Structural Design
There has always been a need for economy and
elegance in structural design. This is as true for simple and
low cost structures as it is for large complex ones. Economy
and programme certainty are vital components of any project.
More and more clients want statement buildings that provide a
feel-good factor for the people using them and seeing them.
This generally means being innovative in the design process and
making sure that design is properly integrated across discipline
boundaries.
Increasingly too, clients desire light, slender structures.
These pose a challenge in relation to deflections, dynamic
response, fatigue behaviour and human perception of movement.
The threat of terrorist attack brings with it the need for a
complete understanding of structural response in relevant
cases.
Scott Wilson provides the following services
to clients in most sectors:
- Building surveys and condition assessment
- Concrete technology and repair
- Construction supervision
- Contract documentation
- Damage assessment
- Design services
- Expert witness and litigation support
- Foundation engineering
- Project & design management
- Seismic assessments
- Technical inspections for inherent defects insurance
- Specifications
- Structural repair, strengthening and refurbishment
- Structural dynamics, blast and impact
- Feasibility and options studies
- Forensic engineering and failure investigations
- Due diligence investigations
Scott Wilson’s Structures teams undertake
consultancy work in all aspects of structural and building
engineering. This work ranges from small commissions to the
very largest involving the design and management of projects with
construction values of several hundred million pounds.
The teams are fully conversant with all types of construction
methods and materials and contribute to the development of new
forms of construction.
Scott Wilson staff are frequently commissioned to provide Expert
Reports.
Scott Wilson is able to offer practical and innovative solutions to
particularly complex structural problems via its Advanced
Technology team in Basingstoke and its design bureau in
Cambridge.
Scott Wilson is committed to providing a quality product on time
and to budget.
