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Structural Engineering Services in Panama

Every engineering discipline your Panama project needs — designed to AISC 360, ASCE 7, NSR-10 and delivered with overnight production so drawings are ready at start of day.

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Structural Engineering Services serves clients in Panama with 60+ engineering services, working to AISC 360, ASCE 7, NSR-10, ASME B31.3, API 650. Key sectors: Mining, Oil & Gas, Energy, Industrial.

Design basis

Codes, standards & units for Panama

We set the design basis for Panama work before the first model is built, so the calculation report and the drawings speak the same language as your approval chain.

Standard	Discipline	How we apply it
AISC 360	Structural steel	Member, connection and stability design for frames, racks and platforms
ASCE 7	Loads	Wind, seismic, snow and load-combination basis for every analysis model
NSR-10	Loads & seismic	Seismic-resistant construction requirements for the region
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 Panama 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, or ANSI D where the EPC is US-based
Dimensions: Millimetres, with imperial callouts where US rolled sections are used
Steel grades: ASTM A36 / A572 Gr.50, with local equivalents cross-referenced
Bolting: ASTM F3125 Gr. A325 / A490 with washer and tensioning notes
Welding: AWS D1.1 weld symbols, bilingual notes on request
Projection: Third-angle projection with project grid and datum

How we work with you

A working day with your Panama team

Nothing about this is improvised. Panama is 10 h 30 m behind our engineering desk (UTC+05:30), so we run a fixed daily rhythm around your working hours in Panama.

Your day in PanamaOur engineering deskExtended deskShared hours

09:00–17:30

00:00–07:30

23:00–00:00

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09:00Your morning19:30 here

13:00Your midday23:30 here

17:30Your hand-off04:00 here

Clock positions use standard time for Panama; daylight saving shifts the band by one hour for part of the year.

Extended-desk overlap

2 h 30 m

Our extended shift covers 09:00–11:30, Panama time

RFI turnaround

Next morning

Queued at hand-off and answered before your next morning

Review rhythm

Weekly + daily log

A recorded model walkthrough you watch on your clock, plus a daily written log

09:00
1. Overnight drop is waiting
Models, drawings and calculation updates produced while Panama was closed are already in the shared folder when your day starts.
09:00–11:30
2. Extended-desk window
A senior engineer holds an extended shift so Panama can take calls and close RFIs live rather than by email.
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 Panama meeting of the day.

Sector focus

Industries & project types in Panama

Most Panama enquiries come from these four sectors — and from the fabricators and EPCs serving them.

Mining

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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

Oil & Gas

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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

Energy

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Generation and transmission assets where equipment loads drive both the structure and the foundations.

Power-block and BOP structures
Steam and condensate stress analysis
Tank farms and terminal steel
Switchyard and substation frames

Industrial

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Production and logistics facilities where tonnage economy and erection speed decide the bid.

PEB and heavy industrial sheds
Crane gantries and runway beams
Mezzanines, platforms and stairs
Equipment support structures

Commercial & compliance

Contracting, IP and invoicing for Panama

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 Panama clients.

Fixed-price package

Quote in 24 h · 2–4 milestones

Best 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 invoice

Best 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 notice

Best 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 Panama

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 Panama finance and treaty relief
Insurance: Professional indemnity cover; certificate issued with the proposal on request

Local practice: Bilingual title blocks and drawing notes on request, with documentation structured for EPC and owner review gates.

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 Panama

We work remotely, so there is no travel premium and no gap in coverage between Panama's industrial centres.

Work is delivered remotely from our engineering office: overnight production so drawings are ready at start of day.
No travel premium, no minimum project size, and the same senior review on every package.

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Neighbouring Latin America markets

Same team, same codes — useful when a project crosses a border.

Brazil Mexico Chile Colombia Peru Argentina Ecuador Uruguay Costa Rica Trinidad & Tobago Guyana Dominican Republic

Every service we deliver in Panama

Open a discipline to see the exact scope you need. Each page sets out deliverables, the codes we work to in Panama and a typical turnaround.

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Steel Structures & Detailing in Panama

Tekla-based 3D modeling and fabrication-ready steel detailing for every structure type.

Structural Analysis & Design in Panama

Code-compliant analysis, member design, connection and foundation design.

Piping Design & Stress in Panama

3D piping, layouts, isometrics and CAESAR II stress analysis for process plants.

Static Equipment Design in Panama

Mechanical design of pressure vessels, heat exchangers, tanks and stacks.

Skid Package Engineering in Panama

Complete design of modular skids — vessel, piping, structure and lifting.

Finite Element Analysis in Panama

Advanced simulation on ANSYS Mechanical Enterprise for critical components.

CAD, BIM & Drafting in Panama

Detail engineering, BIM modeling and model reviews across all disciplines.

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