Residential Buildings
Structural design Lab provides design services for residential dwellings from new builds to renovations, single storey to multi-storey and simple to bespoke architecturally designs. Our experience, collaborative approach and extreme attention to detail will ensure that your construction project delivers you the home or investment property you want.
Commercial Buildings
At Structural Design Lab we provide structural solutions for commercial building projects tailored to your needs and budget. We have experience with a range of structural solutions and materials from simple tilt up panel warehouses to multi-storey braced frame structures. Throughout your project we will actively work together with architectural, geotechnical, civil and fire specialists to provide you with cost-effective, workable solutions.
Structural Assessment & Strengthening
The team at Structural Design Lab have extensive experience in carrying out seismic assessments and designing strengthening improvements for low rise commercial and industrial buildings to meet the New Zealand Earthquake Prone Buildings Amendment Act (2016). We can help you determine if your building is earthquake prone and provide solutions to help you meet the time frames for required strengthening.
Peer Review
Structural Design Lab regularly provide Regulatory Peer Reviews of the structural design of buildings. We also have experience in the review of concept designs, feasibility reviews and review of completed construction works for both residential and commercial projects. Our approach to peer review is a collaboratively one, engaging with the design engineer early on during the review process. At the completion of our peer review we will provide a Peer Review Producer Statement (PS2) to assist you with your building consent application.
Geotechnical Investigations
At Structural Design Lab we can help you determine the soil bearing capacities on your site to enable appropriate foundations to be designed for your building or retaining wall structures. We have the in-house expertise to carry out shallow site soil investigations (TC1&2). For areas with high potential for liquefaction (TC3), or hill sites, we can put you in contact with a chartered (CPEng) geotechnical engineer who can carry out these investigations.
Construction Monitoring
Structural Design Lab can carry out inspections at key stages of your project to ensure that your work meets the requirements of the original structural design. Construction Monitoring by a structural engineer is often a consenting authority requirement, and the use of these inspections’ aides in the Code of Compliance process. At the end of construction monitoring, Structural Design Lab can provide reports that are customised to your specific requirements which can include a Construction Monitoring Producer Statement (PS4).