Ashley & Vance Engineering, Inc.

06/02/2026

We loved being part of the team that brought the Linden Square public market to life in downtown Carpinteria! Transforming the 700 block of Linden Avenue into a vibrant outdoor plaza was an incredible project for our civil and structural engineering teams. It required balancing the unique history of the original buildings with the modern engineering needed to make them completely safe and accessible.

Adaptive reuse projects always bring unique challenges, and our team focused on the structural and civil engineering to make sure everything was built to last.
Here is how we did it:

📐 The Hardware Building: We added steel braced frames and shotcrete to reinforce the old concrete walls, paving the way for modern office spaces.

🏗️ The Butler Building: We performed a full structural upgrade and added new foundations to safely turn an old metal industrial building into a restaurant space.

🧱 The Corner Building: We used specialized steel retrofits to anchor the old unreinforced masonry walls. This created the strength needed to add a brand new second story for office suites, a bar, and an outdoor deck.

💧 Civil & Clean Water: We handled precision site grading to ensure smooth, ADA-accessible paths throughout the plaza. We also engineered an underground stormwater system to protect our local coastal environment.

As Linden Square celebrates its first full year of being open, it has been incredible to watch it become the major boost for downtown vitality that city leaders envisioned. We love seeing the community gather here to support local favorites like Dart Coffee, The Shopkeepers, Tina's Pizza, and Third Window Brewing.

The next time you are enjoying the open-air plaza, shopping, or grabbing a bite to eat, know there is some serious engineering strength keeping the community moving forward.

📍 700 Linden Ave, Carpinteria

Linden Square
General Contractor & Photo Credit: Mc Gillivray Construction
Architect: DMHA Architecture + Interior Design

05/28/2026

Really cool to see a project we worked on featured on national TV! We promise we won't let it go to our heads. 🤩

05/27/2026

We're proud to be a part of this important project!

Flooding that took place in Morro Bay back in 2022 and 2023 caused severe damage. Now, the city and county are studying potential plans to prevent such damage in the future.

05/25/2026

Just some gals and their power tools 💪👷‍♀️

Ashley & Vance Engineering was proud to sponsor and participate in the 2026 Bend Habitat for Humanity’s Women Build Week. This week-long event is part of a bigger movement to tackle the critical need for attainable housing in Central Oregon. It gives women and allies a hands-on way to take action, make a lasting impact, and prove that when women build, everyone benefits.

Izzy & Emily, two of our awesome engineers from the Bend office, headed out to the Timber Cottages in Redmond to jump right into the action. Our engineers are no stranger to the field, but it hits different when you're directly helping put up fencing, finish siding, and install the final trim to welcome local families into their new homes 🏡

At AV we know that true community impact is built from the ground up. Huge thank you to Habitat for having us, and shoutout to our engineers for representing us so well on-site!

Learn more about this movement, go check out Bend-Redmond Habitat

05/21/2026

That's a wrap on sourdough pancakes for another year. Big thanks to all in the community who came out in support of ! And an even bigger thanks to our team for putting together the best pancake breakfast in !

And, remember that 1,000-pancake record? Yeah, it’s history. 👋 This year, we served an estimated 3,000 pancakes!!

Enjoy a few behind-the-scenes pics from today's festivities. Until next year! 🥞🤤🚴

SLO Regional Rideshare

05/21/2026

05/21/2026

It's here! Our annual Sourdough Pancake Breakfast is happening right now! Swing by Ashley & Vance Engineering to scoop up the best pancakes you've ever had, complete with all the fixings. And don't forget to pick up your Bike Month swag while you're here. You won't want to miss it!

📍 1229 Carmel Street,
📅 TODAY! May 21, 2026
🕖 7am - 9 am

SLO Regional Rideshare

05/18/2026

We came for the ribbon-cutting but we stayed for the beach volleyball! Our civil team recently attended the opening ceremony for San Lucas Union Elementary School’s new running track, sports field, shade structure, and beach volleyball court. As the civil engineers on the project, we provided the grading and drainage design along with essential utility coordination. This new play yard serves as a vital space for students and the community to gather, and the students were truly the most important part of the process. During the planning phase, they provided feedback that a beach volleyball court would be pretty awesome… and they were right! It sounds like there are some future engineers and architects in San Lucas! We even got to test the court out ourselves, although it is safe to say we were no match for the students.

PBK
San Lucas School

05/14/2026

One week until pancakes! 🥞✨

Join us for this fun, FREE event next Thursday, May 21 from 7-9 AM at AV SLO. We'll see you at the griddle!

📍1229 Carmel Street, San Luis Obispo

SLO Regional Rideshare

05/12/2026

It was a huge milestone to see Escalante Meadows officially open in Guadalupe last July! This 8.5-acre project was a major undertaking, replacing dozens of aging units with 80 new affordable homes. Our civil team managed the site overhaul, coordinating everything from complex phasing and a new water main to the stormwater system supporting the new 20,000-square-foot community hub.

Fun fact: in the center of the property stands an old oak tree that was left untouched during construction. Locals now call it the “wishing tree” after a young girl in the community hugged it and wished for a home here—a wish that came true just two weeks later when she and her mother were handed their keys. It is a cool reminder of the real impact these projects have on the neighborhood🌳🏘️

Arris Studio Architects
Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara