Services

You have a structural challenge, and we have the experience developing creative and practical solutions in the Washington, DC region. Our team brings experience, responsiveness, and technical sophistication to every project.

Structural design

Project Approach

We are engaged in projects from Concept Design through Construction, and work to realize the architect’s vision and achieve the owner’s goals. Our team’s creativity helps the larger project team conceive of a more effective building, reduce construction costs and allow the building to work efficiently with other systems. For all of our projects, our approach is always personal, creative, and grounded by our vast, collective experience.

Structural Analysis

Technical expertise is a hallmark of our practice. We use state-of-the-art software, 3D modelling and analysis methods to achieve efficiencies in designs. Our analysis modeling is coupled with our practical, common sense approach that allows for highly technical designs to be easily understood and constructed. Our engineers stay abreast of the latest analysis methods, code changes and construction trends.

BIM - REVIT

The majority of our projects are performed in Revit (including BIM 360). BIM is a powerful communication tool, and together, our team efficiently integrates our structural design with modeling and coordination between disciplines.

Quality Control

As structural engineers, we recognize and take seriously our responsibility to our clients and to the public. Each one of Ehlert Bryan DC’s projects is led by an experienced project manager under the oversight of a principal. Our method for review is comprehensive to filter out inefficiencies and to maximize accuracy and coordination.

Repair and Restoration

Project Approach

Our Repair and Restoration team specializes in investigation, evaluation and repair of existing structures. With a dedicated and experienced engineering staff, we can rapidly respond to our clients’ needs with existing structures.

From investigation to construction quality control, our specialist engineers assist our clients during all stages of construction. Our experience from working throughout the U.S. allows us to be able to provide solutions to a broad range of materials and construction types.

Repair Services

Structural Repair and Strengthening
Waterproofing, Roof, and Building Envelope consulting
Temporary Shoring Design
Material testing
Bidding and Contract Administration
Third Party Inspections

Surveys and feasibility studies

Condition Assessments

An understanding of an existing structure’s condition (and deficiencies) can be critical to the success of a project. At the onset of a project, an experienced engineer will visit the site to survey the structure and provide a thorough, technical report to document the condition of the structure. Observed deficiencies will be identified, and recommendations will be made for further action.

Feasibility Studies

For many projects, the structural implications of the proposed work is unknown and can potentially make or break a project. During the early concept phases of a project, Ehlert Bryan can work alongside an owner or architect to develop structural schemes that can support the project’s vision. Through our creativity and experience, we are able to make visions a reality that were previously deemed impractical or too expensive. For these studies, structural analysis is often performed to validate conceptual ideas, and our deliverable is typically a report and corresponding sketches or drawings.

Value Engineering (VE)

Our team can provide insight to the overall constructability of the project considering contractor staging areas, sequencing of construction, site accessibility and public safety during construction. We review all disciplines and take a team approach to each and every study.

Progressive Collapse/Building Hardening

Many General Services Administration (GSA), Department of Defense (DoD), and other federal, state and local government agency projects require that new and existing building structures be designed to mitigate the risk of progressive collapse. We perform progressive collapse analyses per both the GSA and DoD (UFC) requirements.

We offer a highly technical approach to progressive collapse analysis, often using 3D finite element models to perform non-linear, dynamic and time-history analyses that can have a substantial impact on the efficiency and cost of the increased structural resilience.

Additional services include, but are not limited to:

Seismic Certifications
Due Diligence Reports

Forensic Investigation
Constructability Reviews