After 40 years of serving Boise and clients across the US, AHJ Engineers continues its legacy with a new generation of leadership.
Our mission remains the same:
Preserving the past
Protecting the future
Providing “life-saving” solutions every day.
Tag: Structural Engineering
AHJ Engineers Welcomes Two New Owners and Leaders
We are excited to announce that two employees, Aaron Bonney, P.E. and Brian Garner have joined Dave Haugland as owners and leaders of AHJ Engineers PC. With their decades of structural engineering experience in the Treasure Valley, we’re confident our mission to provide timely, innovative and constructible design solutions will be greatly enhanced.
We invite you to connect with them today to discuss your next building project. Call us at (208) 323-0199.
Orchid Awards (2025)
U.S Assay office building – Boise
Excellence in Historic Preservation
The U.S. Assay Office in downtown Boise, one of only three National Historic Landmark buildings in Idaho, has been carefully and comprehensively restored, earning it a 2025 Orchid Award for Excellence in Historic Preservation. Originally built in 1871 to serve Idaho’s booming gold and silver mining industry, the Assay Office played a vital role in connecting the Idaho Territory to the federal treasury. Designed by renowned architect Alfred B. Mullett and constructed from locally quarried sandstone, the building is a rare and significant example of Italian Villa–style architecture in the region.
The recent restoration, led by CSHQA and the Idaho State Historical Society, prioritized preserving original materials, repairing damaged sandstone, restoring historic plaster, refinishing wood floors, and updating mechanical systems with sensitivity to the building’s legacy. Funded through a combination of state and federal grants, including Save America’s Treasures, the project also included landscape enhancements funded by St. Luke’s, interpretive signage, and archaeological discoveries from the building’s mining past.
Now home to the Idaho State Historic Preservation Office, the Assay Office continues to educate and inspire, standing as a lasting symbol of Idaho’s early mining economy and its enduring architectural heritage.
Project Acknowledgements:
● CSHQA
● Megumi Haus, John Maulin, Tyler Schram, Danielle Weaver, CSHQA
● Joe Perkins, JP2 Construction
● Chris Dyke and Thad Mason, Musgrove Engineering
● Dave Haugland, AHJ Engineers
● Janet Gallimore, ISHS
● Tricia Canaday, Idaho SHPO
● Staff from the Idaho SHPO and ISHS
● Bruce Berry and Nicole Cecil, State of Idaho DPW
Photos: CSHQA and after images by © Tobin Rogers Photography
Built for Extremes …The Kendall Ford AK is going vertical.
Did the extreme winter weather in Anchorage, Alaska shut down progress at the Kendall Ford construction site? Not a chance! The winter work of deep over-excavation, structural fill and foundation pouring allowed the steel to be erected this summer and keep the project on schedule. It should be closed-in soon, ready to take the brunt of cold, wind, snow and earthquakes.
