JVA Structural and Civil Engineering

JVA has a strong background in preservation and renovation work on historic buildings. Our historic preservation work started in the early 1970's with the stabilization, renovation, and preservation of the Chautauqua Auditorium and Dining Hall structures in Boulder, Colorado.

Since that time, JVA’s preservation work has included Building Engineering Reports and Historic Structure Assessments on Federal Courthouses and Post Offices throughout the Rocky Mountain Region, numerous barns and agricultural buildings across Colorado, and a variety of log structures including small cabins, large park structures, railroad trestles, and water towers. We also helped to preserve two of Colorado’s Endangered Places in the Dearfield Townsite and the Thomasville Lime Kilns.

Several of our projects have required investigations of historic masonry structures including the Central City Opera House, Teller Opera House, and the Kansas State Capitol. In Boulder, we have helped restore Old Main, Hale Sciences, Hazel Gates Woodruff Cottage, the Karma Dzong Building, and the Boulder County Courthouse.

Our investigative expertise is complemented by the use of specialized evaluation tools, such as a "Borescope". This fiber optics tool enables us to examine inaccessible spaces that previously would have required demolition for visual inspection. Moisture meters, rebar locators, laser levels, theodolites, crack monitors, and an extensive collection of hand tools round out our investigative tools.

Memberships in Colorado Preservation, Inc., the Colorado Historical Society, The National Trust for Historic Preservation, and the Association for Preservation Technology, Inc. help the firm keep up with important historic preservation issues.