Structural engineering and consulting services at affordable rates with timely response and helpful customer service. 100% independent and unbiased professional opinions and advice for your construction, real estate, and property management needs. Licensed Professional Engineer (P.E.) with over 30 years experience. We serve residential and light commercial/ industrial clients with a unique combination of technical expertise and hands-on construction know-how.
If you are planning property repairs or improvements, have a structural concern with the framing or foundation of your building or site structures, or have experienced any kind of property damage, we can help with experienced advice, exceptional attention to detail, and economical, realistic solutions.
Typical issues we help people with:
- Observe, investigate and diagnose structural concerns such as floor, wall, ceiling, and foundation damage/ distress/ failures
- Analyze structural support requirements for new construction, additions, modifications, repairs, and rehabs
- Structural design/ drawings for construction
- Structural framing repairs
- Foundation evaluations
- Inspection, Evaluation, and Design of Wood, Steel, Concrete, and Masonry Structures
- Foundation cracks, wall leaning/ bowing/ bulging, and settlement
- Historic building structures and Baltimore row house expertise
- Planning structural framing and support systems for additions (horizontal and/ or vertical additions)
- Construction inspection services
- Investigation of construction defects
- Property damage from fire, wind, earthquake, automobile collision, fallen tree, construction etc
- Structural Property Damage Reports
- Expert Opinion Reports and Testimony
- Construction Troubleshooting
- Water intrusion and moisture penetration
- Flooding, erosion, slope and retaining wall failure
- Foundation & Framing Evaluations
- Masonry repairs
- Basement and garage floor cracks, sagging, and movement
- Real Estate structural certifications
- Structural condition assessments
- Insurance Claims and Repair Orders
- Property Tax Assessment Appeals
- Roof evaluations
- Deck inspections
- Porch and patio cracks, settlement, and deterioration
- Verification of load-bearing walls and other support structures
- Evaluation of wall removals, floor/ wall/ roof openings, and other structural changes
- Structural review and recommendations for new homes, additions, attic/ garage conversions, etc.
- Braced wall line analysis/ shear walls design & drawings
- Beam sizing and design of floor beams, roof ridge beams, headers, and lintels
- Sizing of support columns, footings, and foundations
- Evaluation of framing damage and framing cuts
- Foundation design and drawings
- Baltimore row house structural issues and rehabs
- Roof structural inspections, decking and framing evaluations
- Masonry chimneys and hearth support issues
- Roof sagging, leaking, and attic moisture issues
- Interior wall and ceiling cracks
- Floor sags, slopes, soft spots, and excessive movement or noise
- Water intrusion problems and exterior building envelope evaluations
- Basement/ crawl space leaks, flooding, and moisture problems
- Site drainage problems, flooding, and erosion
- Road runoff, highway drainage, and stormwater pond discharge issues
- Retaining walls and slope stabilization
- Developing owner plans and specifications for Construction work
- Evaluation of construction work by contractors
- Construction troubleshooting
- Building code explanations and analysis
- Assistance resolving permit/ inspection/ code enforcement issues
- Review of existing/ as-built structures and prior construction work
- Load-rating analysis of existing structures
- Design of structural retrofits to improve capacity, address damage, etc.
- Review of structural house plan drawings
- Documentation and assessment of property damage
- Structural failure and collapse investigations and damage reports
- Property drainage, flooding, and erosion investigations and solutions
- Mechanical, electrical, and plumbing issues
- Insurance claims support, claims review, and litigation support/ testimony
- Real estate structural inspections and condition assessments
- Pre-purchase or pre-contract walk-through structural opinions
- Home inspection structural issues evaluated for buyers and sellers
- Rental property structural inspections, condition assessments, and repair prioritization
- Termite structural damage evaluation & repair scoping
- Appraisal/ underwriting structural issues reviewed
- Estimating/ calculating materials quantities/ plan take-offs
- Structural repair recommendations and drawings
- Structural reports, opinion letters, and 2nd opinions on any issue
- Evaluation and troubleshooting of mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems
Please call or text with details for a no-charge phone discussion and estimate. We offer affordable “service call” site visits/ initial consultations for a fixed fee. Speak directly with an engineer regarding your property concerns, real estate purchase, or project ideas. We are local and responsive to your needs.