Structural Engineering

Structural Engineering is one of the main reasons why clients hire us! It’s a core service and competency that we have as a firm and we are well known for our structural team’s abilities to come up with safe and cost-effective structural solutions that make the lives of the clients, the contractors/builders easier.

Our structural engineering services generally include the following main types of projects:

• Structural value engineering services (especially High Rise Buildings)
• Seismic Design Services which include:
  • Seismic retrofit and upgrades of buildings and structures.
  • Design of seismic restraint and anchorage of mechanical and electrical equipment
  • Seismic qualification of electrical and mechanical equipment to satisfy national codes of practice and clients’ requirements
  • Seismic hazard assessments

• Structural Integrity Assessments, repairs, and rehabilitation of in-service structurs, equipment, supports and assets including the following:
  • Structural condition assessments and repairs of bridges and infrastructre
  • Structural strengthening and repairs for steel and concrete structures including foundations.
  • Corrosion and cracking repairs in concrete and steel structures

• We also provide a host of specialty structural engineering services. These include (but not limited to):
  • Advanced finite element analysis (linear and non-linear)
  • Design of structures and foundations in cold regions (cold weather engineering)
  • Design for vibration and fatigue of equipment, foundations and structures
  • Insurance claims and litigation support
  • Blast resistant design of buildings and structures including blast panels
  • Design of metal buildings to CSA-A660
  • Load rating assessment and upgrades of crane systems, monorail systems, lifting and hoist beams to meet local safety regulations (building code, WCB and WorkSafeBC)
  • Design and assessment of fall protection, life lines and fall arrest systems
  • Secondary containment systems design
• Water retaining structures compliant with ACI 350 and Eurocode 2 (including structural design for high seismic regions)