As Managing Principal, Kurt oversees staff in MBJ’s Phoenix office and projects throughout the Southwest region of the country. Throughout his 30-year career as a structural engineer, Kurt has worked with all types of structural systems. With a master of science in construction management, Kurt brings a special understanding to his projects, which encompasses early structural input through construction administration to occupancy and the life cycle issues that follow. He has led structural teams as principal-in-charge, project manager, and engineer of record on a wide variety of projects from small tenant improvements to complex, multi-phased projects in market segments such as arts, industrial, government, higher education, K-12, sports, healthcare, office, hospitality, retail adaptive reuse, parking, and others. He has specialized experience with signature architectural structures, as well as fabric and entertainment structures, architectural concrete and steel, design-build project delivery, and ductile structure in high seismic zones. E-mail: kkindermann@mbjeng.com