Anvil Engineering

Comprehensive structural design and engineering plans for custom homes, additions, and light commercial structures.

• Framing Plans

  Developing efficient load paths, roof purlin and strut locations, wall bracing, and clear beam sizing to minimize beam quantity and size.

• Engineered Foundations

  Designing conventional, post-tensioned, pier-and-beam, and pier-supported slab foundations, including soil report compliance and post-tension concrete estimations.

• Custom Home & Addition Design

  Tailored structural design and framing layout support for custom home builders, remodelers, and owners.

Engineering and certified inspection support to comply with Texas windstorm-design requirements.

• TDI Windstorm Engineering

  Designing structures to withstand wind speeds up to 130 MPH in Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) designated catastrophe areas.

• Construction Inspections

  Providing certified construction-phase inspections, including Pre-Pour, Pier, Elongation, Clip & Strap, Shearwall, Structural Frame, Crawlspace, and Nail Pattern reviews.

Investigation and evaluation of existing framing, foundations, and building envelope concerns.

• Foundation Performance Evaluation

  Evaluating foundation movement, sheetrock cracks, brick veneer cracks, and doors failing to close properly.

• Structural Framing Assessment

  Evaluating and resolving active framing and foundation issues arising during or after construction.

Specialized design and plan review to optimize structural safety and cost efficiency.

• Light Structural Steel Design

  Designing custom stairs, handrails, ladders, platforms, pipe supports, and steel beams and columns.

• Steel Shop-Drawing Review

  Reviewing fabricator and detailer steel shop drawings for compliance with contract structural drawings.

• Value Engineering Review

  Conducting cost-saving and quality-enhancement reviews of existing structural plans to promote construction efficiency.