Structural Engineering Design Services

In brief, you should know the following about us:

We have over 27 years of experience in the construction industry and over 17 years of experience in the professional design, detailing, and inspection of buildings, equipment, and specialty structures. Our project experience and services range from structural design services for residential construction to design services for companies such as LTV Steel, ALCOA, Ford, Chrysler, Toyota, BP America, FedEx, Roadway Express, R&L Trucking, Sears, Kmart, Best Buy, Kohls, Eskaton, and Blue Shield to name a few.* See below for a list of services provided by SSE:

Building Structural Design:

Featured Office Project:  Blue Shield of California Corporate Center            Lodi, California

Contractor:   DPR                Architect: Williams and Paddon  Facilities Engineering 160,000 total square foot construction featuring two separate tilt-up office buildings connected by a steel framed, lofted lobby entry. (structural design performed while with Bevier Structural Engineering, Inc.)

Second Floor Conference Room 2 featuring cantilevered framing over reception area.

Secondary structural design elements:  Specialty Tube Steel Media Structure and Sweeping Steel Staircase Additional Building Design Services: Heavy and Light Industrial Facilities Manufacturing Facilities Distribution Warehouse and Dock Terminals Corporate/Office Tilt-Up and Steel Frame Buildings Municipal Essential Service Structures; Police/Fire/Jail Municipal Office Complex Structures; City Hall/Courthouse Recreation Complex; Community Center/Aquatic Center Tenant Improvement and Mechanical Upgrade assistance Seismic Upgrade; Existing Building analysis and design   Steel Truss design and Existing Truss reinforcing/upgrade design

Seismic Upgrade to Heavy Machinery, Sacramento, CA Performed complete seismic upgrade calculations and inspections to this manufacturer's new equipment including machines, cranes, conveyors, mixers, aggregate bins and silos while with Bevier Structural Engineering. Performed complete seismic upgrade calculations and inspections to this manufacturer's new equipment including machines, cranes, conveyors, mixers, aggregate bins and silos while with Bevier Structural Engineering.

Aggregate bins supplied from overseas, conveyors and silos from the US.  All needing reinforcements of structural members and/or bolted and welded connections.

Additional Facilities Design and Inspection Services:

• Facilities Engineering Support; Circulation/Fall Protection Studies 
• Liquid Containment Structures and Foundations
• Seismic Upgrade; Equipment Support Structures analysis and design
• Large Volume Storage Tank Foundations/Leak Detection Detailing

Infrastructure and Site Structures

• Site Retaining Walls: Concrete, CMU, Segmented, Geogrid, Gabbion
• Signage and Light Pole Structures and Foundations
• Pedestrian Bridge and single span vehicle bridge design

Quality Assurance:

• Construction Inspection
• Technical Review and Expediting Services
• Peer Review

Structural Investigation:

• Existing Building Structural Survey/Inspection
• Forensic Engineering
• Expert Witness

Structural Damage Repair Solutions:

• Foundation Settlement 
• Roof Structure Reinforcement

"Renewable Energy Structures"                            

                        Support Structure Design and Analysis                                      

Serving Wind and Solar Energy Clients Internationally

• Design/review of solar array and wind turbine support structures
• Structural investigation of existing roof structure capacity
• Structural design of roof structure upgrade and array connection design
• Design/detailing in standard and proprietary shapes, steel and aluminum
• Structural design and detailing of large scale solar array structures
• Foundation design of large scale solar array structures, all site profiles
• Construction administration and inspection services during installations
• On site assistance as needed for initial surveys through end of project

We pride ourselves in providing excellent professional services combined with a guiding principal of maintaining personable working relationships sympathetic to client and owner expectations.  Our clients particularly value our:

• Willingness to accept new challenges
• Early on board approach
• Creative design solutions
• Attention to detail
• Hands on field support
• Commitment to owner satisfaction

Our business is located in Folsom, California. 

* See "Projects" for more information regarding projects and respective employer credit while providing design services.