Construction structures like Empire State Building in New York City, White House in Washington, Washington National Cathedral and Jefferson Memorial, Washington are some of the instances of varied historical structures of the earlier days to modern time. The credit of building these structures goes to the top structural engineer consultants, who push their structures to a higher level for construction, operational efficiency, sustainability and energy usage. Structural engineering firms create efficient designs, reducing construction wastage and streamlining construction documentation through BIM (Building Information Modeling).
What is structural engineering?
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Structural engineering constitutes to be a sub-discipline of civil engineering wherein structural engineers are skilled to design the bones and muscles of the building structure. This creates the form as well as the shape of man-made structures. Several structural engineering consultants of design build firms use a wide array of relatively simple concepts for building complex structures.
Top structural engineer in Maryland efficiently work with load calculations, comprising wind load, snow load, foundation design, retaining wall, beams, columns, roofs, slabs and more for RCC structure, concrete and wood structures. Structural drafters and BIM structural engineer develop information rich intelligent BIM 3D models for extracting design and information related to construction management. Structural engineer inpections are aligned for enhancing the construction efficacy and keeping project stakeholder informed about the design decisions taken. AEC professionals are outsourcing design build services for construction projects for saving time and costs.
What are the design deliverables from residential structural engineers?
- Structural sheet metal product design
- Structural analysis for various loads
- Retaining wall, slab, frame & lintel design drawings
- Stacks, steel angle & channel & plant structure designs
How structural engineering firms support design build work?
Structural engineering firms develop competent 3D structural detailing plans for assisting contractors, EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) firms and steel fabricators to construct facilities. They support sheet metal fabricators as well as plant owners to develop 2D drafting and 3D modeling services for elements such as glazing, cladding and the enclosures. BIM designers and steel detailers provide steel detailing and rebar detailing plans for various angular sections, trusses, roofs, columns, foundation and other crucial building components. Their expertise with comprehensive structural design and 3D modeling in Revit help to deliver flawless design build solutions. Structural design build services consist of structural drafting, 3D model creation, load calculation, foundation and roof designs. The components encompass plates, arches, shells, etc. The design build support solutions are extended towards bridges, dams, power plants, hospitals, educational institutions, tunnels and port.
1. Structural Drafting Services
Competent structural drafters produce Revit 2d drafting and 3D drawings for steel, pre-cast and prefabricated structures, as well as pre-stressed components. The drafters provide comprehensive structural steel drafting for residential structural engineers, architects, engineering firms, contractors and steel detailers. The services allow collaboration, facilitating engineers to execute modular construction and enhancing site safety. Whether’s it’s design development and coordination, schematic structural design, or shop drawing creation, structural engineers support clients throughout project lifecycle.
Structural drafting services encompass:
- Member schedule creation
- Drafting of connection details
- Sheet layouts
- Design review with structural engineers
- Space analysis
- Structural drawing creation from design & sketches
- Clash detection & coordination
- Resolving RFIs
- Architectural model placement
- 3d IFC model creation for validation from architects
- Standard checking for precast panels, including lifting, panel breaks, etc.
2. Structural Steel Detailing Services
Structural steel detailing team consults with contractors, structural firms and fabricators to create structural steel detailing services for buildings, industrial plants, steel structures and steel framing. Top structural consultants provide steel detailing, rebar drawings along with shop drawings for collaborating amongst structural engineers, architects, fabricators and other AEC project stakeholders. Expert steel detailers create steel detailing drawings to support structural erection for educational institutions and infrastructural facilities.
Structural steel detailing services include:
- Steel detailing for beam, column, deck, fence & industry piping
- Gravity module calculation, Bill of Materials/Quantity Takeoff
- Post-tension, concrete-steel detailing, precast & prefabrication joint detailing
- Metal roofs, canopy & pipe rack detailing
- Bar joists design drawings
3. Structural drawings
Structural engineering consultants have proficiency in drafting shop drawings and fabrication drawings for sheet metal as well as woodwork shop drawings. Working in collaboration with fabricators facilitates in maintaining tight construction schedules and extensive material lead times. Structural steel detailing experts produce a wide array of structural shop drawings for steel components, pre-cast, reinforcement concrete, etc.
Steel shop drawings include:
- Cabinet & Handrail Shop Drawing
- Erection, Fabrication & Millwork Drawings
- BOQ for steel shop drawings
- Precast, Rebar & Sheet metal shop drawings
- Connection steel detailing
4. Rebar Detailing Services
Competent 3D rebar detailers produce reinforcement 3d models for structural engineering projects. The information rich rebar documentation facilitates a wide array of industry verticals including educational institutions, residential buildings, commercial complexes, infrastructural facilities and many more. Information gets easily exchanged amongst various project stakeholders, leading to substantial cost savings.
Rebar detailing services include:
- Rebar 3d modeling
- Rebar Shop Drawings & Detailing (Roof truss, joints)
- Bar Bending Schedule (BBS)
- Concrete masonry & wall detailing
- Quantity takeoffs & Cost Estimation
- As-built drawings
Through analysis of Revit structure services, structural engineers in Maryland benefit from structural analysis model improvement and get support for structural aspect. Tejjy Inc. specializes in providing Revit BIM services that enable models to develop quickly, leading to improved construction models. The structural engineering consultants undertake projects for creating Revit family components like beams, columns, retaining walls, foundation, joints, trusses, etc. to easily reproduce them, saving valuable project time. Consult expert structural engineers, drafters & BIM modelers of Tejjy Inc. for getting quick turnaround of Revit structural services at 202-465-4830 or info@tejjy.com.
