If he hadn't taken a job in a Seattle design office after college, seismic structural engineer Cary Kopczynski would have gone into construction, like his father. Growing up in Spokane, Wash., the 65-year-old engineer spent summers in high school and college working as a laborer. "It gave me a good appreciation of what happens in the field," says Kopczynski, senior principal and CEO of the 30-year-old Bellevue, Wash., firm that bears his name. To this day, Kopczynski dons a virtual hardhat when designing a structure. "I always begin by thinking of available materials and equipment and the builder's needs," he says.
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