Chris Tokas

Mr. Chris Tokas S.E., is Deputy Director for the Department of Health Care Access and Information’s (HCAI) Statewide Hospital Planning and Development team. In this capacity, Mr. Tokas serves as the Chief Building Official for all California hospitals and skilled nursing facilities.

He is a Fellow of the Structural Engineers Association of California and has over 40 years of experience in structural engineering and design, with emphasis in the areas of seismic evaluation, analysis, and retrofit. He has designed and managed seismic upgrade projects for a wide variety of clients on structures ranging from unreinforced masonry buildings to highway bridges to reinforced concrete high-rise structures. Mr. Tokas has been involved in all phases of seismic risk reduction programs and is experienced with the latest earthquake protection technology for buildings including seismic isolation and energy dissipation.

He is the author and co-author of several papers related to earthquake resistant design of structures. He has been teaching seminars for professional organizations and courses related to earthquake resistant design of structures for UC Davis and Sacramento State University.

In his tenure with HCAI, he has served in the position of the Northern California Deputy Division Chief, the Principal Structural Engineer and the Supervisor for the Seismic Retrofit Program for Hospital Facilities of California.