Engineering services

Structural and footing design for new homes, townhouses, multi-unit developments, alterations and extensions.

• Residential structural engineering

  Footings, beams, framing and retaining walls for new homes, townhouses, multi-unit, alterations and extensions.

  Typical workNew homes, townhouses, multi-unit, alterations and extensions, wall removals, retaining walls

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• Footing and foundation design

  Slabs, strip and pad footings, piers, screw piles, pile caps and substation footings, designed for the site's soil and loads.

  Typical workStiffened raft and waffle slabs, strip and pad footings, piers and screw piles, extensions, substation footings

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• Retaining wall design

  Engineered retaining walls and their footings, with drainage and surcharge properly accounted for.

  Typical workSleeper walls, concrete and blockwork walls, driveway and boundary walls, drainage details

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• Modular building engineering

  Site foundations, module hold-down connections and independent review of module frames.

  Typical workSite foundations, subfloor support, module tie-downs, frame reviews

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Independent checks on site, on paper and in existing buildings.

• Engineering inspections

  Footing, pile, reinforcement and structural inspections during construction, with a clear written record.

  Typical workFooting excavations, bored piers, screw pile installation, reinforcement before pours, framing and connections

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• Independent review and certification

  Third-party review of structural and foundation designs, with certification where the review supports it.

  Typical workPeer review of designs, supplier and imported designs, certificates of compliance for design, modular frame reviews

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• Structural assessments and forensic engineering

  Independent assessment of cracking, movement and defects in existing structures, with likely causes and remedies.

  Typical workCracking and movement, foundation settlement, retaining wall problems, defect reports, remedial design

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The whole energy site: array piles, and the footings, skids and connections for power stations, transformers, substations, inverters and battery units.

• BESS foundation engineering

  Footing, pile and connection design for battery units, inverters and transformers, including support beams and skids.

  Typical workFootings and piles, pile caps and plinths, skids and support beams, anchorage and connections

  ExamplesInverter, transformer and power station footings, Fulham and Wangaratta solar farms; Substation structures, Georgetown Solar Farm

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• Solar farm engineering

  The whole solar farm: array piles, and footings, skids and connections for inverters, transformers, power stations and substations.

  Typical workArray piles, power stations, inverters and transformers, substations, skids and connections, pile testing

  ExamplesFulham, Wangaratta, Georgetown, Hay, Moama and Salvation Army solar farms

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• Piling engineering

  Design and assessment of screw piles, bored piers and driven piles for axial, uplift and lateral actions.

  Typical workScrew piles, bored piers, driven piles, uplift and lateral design, load-test planning

  ExamplesSolar farm piles at Fulham, Wangaratta, Georgetown, Hay and Moama

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Steel structures, connections and foundations for infrastructure and construction sites.

• Structural steel and connection design

  Beams, equipment skids, support frames, light poles, base plates and the connections that hold them together.

  Typical workInverter and skid support beams, BESS unit support steel, base plates and anchors, bolted and welded connections, light poles

  ExamplesInverter and transformer connections, Fulham and Wangaratta solar farms; Light poles, Pier Street Altona

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• Light pole and infrastructure foundations

  Light pole footings and base plates, fencing, pier works, equipment and substation footings.

  Typical workLight pole footings and base plates, fencing footings, pier works, equipment and substation footings

  ExamplesWest Gate Tunnel Project fencing footings; Light poles, Pier Street Altona; St Kilda Pier foundation works

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• Product capacity and connection assessments

  Calculated capacities for brackets, posts, base plates, connections and support assemblies.

  Typical workBrackets, posts and base plates, connections, capacity tables

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• Temporary hoarding design

  Structural design and footing details for construction hoardings, for hoarding and building permits.

  Typical workFreestanding and ballasted hoardings, signage and mesh loads, council hoarding permits

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• Crane pads and heavy-lift footings

  Outrigger pad sizing and bearing assessment for crane set-ups and heavy lifts.

  Typical workOutrigger pads, ground bearing checks, heavy-lift footings

  ExamplesCrane outrigger footings, Eastern Gas Pipeline reversal, Longford

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