Palas has been in the structural engineering field for 27 years, including 14 years with prominent India engineering firms such as Bechtel India Limited in Gurgaon, India. During that time he provided designs for multiple remote projects, including blast design and analysis, located in Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Kazakhastan, and London, and he was also involved with the review and hire process of engineers and designers for his project teams.
Palas joined TCE in 2002 as a project manager and has worked on a wide range of projects varying in complexity, size and building type. He has provided structural design of high-rise commercial, residential, industrial, institutional, garages, interiors, and office buildings. The design systems utilize reinforced concrete, pre-stressed and post-tensioned concrete, and structural steel.
Palas works with the owners, architects, consultants, and general contractors providing design and details throughout a project. He is involved with the coordination of the project team, and the various phases of projects from the design development phase through project completion, including the construction administration phase.
One of his high-rise post-tension high rise 21 stories building Project, "Midtown Montrose North Bethesda", at Rockville, MD was selected award from ACI International Chapter.