29 Jan Joe Connor, P.E.
B.S. Civil Engineering | 1989 | Christian Brothers University
(M.B.A.) Master of Business Administration | 1991 | University of Tennessee
Joe has been with SDG since 2000 and is a Principal and Director of SDG’s Construction Administration Department. In 2005, he was named an Associate Principal and in 2014 became a full partner in the firm. As a Structural Construction Administrator, Field Engineer, and Design Engineer, Joe has 34 years of experience. As a licensed Professional Engineer (P.E.), he has overseen the construction of virtually all types of projects ranging from educational facilities to high-rise office buildings in both concrete and structural steel.
Immediately following Hurricane Michael in October 2018, Joe was among a group of engineers who were flown to damaged hospitals in Panama City, Florida to assess the structural conditions of the facilities and assess the immediate life-safety of the hospitals. After Hurricane Helene ravaged North Carolina and East Tennessee in September 2024, he was called to provide a FEMA assessment of damages to the Unicoi County Hospital in Erwin, Tennessee.
He is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and is a Certified Installer of Unbonded Post-Tensioning by the Post-Tensioning Institute (PTI).