GPLA Expands Dallas Team with Strategic Hire to Support Growing Demand for Integrated Structural Engineering

GPLA Expands Dallas Team with Strategic Hire to Support Growing Demand for Integrated Structural Engineering [Dallas, Texas] — With capital construction projects growing more complex and schedule pressure intensifying, owners and builders are demanding engineering partners who can deliver speed, certainty, and measurable value. In response to this demand, GPLA Structural Engineers and Builders today announced it is scaling its national team with the addition of nine new hires across key U.S. markets, including Atlanta, Georgia; Austin, Texas; Baltimore, Maryland; Dallas, Texas; and Tucson, Arizona.

The Dallas office supports GPLA’s expanding presence in Texas and serves complex, high-performance projects across mission-critical facilities, data centers, advanced manufacturing, healthcare, life sciences, higher education, and large-scale commercial development. GPLA’s expansion in Dallas and beyond highlights the growing market demand for total value acceleration engineering, emphasizing its commitment to pairing high-performance structural innovation with an integrated delivery model that aligns engineering decisions with construction means and methods.

“Dallas is an important market for GPLA’s continued growth in Texas,” said Josh Carney, P.E., President of GPLA Structural Engineers & Builders. “As demand increases for mission-critical and technically complex projects, we are focused on building strong local leadership with the experience to deliver precise, performance-based, constructability-first solutions. This addition reinforces our commitment to delivering total value acceleration for our clients in the Dallas market and beyond.”

Dallas New Hire

Safa Masajedian, P.E., PMP, Structural Project Manager — Masajedian is a licensed professional engineer and Project Management Professional with extensive experience delivering healthcare and data center projects. He brings strong technical leadership, client coordination, and performance-based design expertise, supporting GPLA’s integrated delivery approach and growing project portfolio in North Texas.

Nationally, GPLA also welcomed nine new team members in engineering, digital delivery, BIM, marketing, and operations roles across Austin, Baltimore, Atlanta, and Tucson, further reinforcing the firm’s integrated delivery model and ability to support complex, schedule-driven projects across U.S. markets.

GPLA is known for embedding constructability and fabrication awareness early in the design process—enabling clients to compress schedules, reduce risk, and achieve measurable total value throughout the project lifecycle.
“Our people are the foundation of our growth,” Carney added. “By continuing to invest in experienced professionals in key markets like Dallas while scaling nationally, we ensure our clients receive consistent expertise, accountability, and partnership wherever they build.”

About GPLA Structural Engineers and Builders:
GPLA Structural Engineers & Builders is an award-winning nationally integrated structural engineering firm specializing in complex, high-performance projects where speed, precision, and constructability are critical. Serving mission-critical facilities, advanced manufacturing, healthcare, life sciences, higher education, data centers, and large-scale commercial developments, GPLA is known for its constructability-first approach, performance-based design expertise, and advanced digital engineering workflows. The firm is revolutionizing the industry with its integrated delivery model, making it the preferred partner among leading architects, builders, and fabricators for delivering structurally innovative solutions that accelerate schedules, reduce risk, and create measurable value for clients. GPLA is part of the DPR Construction’s family of companies. For more information, visit https://www.gplainc.com/.