Challenge: Our client requested a generic calculation package to analyze an aerial traveling camera system to be used in various indoor and outdoor venues. The purpose of the calculation is to analyze the system components for the expected static and dynamic loads....

hallenge: Our client requested we analyze and design an elevated platform capable of supporting a train engine weighing 75,000 lbs. The main structural system of the platform was made out of shipping containers, stacked two high, spanning 220 feet. Steel beams spanned...

Challenge: Hopper Engineering Associates was requested by the Client to evaluate an 18 ft. tall robotic figure made out of steel plating. The statue is displayed outdoors and is subjected to environmental loads. The statue is supported from the back with a frame...

Challenge: Our client built a 127 foot long dual curved truss "roller coaster" which supports a tracking and rotating drum platform for a touring band to use during the drum solo portion of their live performances. We were requested to perform a structural engineering...

Challenge: Our Client was hired by a major paint manufacturer to develop and construct one of the world's largest functional wood yo-yo's in order to promote their new line of products. The wood yo-yo was fabricated from an aluminum inner hub, with six CNC'd plywood...

Challenge: Hopper Engineering and Associates was tasked with the evaluation of a three level stage (shown above in a live action shot) with a diagonal staircase and elevator, for the purposes of filming. The staircase and floor levels were constructed from...

Challenge: Our client requested we analyze ten unique letter structures to form a sign to be used during a temporary travelling sporting event.The letters, roughly 8'-0" tall and varying between 2'-0" and 20'-0" in width will be used outdoors and are subjected to both...

Challenge: To verify the structural adequacy of a motorized aluminum target lift system to support its self-weight, dynamic, and seismic loads. Special attention was required to account for the dynamic vertical movement of the motorized portion of the target lift...

Challenge: The client wanted to install a beverage cup shaped awning over an existing escalator opening at a new NFL stadium in Northern California. The goal was to create a design that was both structurally adequate for permanent wind and seismic loads and was...

Challenge: Hopper Engineering was asked to perform a structural analysis and risk assessment of a special effects hydraulic tilting platform. The tilting platform was built to have an interior spaceship cockpit set piece (pictured top right and bottom left) attached...