New York, New York (Oct. 8, 2015 ) – Stone Security Engineering, P.C., the woman-owned small business specializing in protecting people and property from accidental and manmade hazards, announced today that Khaled El-Domiaty, P.E. and Arturo Montalva, P.E. are now Principals and co-owners of the company.
“I am thrilled that Arturo and Khaled are now co-owners of the business. It is important to me that we all are deeply invested in the success of Stone Security Engineering because that will translate to the quality and professionalism we bring to our clients. We are looking forward to continuing our record of excellence and creativity in all that we do.” Hollice Stone, President and Founder
Mr. El-Domiaty received his Masters in Civil Engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla in 2002. He joined Stone Security Engineering in September 2014 as an Associate Principal/Vice President and Director of DC office Operations. Mr. El-Domiaty brings a remarkable background in design, analysis, research, testing, and leading-edge solutions. As a key member in the safety and security design fields for more than 14 years, he has played an instrumental role in developing, managing, and delivering a wide array of projects. Mr. El-Domiaty has provided risk assessment services to property owners (government, commercial or industrial) to mitigate potential risks associated with blast, fragmentation, progressive collapse, ATFP, fire and toxic hazards. Additionally, he has performed forensic investigation for litigation support, training, R&D, guideline development, structural design, and remedial and retrofit design for a variety of structures. Mr. El-Domiaty is a licensed professional engineer in DC, VA, MD and NY.
Mr. Montalva studied Industrial/Mechanical Engineering at the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia in Spain. In 2010, he joined Stone Security Engineering as Project Manager. He has been featured in a number of publications including, Structures Magazine and Structural Engineers World Congress. Mr. Montalva is a specialist in the mitigation of seismic, blast and progressive collapse hazards, with 16 years professional experience in the engineering industry. He has in-depth expertise in linear and non-linear structural dynamics and finite element analysis. Past projects include US Federal Buildings and Courthouses, high threat environment facilities, historic building renovations, development of mandated federal design criteria and numerous US Department of Defense and General Service Administration facilities. Mr. Montalva has utilized his knowledge in numerical methods to develop in-house analytical tools to better support our clients’ needs and to help lead the firm into the future.
Stone Security Engineering remains a small woman-owned business, even with our expanded ownership structure.
Stone Security Engineering, P.C., is an internationally recognized specialty engineering consulting business with offices In New York City and Washington, DC with focus on blast resistance, security and safety engineering and design, predicting and mitigating hazards from explosions, fires and toxins; assessing security and blast vulnerability; research and development, testing and training. Our engineers have participated in multi-hazard vulnerability, threat, and risk assessments for more than 200 facilities around the world and abnormal loading design for more than 300 buildings and structures. The company’s web site (www.StoneSecurityEngineering.com) contains more information.
