Our Work

Selected Bridge and Structural
Engineering Experience

Polaris provides principal-led bridge and structural engineering informed by more than 20 years of experience across highway, rail, transit, airport, and facility projects. The examples below distinguish assignments delivered directly by Polaris from representative experience Peng Chen, P.E. gained throughout his professional career.

VDOT Bridge Design
Highway · Bridge Design

VDOT Bridge Design

New bridge design and replacement projects for VDOT — steel plate girder bridges, prestressed concrete girder bridges, abutments, piers, pile foundations, and culvert structures. Design developed in compliance with AASHTO LRFD and VDOT standards.

VDOT On-Call Bridge Rehabilitation
Highway · Bridge Rehabilitation

VDOT On-Call Bridge Rehabilitation

On-call bridge rehabilitation design services for VDOT — bearing replacement, expansion joint replacement, deck rehabilitation, steel section repair, concrete patching, and full construction plan packages across multiple Virginia districts.

VDOT Bridge Inspection
Highway · NBIS Inspection & Load Rating

VDOT Bridge Inspection & Load Rating

NBIS structural inspections and LRFR/LFR load rating analyses for VDOT bridges — steel, prestressed concrete, timber, and culvert structures. Includes load rating reports, condition assessments, and posting evaluations per AASHTO MBE using AASHTO BrR software.

VDOT HRBT Extension Project
Highway · Major Infrastructure

VDOT HRBT Extension — Trestle Bridge Design

3.5-mile new bridge-tunnel expansion parallel to the existing Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel on I-64. Trestle bridge superstructure and substructure design, sign structure design, and rehabilitation engineering along the 9-mile corridor.

NYC MTA-LIRR New Grand Central Terminal Station
Transit · Major Infrastructure

NYC MTA-LIRR — New Grand Central Terminal Station

Lead structural engineer for the 90% design submission of a new 3-level LIRR station in a 1,200 ft underground cavern beneath Midtown Manhattan (East Side Access, Contract CM012) — one of the largest transit infrastructure projects in U.S. history.

Port Authority Airport Inspection
Structural · Facility Inspection

JFK / EWR / LaGuardia — Port Authority NY&NJ Airport Inspections

Team leader for structural inspections at John F. Kennedy, Newark Liberty, and LaGuardia airports — terminal buildings, parking garages, hangars, high mast light towers, and port facility structures for the Port Authority of NY & NJ.

Commercial Building Structural Evaluation
Structural · Building Engineering

Commercial Building Structural Design & Evaluation

Structural design and evaluation of commercial building systems — framing assessments, condition surveys, code compliance reviews per IBC/AISC/ACI, and engineering reports with repair and remediation recommendations for building owners and facility managers.

Rooftop RTU Structural Engineering
Structural · Building Engineering

Rooftop RTU Structural Evaluation & Design Support

Structural evaluation and design for rooftop mechanical equipment support — RTU framing, steel dunnage design, existing roof framing capacity checks per ASCE-7, AISC, and IBC, with full stamped engineering drawings for permit submission.

Temporary Jacking Bridge Design
Highway · Construction Engineering

Temporary Jacking & Shoring — Bridge Bearing Replacement

Specialized temporary works design for bridge bearing replacement operations — jack and blocking plans, temporary shoring design, staged construction sequencing, and load path analysis to safely support bridge superstructures during bearing removal and installation.

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