About Us

Experience You Can Count On

We are a Structural Engineering firm servicing the greater Austin area. Our primary focus is residential construction and light commercial services. Our passion is engineering and supporting the people in the industry!

It can be intimidating and often frustrating to work with an engineer, but we will change all of that! Engineering is about solutions and getting things done, thinking outside the box and getting creative. That is real engineering! If you have a problem, we will find a solution!

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The Owners

Christopher S. Copeland, P.E.

CEO
Founding Managing Member
cscopeland@copeland-eng.com

737-600-3116

Christopher S. Copeland, P.E. has been in the residential structural field since 1996 and has been involved in the foundation design and evaluation of more than 250,000 homes in the state of Texas. He has worked with volume builders to high-end custom builders and has handled every structural problem you can imagine with homebuilding. He is an expert in post-tensioned foundation design, foundation performance evaluation, framing design, lateral bracing design and retaining walls. Chris is a member of the Post-Tensioning Institute (PTI), American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Structural Engineering Institute (SEI), American Concrete Institute (ACI), PTI DC-10 Slab-on-Ground Committee, Architectural Engineering Institute (AEI), Geo-Institute (GI).

Merideth Copeland

Christopher S. Copeland, P.E.

CFO
Founding Managing Member
mlcopeland@copeland-eng.com

737-701-2284

Merideth has been in the structural engineering industry since 1994. She worked as the executive assistant to the owner at a major engineering firm as well as handled the financial aspects of the firm prior to taking a break to raise her family. Along with Chris, she started Copeland Engineering in March 2016. Merideth leverages her background and business savvy to handle the business affairs of Copeland Engineering as well as oversees Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and HR.

Aaron Weaver

Christopher S. Copeland, P.E.

Ralph Gaston, P.E.

Vice President of Operations
Managing Member
ajweaver@copeland-eng.com

737-600-1835

Aaron Weaver has been involved in the inspection and troubleshooting side of the construction industry since 2004. He has inspected thousands of foundations and frames over his career and is an expert in solving construction problems. Aaron joined Copeland in 2016 as an owner and leads our Inspection Department. Aaron is certified by the International Code Council (ICC) as a Residential Combination Inspector and the Post Tensioning Institute (PTI) as a Level One Installer.

Ralph Gaston, P.E.

Kelson Treuhardt, Engineer

Ralph Gaston, P.E.

Vice President of Engineering
Managing Member
ragaston@copeland-eng.com

737-600-3186

Ralph received his BS Civil Engineering from UT and became a licensed PE in 2014. During Ralph’s career he has become an expert at slab on grade foundation design, gravity and wind design for wood framed structures and CAD programming. Ralph became owner at Copeland Engineering in 2016 and is our technical programming expert. Using his CAD programming skills, he builds programs that solve complicated engineering calculations to be reused by our design staff.

Kelson Treuhardt, Engineer

Vice President of Engineering
Managing Member
ketreuhardt@copeland-eng.com

737-600-1020

Kelson Truehardt started out as a framing drafter at a major engineering firm in 2005. Since that time, he has designed thousands of residential frames, walls, pools, and various other structures. While there he was known for his desire for learning, taking leadership of projects, and managing the client. Kelson joined Copeland as an owner in 2016 where he leads the framing department and continues to pass on his extensive framing knowledge. Kelson received his BS in Civil Engineering in 2017. Kelson is a member of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).