Site Investigations: What the Ground Decides
The frame gets the attention and the ground writes the cheque: what a site investigation saves, and three ground conditions that change a foundation here.
Notes From the Office
What we end up explaining on the phone, written down once: when a job needs an engineer, who signs what under the building regulations, and what a precast frame is actually buying you.
When an Extension Needs an Engineer
Most of the calls this office takes are about a wall somebody wants to open up. Here is how to tell whether that wall is holding the house up, and what it costs to find out.
Design Certifier or Assigned Certifier
Design Certifier and Assigned Certifier are two different appointments under the building regulations, and they get used as though they were one. The difference decides who is on the hook for what.
What Precast Concrete Actually Buys
Precast is sold on speed, the least interesting part of it. What it buys is a dry floor to work off and a programme that stops depending on the weather.
Irish Construction in 2026: Money Is No Longer Enough
Ireland's record €275 billion National Development Plan runs to 2035 and its projects are stuck. What has to change for the money to become building.
Structural Engineering in Ireland Today
Housing, transport and infrastructure are being built at once, and the engineering under them has changed more than the skyline has. Three things define the job in Ireland now, and the calculation is none of them.
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