Structural Consulting and Design
Experienced engineers can turn any building concept into a structurally sound reality. If you are involved in a sophisticated or complication rehabilitation, retrofit, or new construction project that is beyond the capabilities of your architect or contractor, call us. StructuralMD has great experience working with other building professionals to ensure your project is a success.
Our services include the full range of structural consulting, including:
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beam and column sizing
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structural member design and calculations
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speciality structure design
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and more….
Structural Inspections
Remove the uncertainty and receive an exact diagnosis you can feel confident about with a Structural Inspection from StructuralMD.
What’s included – a professional inspection of any structural issue(s) in your home, a home you are buying, or your commercial structure.
Includes inspection any structural aspect of a building such as footings, foundation, main structural members (beams, columns, girders, bearing walls), and secondary structural members (exterior and interior walls, attic and roof framing).
Following the inspection, you will receive a structural engineer’s letter of findings and a certification as to the diagnosis of the structural issue(s), signed and sealed by a licensed professional engineer. Areas of concern will be flagged and recommendations made regarding items that require immediate remedy, short-term, or long-term attention along with budgetary estimates as applicable based on industry standards.
Structural Remediation
The structure of your dwelling may seem complex and overwhelming to you, especially when you start to see signs of failure…but it is simple and straightforward to us. We strip it down to the basics. Every structural member in your building has a role to play to maintain the integrity of the whole structure.
Our job is to target and identify the weak link or the culpable member. It all starts with your footings and continues on with your foundation, main girders and auxiliary beams, floor joists, ceiling joists, walls, and roof rafters.
Once the diagnosis of your structural problem is complete, we go to work. Our capabilities include, but are not limited to:
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Main beam replacement or reinforcement
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Column replacement or removal
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Floor/ceiling joist sistering replacement or repair
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Jacking and leveling of beams
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Jacking and leveling of entire structures
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Installing, reinforcing, or extending headers
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Removal of bearing walls and installation of flush or drop beams
Foundations and Drainage
Cracks, bulges, and water concerns can often point to foundation/footing failures. It can be very unsettling to discover there may be trouble with your foundation. Even more frustrating can be ongoing water challenges. StructuralMD will scientifically diagnose your foundation issues, starting with your footings. Many foundations collapse due to ongoing water problems that go undetected. Often there may also be a soil issue contributing to the problem, or perhaps inadequate construction procedures.
There are many types of foundations and there is no “one-size-fits-all” remedy. Our experience with every foundation type assures you that we will correctly identify and solve the problem at hand.
Some cracks may not point to a serious structural failure, so it’s critical to hire an experienced structural engineer who will correctly identify the deficiency and not under or over prescribe a solution.
Water management is a science that is not always adequately addressed by waterproofing contractors, and can be very confusing to homeowners. For example, surface run-off problems are completely different than ground water issues, requiring totally different solutions. Guessing at it is not the right approach, and unfortunately is the common offering you would receive from a “non-engineered solution”. StructuralMD’s approach includes an in-depth review of all the symptoms, a thorough process of analyzing all the possible causes, an identification of the best path of remediation.
Basement Dig out
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Bearing Wall Removal
Dated floor plans often do not match current lifestyle trends. Families find themselves with rooms that are underused and others that are too small for the desired use. An example is a formal living room with an undersized family room behind it, divided by a bearing wall. Lallygone has removed hundreds of bearing walls in older floor plans, dramatically transforming homes and making them suitable for today’s style of living.
Structural Reinforcements
Aging structures are often built to outdated codes and standards. Lallygone can perform an overview inspection, recommend areas that need reinforcement, and implement the engineer’s recommendations in a cost effective manner to extend the life of your structure and protect your investment.