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Lim Consultants, Inc.
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Established in 1987, Lim Consultants, Inc. is a structural engineering firm. LCI provides engineering services to architects, developers, and other select clients, in private and public sectors, domestic and foreign. Our services include:

  • Structural analysis and design
  • Preparation of structural contract drawings and specifications
  • Fast-track and/or phased design and construction
  • Construction phase review of submittals and shop drawings
  • Construction phase site observation
  • Structural investigation and evaluation of existing structures
  • Structural engineering peer review
  • Forensic structural engineering

Our staff has a broad range of design experience in the following project types:


With our main office located in Malden, MA, we are a firm of about a dozen people, including engineers, draftsmen and support personnel.

Our Professional Engineers:

Christine D. Ye, PE, Principal
Education:
  • BS in Civil Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
  • MS in Structural Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA
Certifications and Affiliations:
  • Professional Engineer (Structural) in MA, CT, RI, VT, ME, and records with NCEES
  • American Concrete Institute
  • American Institute of Steel Construction
  • Boston Association of Structural Engineers
  • Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute
More about Christine ...
For nearly two decades, Ms. Ye has been involved in all phases of the development, design, and project management for various types of structures that include: educational facilities, research and development laboratories, judicial facilities; museums, hospitals, hotels, transportation facilities, residential buildings, pedestrian and highway bridges. She also has considerable amount of experience in renovation and rehabilitation work.

Ms. Ye's specialty is the design and detailing of complex structures to satisfy architectural design. Her related project experience includes:

  • Worcester Skybridge, Worcester, MA
  • MBTA Government Center Station, Boston, MA
  • Thompson Elementary School, Arlington, MA
  • VAMC Specialty Clinics Endoscopy, VA, West Haven, CT
  • Glover Elementary School, Marblehead, MA
  • VAMC Central Chiller Plant, Boston MA
  • Social Sciences and Classroom Buildings, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
  • Southbridge Middle School and High School, Southbridge, MA
  • MGH museum of medical innovation, Boston, MA
  • Rte. 122A Bridge, Millbury, MA
  • New Library Commons, Massachusetts Maritime Academy, Buzzards Bay, MA
  • Goodyear Elementary School, Woburn, MA
  • Boston Renaissance Charter Public School Renovation and Addition, Hyde Park, Boston, MA
  • Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center, Stowe, VT
  • 10 Akron Street, Cambridge, MA
  • VA Medical Center Building 2 Research Renovations, West Haven, CT
  • VAMC SCI Research Building Addition, West Haven, CT
  • St. Ann's Home Adolescence Center, Methuen, MA
  • Simmons College Fens Dining Renovation and Expansion, Boston, MA
  • Depot Street Bridge, Grafton, MA
  • MBTA Charles/MGH St. Station, Boston, MA
  • Worcester Trial Court, Worcester, MA
  • Wharf District Parks, Boston, MA
  • Mandel Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
  • MBTA Arlington Station Accessibility Project, Boston, MA
  • Central Artery/Tunnel Vent Building #4, Boston MA
  • Mill Lane Bridge, Dedham
  • Hyannis Intermodal Transportation Center, Hyannis, MA
  • USFWS Parker River NWR Regional Headquarter, Newburyport, MA
  • Comfort Inn, Revere, MA
  • Residence Hall, Mass College of Art, Boston, MA
  • Ames Library, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, Illinois
  • Allston Branch Public Library, Boston, MA
  • New Social Sciences Building, University of Connecticut, CT
Contact Christine: cye@limconsultants.com
Susan Burkhardt, PE, Principal
Education:
  • BS in Civil Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
  • MS in Structural Engineering, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California
Certification and Affiliations:
  • Professional Engineer (Structural) in MA, NH, and records with NCEES
  • American Concrete Institute
  • American Institute of Steel Construction
  • Boston Association of Structural Engineers
  • American Society of Civil Engineers
More about Susan ...
Ms. Burkhardt has more than 30 years of structural engineering experience in all phases of the design and project management for structures that include: educational facilities; research and development laboratories; museums; ventilation building; public facilities; housing; parking garages; high-rise and low-rise office and commercial buildings; hotels; residential buildings. In addition, she also has extensive experience in renovation and remedial work.


Susan's specialty is the technical design and structural detailing of complex structures. She has successfully managed a variety of projects in many states. Her related project experience includes:

  • Integrated Sciences Building, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
  • Science Facility Modernization, Fitchburg State College, Fitchburg, MA
  • Engineering Sciences Laboratory, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
  • MIT Biology Building, Cambridge, MA
  • Neuropsychiatry Research Institute, Worcester State Hospital, Worcester, MA
  • Animal Care Facility, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
  • Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research Addition, MIT, Cambridge, MA
  • Marshall Conant Science Building, Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, MA
  • Crerar Science Library, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
  • New Academic Building, North Shore Community College, Danvers, MA
  • New Campus Center, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA
  • New Field House, Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, MA
  • Rensselaer Fitness Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
  • Jesup Hall, Williams College, Williamstown, MA
  • New Marsh School, Methuen, MA
  • New York Center for Polymer Synthesis, RPI, Troy, NY
  • Groton School Student Athletic and Recreation Center, Groton, MA
  • New Plymouth Trial Court, Plymouth, MA
  • Taunton Trial Court, Taunton, MA
  • Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
  • Anchorage Performing Arts Center, Anchorage, AK
  • Medical Mutual of Cleveland Garage, Cleveland, OH
Contact Susan: sburkhardt@limconsultants.com

Working at Lim Consultants


A career at Lim Consultants offers the engineering professional a challenging and exciting environment. We are always looking for talented, highly motivated individuals to join our team of engineering, drafting and administrative professionals.

At Lim Consultants, we pride ourselves on our reputation for solving demanding engineering challenges, offering some of the nation's most renowned architects cutting edge engineering solutions for a wide array of architectural building types, structures, and environments.

If you are considering your future and seek to utilize your talents and push the boundaries of structural engineering, Lim Consultants has much to offer you. Send resumes to lim@limconsultants.com

Lim Consultants is committed to diversity and is an Equal Opportunity Employer.