By Daniel Rome Levine REMEMBERING THE CODES Staying abreast of structural and building regulations The more you can often isn't easy, but always educate a client about rewards and essential risks associated with T a project and keep om Bongi knows all them in the loop, about the struggles the less potential engineers face in the there is that some- effort to stay current thing will be a total with structural and building surprise to them. codes, and in dealing with the TOM PORTERFIELD local jurisdictions that inter- VICTOR O. SCHINNERER & COMPANY pret them. As an attorney, Bongi spent eight years in a San Francisco law firm defend- ing engineers and architects in hundreds of cases before becoming director of industry relations at XL Design Profes- DEREK LEA sional in Danville, Calif. J u l y l August 2005 ENGINEERING INC. 1 9