Brooke Guzar

Brooke Guzar is a structural engineer with 15+ years of practice in various engineering areas, from moveable bridges to heavy industrial hard rock underground mining applications, sculptures, and high-end custom residential work. She led the Halifax office of Blackwell Structural Engineers for 6 years, developing a close relationship with local architects and designers on projects across Canada. In 2023, Brooke was selected as Blackwell’s first CEO, and she now leads the firm with a passion for strategic planning, employee engagement, and effective project delivery. This session presents practical engineering lessons from the design and delivery of the University of Toronto’s Academic Wood Tower. The session will explore structural system selection, timber-steel and timber-concrete hybrid design, lateral stability, connections, vibration, fire design, durability and construction sequencing. With the help of completed project examples, the speakers will further explore how early coordin