Advanced Structural Designs

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Employee Count: 2
Keywords: construction

Specialist Expertise

We specialise in providing innovative and practical building solutions to a wide client base. Our expertise covers all forms of construction from complex post-tensioning to intricate detailing in glass, steel and timber.
Prestressing companies have engaged our Canberra office to detail their 'design and construct' work all over the country so we are never far from the industries cutting edge and have an excellent understanding of the benefits and limitations of this form of construction.
We have also designed a number of tension structures over swimming pools and car yards using the latest software available and are familiar with the detailing and materials used in this market sector.

Buildability in Design

We are regularly requested by builders to re-engineer fully documented projects to provide more cost effective solutions and to shorten construction programs. Our reputation for this type of work stems from our keen interest in all construction aspects of each project including all physical, timing and staging constraints as well as a thorough knowledge of the local and regional resources available and their relative cost.

Safety in Design

No one in our office ever considers designing a single item of structure without first considering who may be building it and with what resources. Inherent in each of our designs is a consideration of just how safe the construction will be and how we can build safety into our designs. At no stage is it cheaper for the client to build safe working practises than in the design phase itself which is why we keep it front and centre at all times. On all major projects we identify the risks inherent in final designs and advise on procedures to mitigate the risks.

Computational Methods

This is one area where we believe we excel as we only use the latest and best software on the market. Whilst complex and intricate structures are modelled and analysed in 3D by finite element approaches steel section and concrete design is carried out using specialist design software that also incorporates 3D analysis. We currently hold up to date licences for RAPT, Ramconcept Spacegass and Strand 7.

More basic calculations are completed using in house spreadsheet based software that has been independently checked. This automated approach to everything we design leaves our engineers free to think outside the box rather than waste time 'reinventing wheels'. The result is that we spend less time doing calculations and more time thinking about innovative ways to save money or hasten construction.

Forensic Engineering

In life, structures don't always behave the way they were intended to and in such circumstances we like to get there as soon as possible before anything is touched. In the case of site accidents we like to be called immediately to help emergency personal evaluate the situation and to make sure that any risk to anyone on site is eliminated.