Eric J. Samaniego, PE

Associate

Eric Samaniego started with Severud Associates in 2013 and progressed to senior engineer four years later. In 2021, he advanced to associate. In more than a decade with the firm, Eric has acquired proficiency with many contemporary as well as historical structural systems, which he has used effectively on renovation projects. Eric has also engineered several high-end retail interiors, including the Nike flagship store on Fifth Avenue in New York City and Apple stores in multiple locations, and has extensive experience in the field. His recently completed projects include The Commons at Tulane University in New Orleans and NYU Langone Health’s Science Building in Manhattan. Other notable projects in his portfolio are 55 West 17th Street and 527 West 27th Street, residential buildings in Manhattan, and the Rego Park branch of Queens Public Library.

Outside of the office, Eric volunteers with the ACE Mentor Program of Greater New York City and has captained the firm’s team in the CANstruction charity competition.

Eric is licensed as a professional engineer in New York. He earned a Bachelor of Science in physics from the University at Albany, State University of New York and a Master of Science in civil engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of New York University in Brooklyn.