckman Engineering, PLC, Richard A. Ruckman, P.E., oversees all structural engineering operations for the company he founded in 1988. He is responsible for technical quality, design, and management control of structural engineering projects in the region. He supervises commercial, historical renovation, governmental, residential, and industrial projects. Mr. Ruckman earned his civil engineering degree from Virginia Tech in 1981 and is licensed as a professional engineer in Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland. He has been a member of many associations and served as a president and director of the Blue Ridge chapter of the Virginia Society of Professional Engineers.

Richard A. Ruckman, P.E.

OUR CLIENTS

Ruckman Engineering, PLC projects span industrial, commercial, and residential projects. We work with architects, engineering consultants, contractors, design/build teams, attorneys, nonprofit organizations, and private and public business owners as well as local, state, and federal government agencies.

COMMERCIAL

We have experience with hotels, churches, historic structures, and restaurants

INDUSTRIAL

Our industrial portfolio includes factories and other manufacturing sites

RESIDENTIAL

We work for homeowners, developers, and homeowner associations

Other Projects

We help local officials design, renovate, and inspect schools and other government facilities