Industries
Steel frames, connections and BIM for offices, malls, hospitals and high-rise buildings.
Quick answer
Structural Engineering Services supports Commercial Construction projects worldwide with commercial building steel design, steel connection design, revit bim modeling, steel detailing services — delivered by senior engineers on licensed software to international codes.
Governing codes
Sector challenges
On commercial steel the engineering is rarely the hard part — the coordination is. Architects move grids, services want holes, and the fabricator needs drawings before the design is finished. We work the way that programme actually runs.
Challenge 01
Grid shifts, slab edges and facade setting-out move after the steel model has already started.
How we answer it
Models are built around grids and levels so a change propagates through members, connections and drawings, instead of triggering a manual re-draw of every affected sheet.
Challenge 02
MEP routes arrive late and want holes exactly where the shear is highest.
How we answer it
Penetration zones are agreed and modelled up front; late holes are checked against the design and reinforced with pre-approved standard details rather than case-by-case redesign.
Challenge 03
Shops need the first phase of steel while the upper floors are still being designed.
How we answer it
Scope is split into release packages by zone with a frozen interface at each boundary, so early steel can be cut without later changes making it obsolete.
Challenge 04
Connection responsibility often falls between the engineer of record, the fabricator and the detailer.
How we answer it
We take the delegated scope explicitly: reactions tabulated, connections designed and checked to AISC or Eurocode, with the assumptions sheet issued alongside the drawings.
Relevant services
Designing and detailing steel frames for offices, malls, hospitals and high-rise commercial buildings.
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Designing shear, moment, bracing and base-plate connections with full calculation sheets.
ExploreCreating coordinated Revit structural BIM models for building projects.
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Converting engineering design drawings into precise fabrication and erection documents that shops can cut, drill and weld from without guesswork.
ExploreTypical assets
From a single assembly to a complete package — the asset types our commercial construction teams work on week to week.
Composite floor framing, moment frames, braced cores and transfer structures.
Long-span retail floors, atrium framing and entrance canopy steel.
Vibration-sensitive floors, plant decks and heavily serviced framing.
Curtain-wall brackets, mullion supports and parapet framing with movement allowance.
Transfer trusses and girders where the tower grid does not match the podium.
Feature and escape stairs, balustrades, plant platforms and screens.
Codes & specifications
The base code is only half the story. On commercial construction work the client specification usually overrides it somewhere, so we agree a single reconciled design basis before any calculation starts.
Browse all codesMember and connection design, with 341 where the seismic system needs ductile detailing.
Wind, seismic and load combinations, plus the drift and serviceability limits owners notice.
Design plus execution class, which sets the fabrication tolerance and NDT regime.
Welding procedures and prequalified joints that must match the shop approvals.
Floor vibration criteria, increasingly written into the brief for offices and hospitals.
Legacy and Indian-market projects still specified on these codes.
Free quote
Send the drawings or datasheets you already have. We will tell you what is missing and quote the scope in 24 hours.
Project lifecycle
Most clients bring us in at detailed design. We can start earlier, or pick a package up mid-stream — here is what you get from us at each stage.
Options, preliminary sizing and budget tonnage, before the scheme is frozen.
Framing options and preliminary tonnage for the cost plan.
You receive
Design basis, load schedules and layouts good enough to price and procure from.
Grid, member sizing, stability strategy and connection philosophy.
You receive
Full analysis, code checks, 3D modelling and issued-for-construction documentation.
Analysis, connection design and a Tekla or Revit model released package by package.
You receive
Shop queries, RFIs and as-built updates while steel is being cut and erected.
Site RFIs, fit-up queries and as-built model updates during erection.
You receive
Deliverables & handover
Building projects are handed over as release packages with a drawing register per zone, so the fabricator, the erector and the design team all work from the same revision at the same time.
| Deliverable | Format | Issued at |
|---|---|---|
| Design basis and calculation report | PDF, signed and checked | Detailed design |
| General arrangement drawings | DWG + PDF | FEED to detailed design |
| Drawing register and transmittal | XLSX + PDF | Every issue |
| Tekla 3D model | Native .db1 + IFC 2x3/4 | Detailed design |
| Single-part, assembly and erection drawings | PDF + DWG, one sheet per mark | Detailed design |
| CNC files, bolt list and BOQ | NC1/DSTV, DXF, XLSX | Pre-fabrication |
| Analysis model and load combinations | STAAD .std + PDF summary | Detailed design |
| Connection and base-plate design sheets | PDF calculation pack | Detailed design |
| Federated model and clash report | RVT/NWD + PDF clash log | Detailed design |
| 2D documentation set | DWG + PDF to your CAD standard | All stages |
| Connection assumptions and reaction schedule | PDF + XLSX | Detailed design |
| Floor vibration and deflection check | PDF calculation | Detailed design |
Two-stage check
Originator, then senior checker signs off every sheet before it leaves our office.
Native files included
You own the model, so another team can pick the work up at any point.
Revision control
A revision table on every sheet; superseded issues are archived, never deleted.
Your transmittal route
Issued through your document-control portal with your numbering, or over secure FTP.
Directory
Jump straight to the market you build in. Every page sets out the governing codes, units and delivery window we work to there.
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