Manudey Sohi (Udey) has over 12 years of professional structural engineering experience after completing his education at Purdue University (B.S., 2010) and University of California, Berkeley (M.S., 2011). Udey’s goal is to be a dependable and responsive consultant by listening intently and tailoring structural solutions based on solid fundamentals and a first principles approach that goes beyond code knowledge. He believes that successful project management is akin to speaking sentences backward – where the consultant has a clear vision of the final product and the necessary steps required to achieve it while being mindful of the potential pitfalls and proactively addressing them. Udey’s approach, coupled with a high degree of personal accountability, attention to detail, and pride in his work results in a successful project delivery and repeat clientele.

Udey has experience in the design and management of projects ranging from large-scale multiblock development projects, including hotel, residential and apartment buildings, mid-rise and high-rise office towers, and hospitals, to unique stand-alone sculptures. He has experience working on geometrically complex structures such as long-span trusses, numerous feature stairs including helical geometries and cantilevered spans, ASCE 41 seismic evaluations, and retrofit of historic buildings. He also specializes in vibration analysis and mitigation for stairs, footbridges, lab floors housing sensitive equipment, ballrooms, and dance floors. Prior to joining MBC in 2021, he worked at Magnusson Klemencic Associates in Seattle and Nabih Youssef Associates in Los Angeles.

While Udey played competitive golf growing up, he currently enjoys training for and competing in various tennis leagues in the East Bay.

A few of Udey’s projects include:

• Chanel store, Beverly Hills, CA.: New 4-story luxury retail store utilizing steel moment frames and viscous wall dampers.
• Supreme, Los Angeles, CA.: Retrofit of an existing single-story Butler framed building for a new clothing store.
• 6221 Hollis, Emeryville, CA: Tier 2 seismic evaluation.
• EPIC, 5901 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA.: $100 million 13-story, 298,000 sq ft, Class-A creative high-rise office tower in Los Angeles.
• Christ Cathedral (formerly Chrystal Cathedral), Garden Grove, CA.: Retrofit and additions to iconic Philip Johnson designed cathedral.
• Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Renovation, Los Angeles, CA.: $270 million modernization and retrofit of a football stadium.
• Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Expansion, Downers Grove, IL.: $92 million 114,000 sq ft three-story vertical expansion of an existing two-story ICU.
• Epic Systems Farm Campus, Verona, WI.: Four 100,000 sqt ft office buildings with a 1000 stall parking garage.
• Indicates experience prior to working at MBC.