With both structural and civil design offered, SGP is often engaged where difficult sites requiring site drainage and retaining walls present problems and require a sound knowledge of procedures and notices required under the Building Act 1993.
Services
Structural Engineering
Residential
SGP has always maintained a strong work flow in both small and large residential projects providing structural computations and drawings for jobs ranging from single beam and lintel designs through to multi-storey buildings.
Typical Services:
- Soil reports including bore logs
- All slabs; waffle, raft, slab on bored / screw piers, pad footings and paving
- Structural design services, steel and timber design / engineering including connections and detailing. Extensive experience with two-storey residences with construction costs ranging from $500k – $1M
- Load bearing brickwork and lintels
- Wind bracing
- Canopies and shade sails including columns and footings
Industrial/Commercial
Our business also has a history of providing varied engineering services to the industrial / commercial / government sectors some typical, some unique.
Typical Services:
- Design and detailing of reinforced concrete and prestressed reinforced concrete members, suspended slabs and tilt-slabs
- Precast panel design, temporary propping layouts, connections and fastenings
- Erection / lifting / removal sequences and procedures for PCPs, steel and propping
- Steel portal frames
- Lifts, access stairs and landings
- Walkways and railings
- Access / force loading e.g. cranes
Other Structural Services
- Preparation of structural computations and structural drawings
- Computer modelling of 3-D structures for analysis and design techniques
- Site inspections to supervise / approve construction elements including footings PCP fastenings; propping erection / removal
- Certificates of Compliance; design, inspection
- As required structural assessments, e.g. for insurance claims or structural opinion. Our business is a preferred ENData (supporting IAG Group and entities e.g. RACV, CGU etc.) specialist for structural engineer investigation and reporting in central Victoria
- Preparation of tender issue documents
- Shop drawing and other engineering reviews
- Experience in reviewing / evaluating ‘contracts in dispute’ including variations
Civil Engineering
SGP has extensive civil engineering experience and has undertaken numerous projects.
Typical Services:
- Site drainage including retention, sewerage and water main extensions
- Retaining walls
- Suspended and other walkways / decks including compliant handrails in parks / reserves or for other outdoor purposes
- Concrete and other bonding
- Pavement design and detailing
- Preparation of civil drawings
- Certificates of Compliance
- Authority submissions and project meetings / coordination