Christopher M. Motto, PE

Mr. Motto’s background is rooted in the construction industry and he worked for general contractors during his summers off at the high school level and even during his time as an under-graduate student. Mr. Motto continued to expand and develop his experience in the AEC industry through the co-operative education program at Northeastern University in Boston. Through the nationally recognized co-op program he obtained a position at a prominent general contractor in the Boston area, where he worked on highly visible large scale building construction projects on the South Boston waterfront as a field engineer. The co-op program also led to Mr. Motto’s first involvement at Souza, True and Partners in 2006.

Upon graduating from Northeastern University in 2007, Mr. Motto continued his education at Columbia University in New York where he obtained a master’s degree in structural engineering in 2008. After his matriculation through university he joined the team at Souza, True and Partners back in Boston, starting as a project engineer on a multitude of complex institutional and medical projects as well as multi-family housing.

Mr. Motto was an integral part in the proliferation of new BIM technology at Souza, True and Partners. His experience with BIM began during his education and led to his leadership in implementing the technology early on in 2008. Mr. Motto worked to adapt the new and exciting BIM technologies parametric capability and versatility into the design and detailing process, and he also infused the well-defined and time tested drafting and workflow standards that Souza, True has had success with for decades.

As a result of his work ethic and drive, Mr. Motto was promoted to Senior Engineer in 2016, followed-up quickly with an elevation to Associate in 2017 and to Principal in 2022. Now Mr. Motto spearheads many projects with a wide range of complexity, but all with the practical, construction based approach that has led him to this point.