GINA BLAKE, PE, CBSI

Senior Structural Engineer

What’s your favorite McCormick Taylor memory?
The second Employee Recognition Dinner (ERD) I went to. It was with my current partner. We had the best time. I have some great pictures of him being a bit nutty.
What’s something you’d like to learn?
Sign Language. I have a friend who is partially deaf.
What’s something someone would be surprised to learn about you?
I was born in West Germany.
Where’s the most interesting place you’ve been?
Yellowstone National Park. Knowing you're on top of an active volcano is a bit of trip. Old Faithful is totally worth a look too.

Bio

For Gina, a Senior Structural Engineer in McCormick Taylor’s Pittsburgh office, the best part of her job is the start of a project. Gina enjoys the “pure imagination” involved in the beginning of a project and knowing she will have a hand in how it ends up. Seeing what she imagined become a reality in a built environment is her second most favorite part of her job.

In Gina’s 16 years of experience in the industry and 9 years at McCormick Taylor, she has worked on numerous challenging structures including concrete and steel structures, a variety of substructures including spread footings on rock and soil, pile foundations, and integral abutments. She has also designed a number of GRS abutments, soil and rock foundations, roadway sections, slopes, and walls, all in accordance with the latest AASHTO, DM-4, and Bridge Design Standards. Currently, Gina is working on a particularly complicated and interesting slide project on Chartiers Street, located in Bridgeville Borough, PA. It includes three walls totaling approximately 1000 feet and a roadway realignment. The wall is located just above a project Gina recently supported, the SR 50, Section A28 Project which involved Accelerated Bridge Construction to complete the seven-lane structure replacement.