Sarah has over 20 years of experience in structural design, plan review and construction management. With her diverse experience, Sarah is dedicated to bringing efficiency, practicality, and code compliance to her projects. Sarah takes extra effort to ensure customer needs are met in a timely fashion. With the vision that the highest level of Building Code compliance could only be achieved by utilizing specialized professional expertise, Sarah launched and manages UpAvanti Inc. and teamed up with top-notch licensed and certified professionals in various fields of engineering to achieve this goal. Professional Registrations: Civil Engineer, #C83354, California Certified Building Official, 8376971 – ICC California Certified Access Specialist – CASp #876 Certified Building Plans Examiner, 8376971 – ICC Certified Fire Plans Examiner – ICC

Mike has 40 years of experience in life safety and accessibility plan review and site assessments. Mike has reviewed many commercial and multi-family residential projects and has worked in tandem with various architects, designers, owners and Building Departments. Mike understands the needs of his clients and is willing to do extra effort to bring projects to completion. By collaborating with architects, engineers and designers and sharing his knowledge of the building code and finding solutions, Mike can bring his full experience to bear in solving code and construction-related issues. Mike has enjoyed working with Sarah and furthering their common goals and vision for UpAvanti.

Shawn has over 40 years of experience in structural design. He has designed complex commercial and residential buildings including concrete, steel and wood framed structures, podium, mid-rise and high-rise buildings. Shawn brings his extensive engineering knowledge to UpAvanti and oversees structural reviews of complex, sophisticated and large projects. Professional Registrations: Civil Engineer, #C67208, California Structural Engineer, #S5772, California

Weili has extensive experience with different jurisdictions in Silicon Valley and Northern California performing fire plan reviews on extra-large commercial projects such as giant campus buildings for tech companies. California registered Fire Protection Engineer Certifications from NFPA and International Code Council as a Fire Plans Examiner and Building Plans Examiner.

Amir has over 18+ years of structural engineering experience and brings a consistently strong record of client satisfaction. Through his responsiveness to clients’ needs along with his technical abilities and project leadership, Amir brings real value to our team, clients and projects. His broad range of design experience with various types of projects and building materials, such as mixed-use, podium, and mid-rise construction provides quality structural and civil plan reviews. Amir is technology-savvy and helps utilize our clients specific plan review software and programs, such as Accela, eTrackit, etc. Professional Registrations: Civil Engineer, #C78194, California

Yousef has over (40) years of industry experience. He has been principal in charge of developing the construction documents and participating in a wide variety of constructions projects such as design of the mechanical and plumbing components of buildings and plan reviews. Professional Registrations: Mechanical Engineer, # 22249, California

Steve has over twelve (40) years of industry experience with the State of California. During his carrier at different state agencies, Steve helped develop and implement codes and policies and overseed design and operation of electrical facilities and infrastructures in compliance with the California Electrical and energy Codes. Steve’s Professional Registrations: Electrical Engineer, # E012505, California