STRUCTURAL DESIGN

Structural design is a complex creative and technical process. Preparing the design documentation involves engineers carrying out feasibility studies, structural engineers, process engineers, building-services engineers, architects, cost specialists and others. To coordinate and govern this work, design typically progresses through the following stages: feasibility studies; terms of reference and design contract; preliminary (concept) design for client approval; technical design; and detailed (working) design (if commissioned).

Our services include:

Design of steel, reinforced concrete and composite structures of industrial buildings and facilities;
Design of steel, reinforced concrete and composite structures for residential and public buildings and facilities;
Design of heavily loaded concrete or asphalt pavements;
Design of steel structures for lightweight prefabricated buildings;
Design of timber structures for lightweight prefabricated buildings;
Structural design in steel and reinforced concrete for tall engineering structures (towers, masts, chimneys, etc.);
Design of building structures for underground facilities;
Design of building structures for road and railway facilities;
Design of free-standing and anchored retaining structures: lightweight cantilever (L-shaped) reinforced-concrete walls, heavy gravity walls in mass concrete or masonry, reinforced earth embankments, gabion retaining walls, sheet pile walls, diaphragm walls, tangent and secant pile walls, and soil-nailed walls (with or without facings);
Design of strengthening or reinforcement of building structures with deformations or damage, after an accident or an extreme event (earthquake, flood, fire, high wind, large waves, avalanche, landslide, etc.);
Design of strengthening or reinforcement of structures on cultural and historical heritage sites;
Design of strengthening or reinforcement of foundations and retaining structures with deformations or damage;
Design of refurbishment programmes for the structures of buildings, facilities and cultural-heritage sites;
Design of corrosion-protection systems for buildings and facilities;
Design of thermal insulation and waterproofing for roofs, facades, pavements and underground parts of buildings and facilities;
Owner's representative or Designer's site supervision during construction;