Commercial
Shops and shopping centres are buildings too! Whether extending an existing facility or starting a multi-million pound shopping centre, Rawlings Structural Design can make it stand up. Which is nice.
Industrial
Rawlings Structural Design Ltd can cope with lightweight large span portal sheds to small scale "traditionally built” factory/nursery units.
Residential Developments
The issue with the structural design of Housing is the need to ensure the most economic of structures. Simplicity is the key - and Rawlings Structural Design specialise in simplicity (memo to self; edit that in the next revision of the website).
Roads and drains
The design of private roads and drains, and those intended to be adopted, can be included in my brief as part of small development, but a specialist Highway Engineer is best placed to deal with the design of major roads etc
Bridges, Sheet Piling and other Civil Engineering works
Again, without wishing to discourage, major bridge and civil engineering works are best in the hands of specialist consultants who have greater experience of these. But as part of a development, an access bridge to a housing estate or sheet piling to form a basement, for example, Civil Engineering works can be included, for example.
Structural Surveys
These are not the same as Visual Inspections, which are sometimes needed after Mortgage Valuation Surveys. Please refer to the relevant section below.
Structural surveys are a combination of a condition survey and an assessment of the capacity of the structure. For instance, change of use of a hotel to office use.
Visual Inspection
These can be required after a Mortgage Valuation Survey or simply because a defect has manifested itself in the building. The output is usually a two or three page letter.
Extensions and House Alterations
These can range from large scale increases in capacity to the removal of a wall and replacement with a steel beam.
Fees
The initial conversation and/or the site visit will cost nothing for the first hour - as long as the site is more or less in my vicinity at any given time. After that, there will be a fee, but that can only be determined after the initial visit - hence the buckshee 60 minutes. Occasionally the fees are expressed as a percentage, but more often than not it will be a lump sum agreed before any commitments are made.
If your particular issue is not covered here, please contact me and I would be happy to discuss the matter further
