Structural Engineering Firm
Structural Engineering Firm
Our Team
Kyle Richardson
Kyle Richardson
Sr. Structural Engineer
Kyle has 9+ years of experience with Civil and Structural Engineering at Cramer
Engineering, LLC, in addition to 12+ years of experience in Construction Management/General
Contracting. He received a Construction Engineering degree from The University of Akron and has an extensive background in structural engineering, inspections, and construction project management. His main areas of experience and knowledge are in: Project Management, Commercial & Residential Inspections, Pole Barn Engineering/Design, Structural Forensics, Insurance Reports,
Bridges, Foundation Engineering/Design,
Pre-Engineered Metal Buildings,
Drafting/Design work, Structural calculations, and Construction estimating
He has knowledge of the International Building Code, Ohio Building Code, Ohio Residential Code, ASCE 7, ACI, AISC, and AWS. His hobbies include spending time with his wife and three kids, fishing, hunting, traveling, and golf.
Israr Ahmad
Structural Engineer
Israr has three years of experience working with Cramer Engineering, LLC, and an overall seven years of experience working on civil and structural engineering projects.
His responsibilities as a structural engineer at Cramer Engineering include the following:
Engineering, design, and structural calculations for barndominiums, post-frame or pole barn buildings, residential buildings, additions or alterations to existing structures, pergolas, and outdoor decking. Also, structural analysis and review of post-frame buildings, residential buildings, foundations, and PEMB.
His other responsibilities as a project manager include the following:
Manage clients, projects, and work schedules. Write proposals, manage staff, follow up on job leads, emails, and phone calls, Schedules progress meetings, reports, letters, and sells engineering services.
He received his civil engineering degree from the University of Engineering & Technology, Pakistan, and did his specialization in structural engineering from the National University of Science & Technology, Pakistan. He has knowledge of IBC, IRC, ASCE 7, ACI, and AISC. He has experience with Forteweb, Staad Pro, PCACOL, AutoCAD, MS Office, and other handy structural spreadsheets.
His hobbies include spending time with his parents, brothers, wife, and a three-year-old son. He loves to hang out with friends and eat his favorite dish, "Shinwari." He is often found watching documentaries on the creation of the multiverse, the universe, galaxies, stars, and our solar system.
David J. Bruns
David J. Bruns
Structural Designer/Draftsman
Structural Designer/Draftsman
David is a Structural Designer/Draftsman with Cramer Engineering since 2019. His responsibilities include job site documentation of existing facilities including site plans, elevation views, foundation plans, section views and other various structural drawings for business facilities, residential structures and recreational facilities. Knowledge of building codes from various States, ADA requirements and drafting standards (including ANSI/ASME Y14). Other responsibilities include generation of adjudication documentation, customer interfacing and various types of problem solving.
Experience Summary: Over thirty years of drafting and industrial design experience; primarily focusing on industrial plan layouts, capital equipment design using 2D and 3D applications. Extensive experience with Microsoft Office software. Various computer aided design (CAD) software packages such as AutoCAD, Anvil 1000 & 5000, FastCAD and Hewlett Packard ME-10. Familiarity with FDA requirements for food industry and personal hygiene products. Developed drafting standards for several local manufacturers. Heavily involved in research and development of new industrial equipment.
Credentials: RETS Electronics Institute Associate Degree in Electronics Engineering Technology, Akron Machining Institute 6-month course in Plastic Mold Design.
David and his wife Judy are the parents of three adult children and one granddaughter. The Bruns family have been members of their local church since 1985 and have been involved in many aspects of their church’s ministry; including praise and worship team, Hispanic Church, men’s and women’s prayer, as well as Cub and Boy Scouts. David’s other interests include songwriting, guitar building and sports writing for a Cleveland Browns fanbase website.
Paula Conner
Structural Designer/Draftsman
Structural Designer/Draftsman
Paula is a Structural Designer/Draftsman with Cramer Engineering, LLC. Her recent responsibilities include job site documentation of existing structures, coordinating drawing details, creating detail elevation views, foundation plans and other various aspects of a new structure. Coordinating with clients on details for projects and other trades to make a project run smoothly. Paula has experience in many areas as she has been in the drafting field for over 20 years, some of her experience is with Electrical Engineering, Civil Engineering and Sound System Design. Her education was at Portage Lakes Career Center with a certificate in AutoCad. In her free time, she enjoys time with family, camping and kayaking.
Structural Designer/Draftsman
Jim Mumaw
Jim Mumaw is a Structural Designer/Draftsman with Cramer Engineering. His responsibilities include job site documentation of existing structures, coordinating drawing details, creating detail elevation views, foundation plans, and other various aspects of a new structure. He also coordinating with clients on details and with other trades to make a project run smoothly.
Jim received an engineering degree from LeTourneau University in 1996. He spent 7 years at Lincoln Electric in Cleveland where he received three patents for robotic welding methods and then spent 17 years at Nelson Stud Welding and received one patent in stud welding methods. Jim is a certified welder of the AWS Structural Welding Code D1.1. He has also been a member of the Robotic Industries Association (RIA) and sat on the subcommittee R15.06 which developed the current ANSI safety standard for industrial robots and robot systems. It was at Nelson Stud Welding where Jim Mumaw first met Jim Cramer. Jim has taught at Wayne County Career Center, including a semester of AutoCAD, and spent two years as Facility Director for Wooster Grace Church, in Wooster Ohio. 2023 brought him back to the engineering world, and eventually back to his old friend Jim Cramer at Cramer Engineering.
Jim also volunteers as a firefighter and EMT for Sharon Township in Medina County. Jim is an active outdoorsman, particularly hunting, camping, and hiking. He is involved in his church, Grace Church of Greater Akron (Medina Campus), and Reclaim Ministries. Jim has been married to his wife Loree since 1987. Together they have two married daughters and two grandchildren.
Faizan Muhammad
Structural Designer/Draftsman
Structural Designer/Draftsman
Muhammad Faizan has been a structural designer and draftsman with Cramer Engineering since 2023.
After completing his bachelor's degree in civil engineering, he has gained experience in many areas, as he has been in the drafting field for over 7 years with a strong grip on drafting site plans, pole barns and barndominium drawings, deck repair drawings, and the list goes on.
Faizan also has vast experience drafting additions to existing structures and new floor plans, building sections, elevations for residential and commercial buildings, hand-drawn sketches, PDF's into a scaled CAD drawing, and other structural and architectural drawings using architectural and structural drafting standards. He has experience in job site documentation of existing structures as well.
His responsibilities in Cramer Engineering include job site documentation of existing structures, coordinating drawing details, creating detail plans, elevation views, foundation plans, and other various aspects of a new structure. He also coordinates with clients on details and with other trades to make a project run smoothly.
In his free time, he loves traveling. He has traveled through many areas of the country, especially the northern parts of the country.
He also likes hiking and camping around hill stations.
Joy Nixon
Joy Nixon
Executive Assistant/Office Manager
Sharon Cramer
Sharon Cramer
Bob Cramer Sr.
Bob Cramer Sr.
Marketing
Senior Construction Consultant
Senior Construction Consultant
Bob is licensed general contractor with over 50 years of experience in the construction industry. He also owns his own business, B.C. Construction. Bob's primary interests outside of construction are enjoying spending time with his family, especially his 14 grandchildren. He also enjoys a good game of golf with his friends and fishing on Lake Erie.
Sharon is the Marketing Executive for Cramer Engineering. She recently retired from the Geauga County Public Library with over 20 years of experience in customer service. Outside of work, Sharon enjoys reading and gardening. She also enjoys quality family time along her children and 14 grandchildren.
Joy came to Cramer Engineering in 2018 after retiring from a 25-year career as a respiratory therapist. Her responsibilities include: human resources, invoicing, bookkeeping, social media, stamping of reviewed plans, correspondence, and banking.
She is a graduate of The Ohio State University as well as North Central State. She holds two degrees, a BS in Education and an AAS in Respiratory Therapy. She is an avid Ohio State Football fan! She enjoys traveling especially to Florida to visit her son and granddaughters there. She also spends a lot of her time with her daughter and two grandchildren in Akron.