
Middle East
Structural Engineering Services in Qatar
Every engineering discipline your Qatar project needs — designed to AISC 360, ASME B31.3, API 650 and delivered with almost full working-day overlap with 1–2.5 hours time difference.
Quick answer
Structural Engineering Services serves clients in Qatar with 60+ engineering services, working to AISC 360, ASME B31.3, API 650, Saudi Aramco SAES, ADNOC / Shell DEP. Key sectors: Oil & Gas, Petrochemical, Desalination, Infrastructure.
Design basis
Codes, standards & units for Qatar
Drawings that arrive in the wrong convention cost days on the shop floor. Here is exactly what we design and draft to for Qatar.
| Standard | Discipline | How we apply it |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Saudi Aramco SAES | Client standard | SAES/SAEP compliance matrices and vendor documentation for in-Kingdom work |
| ADNOC / Shell DEP | Client standard | Operator specifications layered over the base code on group projects |
Units on Qatar 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 in the operator's or EPC's title block
- Dimensions
- Millimetres; plant north, grid and elevation datum per the client spec
- Steel grades
- ASTM A36 / A572 Gr.50 and S355 from the operator's approved material list
- Bolting
- ASTM F3125 A325 or EN 14399 10.9, HDG or 3-coat system for coastal duty
- Welding
- AWS D1.1 symbols referencing the approved WPS/PQR for the fabricator
- Projection
- Third-angle projection unless the project specification states otherwise
How we work with you
A working day with your Qatar team
Nothing about this is improvised. Qatar is 2 h 30 m behind our engineering desk (UTC+05:30), so we run a fixed daily rhythm around your working hours in Qatar.
Clock positions use standard time for Qatar; daylight saving shifts the band by one hour for part of the year.
6 h 30 m
Shared hours 09:00–15:30, Qatar time
Same working day
Raised and closed inside one working day
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 Qatar was closed are already in the shared folder when your day starts.
09:00–15:30
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 Qatar meeting of the day.
Sector focus
Industries & project types in Qatar
The work that reaches us from Qatar clusters around four sectors. These are the packages we are asked for most.
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
Process-unit steelwork and equipment where clash-free layouts and hot stress cases decide the schedule.
- Columns, reactors & exchangers
- Unit racks, platforms and access
- Hot and cryogenic stress analysis
- Revamp and tie-in detailing
RO and thermal desalination packages in the most corrosive environment there is.
- RO and MED package skids
- Intake and outfall structures
- Duplex and GRP piping layouts
- Chemical dosing and storage tanks
Public and transport steelwork where geometry is complex and the finish is on show.
- Long-span roofs and canopies
- Pedestrian bridges and walkways
- Terminal and stadium steelwork
- Transit and utility structures
Commercial & compliance
Contracting, IP and invoicing for Qatar
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 Qatar 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 Qatar
- Invoicing currency
- QAR or USD, fixed at contract stage
- 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 Qatar finance and treaty relief
- Insurance
- Professional indemnity cover; certificate issued with the proposal on request
Local practice: We supply vendor pre-qualification packs, operator compliance matrices (SAES, ADNOC, Shell DEP) and English-language documentation sized for third-party and PMC 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 Qatar
We work remotely, so there is no travel premium and no gap in coverage between Qatar's industrial centres.
- Work is delivered remotely from our engineering office: almost full working-day overlap with 1–2.5 hours time difference.
- No travel premium, no minimum project size, and the same senior review on every package.
Cities we serve across Qatar
Each has its own page with the same code basis and delivery rhythm.
Directory
Every service we deliver in Qatar
Open a discipline to see the exact scope you need. Each page sets out deliverables, the codes we work to in Qatar and a typical turnaround.
62 services
Steel Structures & Detailing in Qatar
20
Tekla-based 3D modeling and fabrication-ready steel detailing for every structure type.
- Steel Detailing Services in Qatar
- Structural Steel Detailing in Qatar
- Tekla 3D Modeling in Qatar
- Fabrication & Shop Drawings in Qatar
- Steel Erection Drawings in Qatar
- BOQ & Material Take-off in Qatar
- Pre-Engineered Building (PEB) Design in Qatar
- Industrial Building Design in Qatar
- Commercial Building Steel Design in Qatar
- Pipe Rack Design in Qatar
- Equipment Support Structures in Qatar
- Offshore Platform Structures in Qatar
- Transmission Tower Design in Qatar
- Communication Tower Design in Qatar
- Steel Staircase & Handrail Design in Qatar
- Factory Shed Design in Qatar
- Storage Tank Dome Roof Design in Qatar
- Long-Span Roof Structures in Qatar
- Process Plant Structures in Qatar
- Loading Ramps & Industrial Platforms in Qatar
Structural Analysis & Design in Qatar
8
Code-compliant analysis, member design, connection and foundation design.
Piping Design & Stress in Qatar
10
3D piping, layouts, isometrics and CAESAR II stress analysis for process plants.
- Piping Design Services in Qatar
- Pipe Stress Analysis in Qatar
- CAESAR II Stress Analysis in Qatar
- CADWorx 3D Piping Modeling in Qatar
- Piping Isometric Drawings in Qatar
- Piping Layout & Routing in Qatar
- Pipe Support Design in Qatar
- Piping Thickness Calculation in Qatar
- Valve Datasheets & Piping BOM in Qatar
- Piping Spool Fabrication Drawings in Qatar
Static Equipment Design in Qatar
10
Mechanical design of pressure vessels, heat exchangers, tanks and stacks.
- Pressure Vessel Design in Qatar
- PV-Elite Vessel Design in Qatar
- ASME Section VIII Design in Qatar
- Heat Exchanger Mechanical Design in Qatar
- Storage Tank Design (API 650) in Qatar
- Silo, Bin & Hopper Design in Qatar
- Chimney & Stack Design in Qatar
- Reactor & Jacketed Vessel Design in Qatar
- Separator & Scrubber Design in Qatar
- Static Equipment Design in Qatar
Skid Package Engineering in Qatar
4
Complete design of modular skids — vessel, piping, structure and lifting.
Finite Element Analysis in Qatar
5
Advanced simulation on ANSYS Mechanical Enterprise for critical components.
CAD, BIM & Drafting in Qatar
5
Detail engineering, BIM modeling and model reviews across all disciplines.
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