Analysis & design
Structural Engineering
Engineering for new structures, complex systems, and the continued use of existing buildings.
PSFEG provides structural design, analysis, review, evaluation, and assessment for private and government projects. Services include additions, rehabilitation, strengthening, construction administration, and finite-element modeling studies.
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New construction
Analysis and design for commercial, residential, institutional, healthcare, industrial, and mixed-use structures.
Alterations & additions
Structural evaluation and design for remodels, additions, rehabilitation, and changes to existing structural systems.
Coordination & review
Integrated building design using Revit and shared BIM information, structural review, and construction administration.
Foundations & lateral systems
Moment frames, braced frames, shear walls, deep foundations and piles, retaining walls, and earth-supporting structures.
Materials & construction
- Structural steel and light-gauge steel
- Cast-in-place, precast, prestressed, and post-tensioned concrete
- Tilt-up concrete and masonry
- Wood and timber; adobe masonry
- FRP and CFRP strengthening systems
- Aluminum, fiberglass, and glass
- Fabric, tensile, and air-supported structures
Analysis matched to the problem
Capabilities include conventional and complex 3D modeling, finite-element analysis, linear elastic static and dynamic analysis, response-spectrum and time-history methods, nonlinear pushover, and nonlinear dynamic analysis. The analytical approach depends on the structural system and assignment.
- Special and intermediate steel and concrete moment frames
- Concentrically and eccentrically braced frames
- Buckling-restrained braced frames and viscous dampers
- Concrete, masonry, and plywood shear walls
Related experience
The work behind the expertise.
Structural Design · Institutional
UCSB Material Research Laboratory
Santa Barbara, California
Structural design of an approximately 15,000-square-foot vertical and horizontal expansion, including a fourth story above the existing three-story…
Structural Design · Commercial
Bellwether Hotel and Mixed-Use Building
Bellingham, Washington
Structural design of a 72,000-square-foot, three-story building with a penthouse. The structure incorporated steel braced frames and a composite deck…
Structural Design · Commercial
Penfield & Smith Engineers Corporate Headquarters
Santa Barbara, California
Structural design of 18,000 square foot five-story building frame system, incorporating steel braced frames, concrete-masonry shear-walls and moment…
Some projects were performed by PSFEG’s engineers in conjunction with other firms. Support for all listed litigation matters was provided by PSFEG. Certain matters are excluded because of confidentiality and legal obligations.
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