Hakan Onel, PE, SE, is a Sr. Principal and member of the firm’s Executive Committee. In addition to contributions to overall firm management and business development, he provides leadership and oversight of Design Group project teams’ delivery of proactive, client-focused services, including structural design and analysis, feasibility studies, third-party peer reviews for large-scale projects, the preparation of Contract Documents, and Construction Administration services. Hakan’s breadth of experience includes high-rise residential and office buildings, corporate headquarters buildings, mission-critical facilities, large-scale atrium and canopy projects, as well as a number of complex mixed-use, multi-phased development projects in the region, such as the award-winning Wharf Phase I and II, located in Southwest Washington, DC.
Hakan Onel, PE, SE
Senior Principal
Expertise
- Complex renovation, adaptive-reuse, and multi-building mixed-use development projects
- Non-linear dynamic analysis and seismic engineering, as well as progressive collapse and blast-resistant design
Education
- Master of Science, Structural Engineering, Stanford University, California
- Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering, Bosphorus University, Istanbul, Turkey
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Awards
2025 ULI Washington Awards for Excellence
Project Updates
Groundbreaking: Brooklyn & Church in Uptown Charlotte
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Awards
The 2025 SEA-MW Awards
Awards
Six WBC Craftsmanship Award-Winning Projects
Select Project Experience
Richland Mall Redevelopment
COLUMBIA, SC
Pearl Square
JACKSONVILLE, FL
The Corporate Office Centre at Tysons II
TYSONS CORNER, VA
Tyson Point Phase I
TAMPA, FL
Benchmark West Alex
ALEXANDRIA, VA
Chateau at Boca Grove Milestone Inspection
BOCA RATON, FL
The Iris
WASHINGTON, DC
The Langston
WASHINGTON, DC
20 Mass
WASHINGTON, DC
2100 Penn
WASHINGTON, DC
Pike & Rose
NORTH BETHESDA, MD
WETA Headquarters
ARLINGTON, VA
670 and 680 Maine
WASHINGTON, DC
The Blake Apartments
ALEXANDRIA, VA
The Sage
ARLINGTON, VA
The Well at Oxon Run
WASHINGTON, DC
The Wharf
WASHINGTON, DC
555 12th Street, NW,
11th Floor Renovation
WASHINGTON, DC
APTA Headquarters
ALEXANDRIA, VA
DCX Office Building
WASHINGTON, DC
Norwegian Embassy Renovation
WASHINGTON, DC
The Silva
WASHINGTON, DC
The Tides Apartments and Pendry Hotel
WASHINGTON, DC
Liberty Center
ARLINGTON, VA
The Foundry
ALEXANDRIA, VA
Watergate EIG Tenant Fit-Out
WASHINGTON, DC
Constitution Square
WASHINGTON, DC
800 Maine
WASHINGTON, DC
Midtown Center
WASHINGTON, DC
Ascent Uptown
CHARLOTTE, NC
Hogan Lovells Tenant Fit-Out
WASHINGTON, DC
3100 Clarendon Boulevard Building Modifications
ARLINGTON, VA
Turkish American
Community Center
LANHAM, MD
Social Security Administration Complex
BALTIMORE, MD
Garage 31 Peer Review and Waterproofing
BETHESDA, MD
Roanoke Catholic School
ROANOKE, VA
300 New Jersey Avenue, NW
WASHINGTON, DC
Ritz Carlton Residences
BALTIMORE, MD
Wisconsin Place
CHEVY CHASE, MD
George Washington University, School of Business
WASHINGTON, DC
