UNIQUE ENGINEERING SERVICES
SOIL NAILS
In-situ steel reinforcement, drilled, placed in the ground and grouted
Creates a reinforced earth mass
Provides External Stability
Provides Global Stability
No backfill and compaction required
Excavated face is back of wall
MICROPILES
Small diameter element (normally less than 12” in diameter), composite section with
grout and steel reinforcing.
May include casing for slenderness or bending
Steel reinforcing may be singular or bundled bars
Grout Bonded elements
Installation means and methods greatly affect micropile geotechnical capacity
TIE-BACK WALLS
Permanent Anchored Retaining Walls
Overturn Prevention Anchors for Towers
Temporary Excavation Support
Landslide Mitigation
MSE WALLS
Passive slope reinforcement and retention
Accommodating / aesthetically pleasing for urban development & drainage
No drilling and / or cement batching required
Keyed / Pinned slot system for quick & streamlined construction
Residential Services
Does your home have doors that will not shut, drywall cracks, cracks in the exterior facade or moved in any way since it’s original construction?
If so, you may be like many other homeowners that we have had the pleasure of assisting with stabilizing their homes.
Please see below for a list of design services that are offered to help you and your family:
Permit plan set creation for foundation remediation.
Deep foundation element design for new construction.
Structural home investigation to verify home integrity for home sale, refinancing, or structural repair.
Soldier Beam Construction
Perfect solution for tight property line retaining wall construction.
Vertical concrete pier drilling with vertical steel beam.
Wood lagging distributes load between vertical beams.
Quick, clean, and efficient installation.
Soldier Beam and Lagging shoring system can be cantilevered or tied back.
Engineering Projects Spotlight
Wyoming State Capital Building (Cheyenne, WY)
Thomas Jefferson High School (San Antonio, TX)
Wyoming State Capitol Building - The historic remediation of this building was deemed necessary as the MEP (mechanical, electrical, and plumbing) as well as the fire suppressions systems were not to code and out of date (a common issue amongst historic buildings that have not recently had renovations). The solution that PES and foundation contractor created for this building was to underpin the building in sections which created a way for updated utilities to be pulled into the building, preserved the historic façade, and maintained the structural integrity of the building foundation.
Thomas Jefferson High School - The historic remediation of this building was deemed necessary due to the heave that (3) of the campus buildings had encountered due to swelling soils & bedrock in the area. The solution that PES and the foundation contractor created for these buildings were to install micropile foundation elements & corresponding shoring connections to relieve the load of the building columns from the existing deep foundation elements, lower the building back to it’s original elevation, and cast a new deep foundation assembly in place that is resistant to the heaving soils of the area.
Wyoming State Capital Building-Before
Wyoming State Capital Building-After
Wyoming State Capital Building-Collage
Thomas Jefferson Highschool-Foundation Shoring and Elevation Adjustment Phase
Thomas Jefferson Highschool-Foundation Permanent Condition
Thomas Jefferson Highschool-Foundation Permanent Condition
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Our Location
Printz Engineering Services
Pueblo, CO 81007
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Printz Engineering Services Team
About Team:
With extensive industry experience, the team boasts more than 50 years combined engineering and construction experience in a wide myriad of industry settings.
Thomas Printz, P.E. (President) - Thomas grew up in the construction industry. Thomas’s Grandfather and Father were both contractors. He worked for T.L. Printz Constructors in the field before getting project management and estimating experience later in his college career. Thomas attended the University of Southern Colorado (now Colorado State University – Pueblo). He graduated with honors with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering in 1998. After college, he embarked on a 4-year stint with Kiewit Western Company (now Kiewit Infrastructure) working on notable projects such as Colorado State Highway 119, Wolf Creek Pass Tunnel and Level 3 Communications Infrastructure. Following his time at Kiewit, Thomas took a position as a Sales Engineer for Williams Form Engineering Corporation (WFEC). In 2011 he was offered the position of Vice President of Engineering and accepted. Thomas’s role as VP of Engineering included research and development, quality assurance and application engineering. Thomas and his team were responsible for the foundation design for one of the largest power transmission lines in North America. The project spanned from Muskrat Falls in Labrador through Newfoundland, Canada and he and his team worked directly for Nalcor; the project owner, on deliverables. During his career at WFEC, Tom designed many projects relating to deep foundations, anchored earth retention, structure post-tensioning, post-installed concrete anchors and foundation remediation. Tom worked as VP of Engineering at WFEC until his retirement in June 2018. Tom and his wife Brandy founded Printz Engineering Services, LLC (PES) in 2007 to offer design services that complimented WFEC product offerings. Printz Engineering Services, LLC is now Thomas’s full time job and his life’s passion.
Thomas and Brandy have three daughters; Alexis, Madison and Natalee. When they are not working, they enjoy everything the outdoors have to offer. They enjoy skiing, snowmobiling, riding ATV’s, mountain biking, hunting, fishing and boating.
Cole Trout (Project Engineer/Draftsman) - Following college, Cole went to work for a satellite mapping startup, working on projects for utility companies. After that, Cole went to work for Wilson Company in the rail department where he worked on numerous Union Pacific, Kansas City Northern and BNSF projects. After moving to Colorado, Cole took a job with Williams Form Engineering Corporation, which lasted 11 years. During his time at Williams Form Engineering Corporation (WFEC), he worked on a wide number of notable projects such as Nalcor transmission line project spanning from Newfoundland into Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and into Maine while supplying energy to Quebec, the Wyoming State Capitol (historic building) remediation and modernization project, and Galena Creek Bridge, twin-span concrete arch bridge in Nevada.
When Cole is not at work, he enjoys Golden, Colorado with his wife JJ and their furry child Radar. He races mountain bikes and volunteers as a mountain bike coach for the Golden High School.
