About Us
About Us
Yaron Offir Engineers
About Us
Yaron Ofir Engineers is a leading engineering firm specializing in risk assessment, diagnosis, planning and upgrading for earthquakes and dynamic loads. The firm began operating under the name Kadmor Ofir Engineers Ltd., and was established in October 2003 by engineer Yaron Ofir and the owners of Kadmor Ofir Engineers Ltd., with a vision to serve as a knowledge base in the field of earthquake engineering, which was in its infancy in the State of Israel. From 2008, under the control of Yaron Ofir and Alex Slaughter under the name Yaron Ofir Engineers Ltd. The firm promoted the field of earthquakes, while developing advanced engineering in Israel. The office based in Haifa expanded and opened a branch in Tel Aviv as well as in Kiryat Gat, in order to improve service to customers in the center and south.
Company description and areas of expertise
Yaron Ofir Engineers specializes in the design of buildings, industrial facilities, infrastructures and bridges to withstand the effects of an earthquake in areas with high seismicity and near active fault lines. The main activity is centered on upgrading existing buildings for earthquakes, utilizing a wide variety of upgrade measures and adapting them to the specific conditions existing in each project, and meeting the requirements of the most advanced standards in the world on this subject.
Over the years, the company's engineers have gained a lot of knowledge in a variety of topics in the seismic field. As a result, the company's engineers have developed an expertise that enables advanced non-linear dynamic analyses, which, until recently, were only performed by specialist offices abroad. The seismic experience gained over the years allows the office to specialize in the economic-engineering optimization of the planning, and to offer solutions that guarantee considerable savings in execution costs and a significant shortening of the schedules.
The company chooses to stick to the forefront of knowledge in the field, and as a result has chosen to implement current and innovative design approaches and principles, based on the advanced research done in the field around the world, using the most leading international seismic standards. Among other things, the firm chose to adopt the philosophy of performance-based design, the capacity design approach, the displacement-based design method, aspects of the influence of soil-structure interaction. And more, all of this while consulting and maintaining contact with the developers of the methods abroad. Adopting these approaches allows us planning flexibility, and as a result, the ability to offer smart and economically efficient solutions that minimize construction costs while increasing the overall safety of the structure, by reducing conservatism, which is made possible thanks to the analysis and understanding of the realistic failure scenarios expected in an earthquake. Under the leadership of the office, the aforementioned advanced design approaches have been adopted in recent years by a variety of entities. The company was among the leaders in an advanced reform in planning upgrades for earthquakes to existing buildings containing hazardous materials, which was reflected in the technical-engineering guidelines document of the Ministry of Environmental Protection on the subject, and in accordance with these approaches, effective upgrades were planned and carried out in the leading factories in Israel. Following this, the approaches have been adopted by the leading chemical and defense industry enterprises in Israel. Recently, the approaches have also been adopted by public institutions, as well as by the Ministry of Health for the purpose of upgrading hospitals in Israel, the Ministry of Education for the purpose of upgrading educational buildings, and the Ministry of Housing for the purpose of teaching Neighborhood rehabilitation and urban renewal project.
The success of the projects, and in particular the dozens of schools and industrial facilities that have already been upgraded with the above-mentioned approaches, has led to a growing recognition of the usefulness of the above-mentioned methods for the practical implementation of upgrades in existing buildings, and we are invited on a regular basis to guide and lecture on these approaches, as part of courses in the Union of Engineers, in design control courses of The director of planning, in the Home Front Command, the Union of Manufacturers, and in various commercial and private entities.
In addition, Yaron Ofir Engineers specializes in writing engineering documents, including formulating design criteria and guidelines for seismic design for initial planning stages in new facilities and buildings, as well as conducting studies in the seismic field in close cooperation with leading researchers in the field.
The Yaron Ofir company was the first in the State of Israel to actually introduce and use advanced seismic upgrading measures (including viscous energy waste devices and strengthening elements using FRP sheets) in the upgrading projects it planned.
The advantages of the company in the field of advanced engineering allows the office to offer fresh and high-quality design in the fields of new construction and in recent years our office has successfully designed chip manufacturing plants, office and commercial buildings, high-rise buildings, schools, residential neighborhoods, and is involved in the design of new bridges and unique and complex strategic design projects.
Happy Customers
What customers say about us
The Municipality of Acre hired the services of Yaron Ofir Engineers Ltd., in order for it to handle the upgrading and strengthening of the schools in Acre for earthquakes. Yaron Ofir Engineers Ltd. carried out and is carrying out the work, reliably and professionally, while complying with the established schedules, taking care of our needs with great attention, as defined and kindly assisting in everything required during the work. It is evident that the company's employees and managers have a lot of experience in the field and have a very high level of service awareness, and this is reflected in its work with the municipality.
The municipality of Kiryat Shmona hired the services of Yaron Ofir Engineers Ltd., in order for it to handle the planning of upgrading educational institutions against earthquakes. Yaron Ofir Engineers Ltd. carried out the work in an exceptional manner, with reliability and professionalism, while its employees are punctual in the established schedules, take care of our needs with great attention, as defined and kindly assist in everything required during the work - very politely. The work was done to our full satisfaction, and even beyond that. It is evident that the company's employees and managers have a lot of experience in the field and have a very high level of service awareness, and therefore, Yaron Ofir Engineers Co. deserves praise for its professional and efficient work.
I would like to confirm that the company "Yron Ofir Engineers Ltd" carried out and is carrying out planning and supervision works for the strengthening of school buildings for earthquakes for the municipality of Kiryat Motzkin. The work was and is being carried out professionally, reliably and to our complete satisfaction while meeting the schedules as required. Also, the employees of Yaron Ofir Engineering Co. assist during the work as needed.
The Municipality of Tiberias hired the services of Yaron Ofir Engineers Ltd., in order for it to handle the planning and management of various projects to strengthen buildings for earthquakes in the educational institutions in Tiberias. Yaron Ofir Engineers Ltd. carried out the work in an exceptional manner, with reliability and professionalism, while its employees are punctual in the established schedules, take care of our needs with great attention, as defined and kindly assist in everything required during the work - very politely. It is evident that the employees of the company and its managers have a lot of experience in the field and have a very high sense of service, and therefore, Yaron Ofir Engineers Co. deserves praise for its professional and efficient work. The work was done to our full satisfaction, and even beyond that.
The Haifa municipality hired the services of Yaron Ofir Engineers Ltd., in order for it to handle the upgrading of schools in Haifa for earthquakes. Yaron Ofir Engineers Ltd. carried out and carries out the work with reliability and professionalism, while its employees are punctual in the established schedules, take care of our needs with great attention, as defined and kindly assist in everything required during the work. It is evident that the company's employees and its managers have a lot of experience in the field and have a high sense of service and this is reflected in its work with the municipality, Jaffa Nof and the education system. The work is done to our satisfaction.
The Yaron Ofir Engineers office plans for us the upgrading of the Rambam and Bnei Zion hospitals to withstand earthquakes and even accompanies the execution which is in various stages of the process. This is a firm with the ability to plan and understand projects at the highest level, a professional, caring, reliable and dedicated team that spares no effort, even beyond what is expected, to promote the projects it is entrusted with using advanced international knowledge and standards and in accordance with the requirements of the Israeli standards. I highly recommend the office of Yaron Ofir Engineers for all planning works in the field of civil engineering (in all its aspects) as well as and especially assessments for the protection of buildings against earthquakes.
In the years 2010-2015, the Ministry of National Defense hired Yaron Ofir Engineering Ltd. for the purpose of writing guiding documents and conducting unique research works in fields related to earthquake engineering. All the works carried out by the firm's engineers were carried out with great professionalism and at the highest level, taking care of the execution times and the quality of the work. It is evident that the company's engineers have a unique background and experience in the field of earthquake engineering, and their contribution to the writing of the firm's guiding professional documents is decisive.
Yaron is dedicated to his work as a consulting engineer for the Ministry of Education, and contributes a lot from his extensive experience in the field, performs every task in a reliable and professional manner and helps us immediately with any need or request on the subject. Yaron is endowed with character traits of pleasant demeanor on the one hand, but also adherence to his professional requirements which represent safeguarding and loyalty to the public interest - and in this case the Ministry of Education. In light of this, I recommend Yaron Ofir for consulting and planning works in the field of civil engineering and protecting buildings against earthquakes.
Yaron Ofir Engineers Ltd. carried out the work in a professional and dedicated manner, meeting the budget goals and schedules. Yaron Ofir Engineers Ltd. was at our disposal for any problem or question that came up during the execution. We definitely recommend the company Yaron Ofir Engineers for planning works in the field of civil engineering and protecting buildings against earthquakes.
Yaron Ofir Engineers Ltd. carried out the work in a professional, meticulous and dedicated manner and was at our disposal for any problem or question that came up during the execution. In shielding one of our company's facilities, Yaron Ofir Engineers succeeded in reaching an effective solution in a complicated case and successfully passed the audit of a global expert in the field of earthquake engineering and the audit of the Ministry of Environmental Protection. We definitely recommend the company Yaron Ofir Engineers for planning works in the field of civil engineering and protecting buildings against earthquakes.
The work performed by the company's engineers was at a very high professional level and to our complete satisfaction, the report that was submitted was comprehensive, legible and clear, and was submitted within a short period of time in accordance with the short schedule dictated. It is evident that the company's engineers have a unique background and experience in the field of earthquake engineering, and their contribution to the success of the project was decisive.
Yaron Ofir's office is the most senior office that has been working with the compensation fund in recent years, and in light of this receives the most complex cases handled by the fund all over the country. (usually treatment of direct injuries with complex constructive damages). The work of the engineers from the Yaron Ofir office is carried out in a professional, thorough and matter-of-fact manner in accordance with our instructions and while meeting deadlines, and assisted in representing the interests of the Tax Authority in the field and in front of the injured parties.
Yaron Ofir Engineers Ltd. carries out its work in a professional and dedicated manner, making sure to adhere to the schedule and budget and sometimes even led to savings through the provision of special solutions. Yaron Ofir Engineers Ltd. was at our disposal and accompanied all stages of the execution. We recommend Yaron Ofir Engineers for planning works in the field of civil engineering and protecting buildings against earthquakes.