
Africa
Structural Engineering Services in Ghana
Every engineering discipline your Ghana project needs — designed to SANS 10162, EN 1993, AISC 360 and delivered with a 2–4 hour time difference with full-day coordination.
Quick answer
Structural Engineering Services serves clients in Ghana with 60+ engineering services, working to SANS 10162, EN 1993, AISC 360, ASME B31.3, API 650. Key sectors: Mining, Oil & Gas, Power, Water.
Design basis
Codes, standards & units for Ghana
Every package we issue for Ghana is designed, checked and drawn to the standards your reviewers already use — no translation step at your end.
| Standard | Discipline | How we apply it |
|---|---|---|
| SANS 10162 | Structural steel | Limit-states design of steel structures for local review |
| EN 1993 | Structural steel | Eurocode 3 steel design with the National Annex applicable to the project |
| AISC 360 | Structural steel | Member, connection and stability design for frames, racks and platforms |
| ASME B31.3 | Process piping | Wall thickness, flexibility and CAESAR II stress acceptance |
| API 650 | Storage tanks | Welded tank shells, annular plates, roofs and appurtenances |
Units on Ghana jobs
metric
Metric throughout — millimetres on drawings, metres for levels and setting out, kilonewtons and megapascals in the calculations.
What lands in your folder
Native Tekla, STAAD.Pro, CAESAR II and PV-Elite files plus PDF, DWG, DXF, NC1/DSTV and IFC.
Drawing conventions your fabricator expects
- Sheets & scales
- ISO A1 / A3 sheets, 1:50 and 1:100 GAs
- Dimensions
- Millimetres, with levels in metres to the mine or plant datum
- Steel grades
- S355JR to EN 10025 or ASTM A572 Gr.50, per the project specification
- Bolting
- EN 14399 or ASTM F3125 assemblies, HDG for coastal and mine duty
- Welding
- ISO 2553 or AWS D1.1 weld symbols — whichever the fabricator works to
- Projection
- First-angle projection with mine grid co-ordinates
How we work with you
A working day with your Ghana team
Nothing about this is improvised. Ghana is 5 h 30 m behind our engineering desk (UTC+05:30), so we run a fixed daily rhythm around your working hours in Ghana.
Clock positions use standard time for Ghana; daylight saving shifts the band by one hour for part of the year.
3 h 30 m
Shared hours 09:00–12:30, Ghana time
< 4 working hours
Answered in the shared window or first thing after it
Twice weekly
A 30-minute model walkthrough on screen, plus a written progress log
09:00
1. Overnight drop is waiting
Models, drawings and calculation updates produced while Ghana was closed are already in the shared folder when your day starts.
09:00–12:30
2. Live window
Screen-share model walkthroughs, connection decisions and RFI closeout — with the engineer who did the work, not an account manager.
17:30
3. You hand off
Mark up the drawings, raise RFIs and set the next priority before you log off. The queue is picked up at the start of our next shift.
Next 09:00
4. Revisions back
Comments closed, revision clouds in place and the next issue in your folder before the first Ghana meeting of the day.
Sector focus
Industries & project types in Ghana
Most Ghana enquiries come from these four sectors — and from the fabricators and EPCs serving them.
Heavy, abrasive-duty structures built far from anywhere — so the drawings have to be right first time.
- Conveyor galleries and trestles
- Transfer towers and chutes
- Silos, bins and hoppers
- Crusher and mill building steel
Upstream, midstream and downstream packages for operators, EPCs and the fabricators who build for them.
- Separator & metering skids
- Pipe racks and process structures
- B31.3 stress packages
- Wellhead and compressor modules
Thermal, renewable and balance-of-plant structures and piping, from boiler house to switchyard.
- Boiler and turbine-hall steelwork
- Chimneys, stacks and flue ducts
- B31.1 power piping stress
- Transmission and substation structures
Municipal and industrial water assets combining tankage, access steel and process piping.
- API 650 / AWWA tank design
- Clarifier bridges and walkways
- Treatment-plant piping and isometrics
- Filter and dosing skids
Commercial & compliance
Contracting, IP and invoicing for Ghana
Engineering is the easy part of an offshore engagement — the contract, the IP and the invoice are what stall it. Here is how we set those up for Ghana clients.
Fixed-price package
Quote in 24 h · 2–4 milestonesBest for: A defined scope — one building, one skid, one vessel
Lump sum against an agreed drawing and tonnage list. Milestone invoicing, and change orders only for scope you approve in writing.
Rate-based delivery
Weekly reporting · monthly invoiceBest for: Scope that is still moving
Per-drawing, per-tonne or per-hour rates fixed up front, with a weekly burn and progress report so the invoice never surprises you.
Dedicated engineers (ODC)
Monthly per seat · 1-month noticeBest for: A continuous workload across many projects
Named engineers reserved for you each month, working in your folder structure, templates and drawing standards under your team lead.
The paperwork, up front
Working with SES from Ghana
- Invoicing currency
- USD by default — other currencies on request
- Payment terms
- Milestone or monthly invoicing, net 30 days from invoice
- Contract vehicle
- NDA, then a master services agreement with a priced scope schedule per package
- IP & ownership
- Models, drawings, calculations and native files transfer to you on final payment
- Cross-border paperwork
- Tax-residency and invoice documentation supplied for Ghana finance and treaty relief
- Insurance
- Professional indemnity cover; certificate issued with the proposal on request
Local practice: Packages are structured for EPCM and mine-standard review gates, with documentation third-party inspectors and local fabricators can work from directly.
Confidentiality, IP & data security
- Mutual NDA signed before drawings are exchanged — usually inside one working day.
- All models, drawings, calculations and native files become your property on final payment.
- Project data lives in access-controlled folders; only the named team on your job can open them.
- No sub-contracting of your scope to a third party without your written consent.
- Every deliverable is produced on genuine licensed software, so your submission chain stays clean.
- Transfers over your portal, SharePoint, or our encrypted link — whichever your IT policy allows.
Coverage
Delivered everywhere in Ghana
We work remotely, so there is no travel premium and no gap in coverage between Ghana's industrial centres.
- Work is delivered remotely from our engineering office: a 2–4 hour time difference with full-day coordination.
- No travel premium, no minimum project size, and the same senior review on every package.
Cities we serve across Ghana
Each has its own page with the same code basis and delivery rhythm.
Neighbouring Africa markets
Same team, same codes — useful when a project crosses a border.
Directory
Every service we deliver in Ghana
Open a discipline to see the exact scope you need. Each page sets out deliverables, the codes we work to in Ghana and a typical turnaround.
62 services
Steel Structures & Detailing in Ghana
20
Tekla-based 3D modeling and fabrication-ready steel detailing for every structure type.
- Steel Detailing Services in Ghana
- Structural Steel Detailing in Ghana
- Tekla 3D Modeling in Ghana
- Fabrication & Shop Drawings in Ghana
- Steel Erection Drawings in Ghana
- BOQ & Material Take-off in Ghana
- Pre-Engineered Building (PEB) Design in Ghana
- Industrial Building Design in Ghana
- Commercial Building Steel Design in Ghana
- Pipe Rack Design in Ghana
- Equipment Support Structures in Ghana
- Offshore Platform Structures in Ghana
- Transmission Tower Design in Ghana
- Communication Tower Design in Ghana
- Steel Staircase & Handrail Design in Ghana
- Factory Shed Design in Ghana
- Storage Tank Dome Roof Design in Ghana
- Long-Span Roof Structures in Ghana
- Process Plant Structures in Ghana
- Loading Ramps & Industrial Platforms in Ghana
Structural Analysis & Design in Ghana
8
Code-compliant analysis, member design, connection and foundation design.
Piping Design & Stress in Ghana
10
3D piping, layouts, isometrics and CAESAR II stress analysis for process plants.
- Piping Design Services in Ghana
- Pipe Stress Analysis in Ghana
- CAESAR II Stress Analysis in Ghana
- CADWorx 3D Piping Modeling in Ghana
- Piping Isometric Drawings in Ghana
- Piping Layout & Routing in Ghana
- Pipe Support Design in Ghana
- Piping Thickness Calculation in Ghana
- Valve Datasheets & Piping BOM in Ghana
- Piping Spool Fabrication Drawings in Ghana
Static Equipment Design in Ghana
10
Mechanical design of pressure vessels, heat exchangers, tanks and stacks.
- Pressure Vessel Design in Ghana
- PV-Elite Vessel Design in Ghana
- ASME Section VIII Design in Ghana
- Heat Exchanger Mechanical Design in Ghana
- Storage Tank Design (API 650) in Ghana
- Silo, Bin & Hopper Design in Ghana
- Chimney & Stack Design in Ghana
- Reactor & Jacketed Vessel Design in Ghana
- Separator & Scrubber Design in Ghana
- Static Equipment Design in Ghana
Skid Package Engineering in Ghana
4
Complete design of modular skids — vessel, piping, structure and lifting.
Finite Element Analysis in Ghana
5
Advanced simulation on ANSYS Mechanical Enterprise for critical components.
CAD, BIM & Drafting in Ghana
5
Detail engineering, BIM modeling and model reviews across all disciplines.
Start your project
Send your drawings. Get a quote in 24 hours.
Free, no-obligation proposal from a senior engineer.