Structural Engineers provide 2 main services

* Designing new structures

e.g.  Producing calculations for beams, lintels, foundations, roof structures etc for drawings and Building Regulations applications.

Click here if you need structural design calculations for new building work

* Analysing movement in existing buildings

e.g.  assessing causes of cracking, leaning and bowing  and specifying solutions to arrest movement.

Specific Structural Surveys (SSI) focus on a specific area, such as localised cracking

General Structural Surveys (GSI) cover the entire building to detect structural defects

Click here if you need a structural inspection in an existing building

Professional Qualifications of Structural Engineers

A Structural Engineer will normally be a member of the IStructE (Institution of Structural Engineers) or a member of the ICE (Institution of Civil Engineers).

Structural Engineers with the letters ‘CEng’ after their names are known as Chartered Engineers.

It is wise to commission the services of a Chartered Engineer, although there are some Engineers with considerable experience who are not chartered.

Also, some Chartered Building Surveyors specialise in structural inspections.