The engineer is accessible
Clients should be able to talk to the licensed engineer on their project. Not a project manager. Not an associate. The person who stamps the plans answers the phone.
A relationship, not a transaction.Founder & Principal
Kent Ferre, P.E., S.E.
Founder and Principal of KSF Structural. Mr. Ferre founded the firm in Oakland in 1988 and has personally trained the KSF team that carries out inspections and projects today across the East Bay, Los Angeles County and the Sacramento Region. Registered Civil and Structural Engineer in the State of California with over 35 years of experience — from conceptual planning and feasibility studies to design and project management, residential remodels to industrial structures.
In the field
Three decades in the field
The Philosophy
Engineering as a service, not a product.
Mr. Ferre built KSF around four convictions. He trained every KSF engineer in them, and they guide every project the team takes on today.
Pragmatism over perfection
Engineering exists to solve a real problem in a real building for a real budget. The right answer is the buildable one — not the academic ideal.
Plans that get built, not plans that get debated.Multi-disciplinary by training
A structural problem rarely lives in one discipline. KSF was founded as a multi-disciplinary practice because the answers usually live at the intersection.
Engineering that integrates, not isolates.The family is the client
When we engineer a home, we’re engineering for the family that lives in it. That changes the questions we ask and the priorities we set.
The work serves the people, not the spec.
Credentials & Experience
The credentials behind the team.
Mr. Ferre’s credentials are the foundation underneath KSF — the reason a stamp on a KSF report carries weight with cities, insurers, lenders, and buyers across California.
Registered Civil Engineer
State of California
Registered Structural Engineer
State of California
35+ years of practice
Residential & industrial fields
Founder, KSF Structural
1988 – present
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