SEFT Consulting Group

Delivering comprehensive engineering solutions for new structures and existing facilities, utilizing advanced analysis and testing methodologies to optimize structural performance.

• Structural Design of New Construction

  Creating robust structural designs across multiple construction types, ensuring compliance with rigorous code requirements and client objectives.

• Structural Condition Assessment

  Evaluating the physical condition of existing structural systems to identify deficiencies, determine structural integrity, and recommend remediation.

• Large Structural Testing

  Conducting large-scale physical testing and structural monitoring to validate component behaviors and design assumptions.

• Advanced Structural Analysis

  Applying state-of-the-art computational tools such as finite element analysis, nonlinear static analysis, and nonlinear response history analysis.

Protecting lives and assets through state-of-the-art earthquake mitigation strategies, analytical modeling, and post-event response planning.

• Performance-Based Seismic Evaluation and Retrofit Design

  Utilizing advanced performance-based methodologies to assess earthquake vulnerabilities and design cost-effective rehabilitation systems.

• Post-Earthquake Inspections

  Providing rapid safety assessments and building evaluations following seismic events to support recovery and re-occupancy.

• Seismic Risk Assessment, PMLs, and Transaction Due Diligence

  Developing probable maximum loss estimates and performing structural risk reviews to guide real estate transactions and risk management decisions.

Mitigating coastal inundation hazards through resilient structural designs that withstand hydrodynamic forces and debris impacts.

• Tsunami-Resistant Design

  Engineering coastal buildings and critical infrastructure systems to survive hydrodynamic forces, hydrostatic pressures, and buoyancy effects.

Providing specialized technical oversight, investigative services, and long-term planning to enhance community and organizational longevity.

• Peer Review

  Offering independent, authoritative reviews of structural and seismic designs to verify code compliance and engineering efficacy.

• Forensic Investigation

  Investigating structural failures, material distress, and performance anomalies to determine root causes and liability.

• Resilience Planning

  Formulating comprehensive strategies for public agencies and large enterprises to ensure business and utility continuity after major natural disasters.