Wayne Walker, PE, SE, FACI is Structural Services, Inc.’s Director of Engineering Services and Principal. He graduated Summa Cum Laude (with highest honors) with a B.S. of Civil Engineering from Auburn University. Wayne is a Fellow of the American Concrete Institute. He has been a speaker at SEAOG-GA, ACI and ASCE seminars, Chair of ACI Committee 360, Design of Concrete Slabs-on-Ground, and a member of ACI 302, Construction of Concrete Floors.

Wayne has over 45 years of professional experience in the structural design of commercial, industrial, and military projects in numerous countries. Many of his projects have won first place awards from ACI and other organizations for their cutting-edge and economical solutions to his client's requirements.

Wayne has published over 25 papers in national and international publications on the design and construction of concrete floor slabs and pavements, plus other structural elements. His cutting-edge computer programs for slabs-on-ground analyze and design for the applied loads, subgrade drag forces, curling, thermal, non-linear response of the soil, and varying degrees of shear transfer at slab joints. Wayne also developed designs and programs to analyze and design suspended floors for robotic, impact, and vibrating loading.