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FBC 2023 · ASCE 7-22 · Wind 140–180 mph · Framing layouts

Structural design that reaches the field as a usable layout.

Framing plans, foundation plans, beam and column layouts, shear-wall and uplift schedules, and the connection details a crew can build from. Wind and flood provisions applied to your actual geometry, coordinated with architecture and MEP from schematic onward.

What we deliver

Engineering plus the layout that carries it into construction.

A calculation nobody can build from is not a deliverable. The layout is part of the document set.

Framing layouts

Floor and roof framing plans with member sizes, spans, spacing, hangers and blocking — drawn to the architecture that will actually be permitted.

Foundation & slab design

Spread, stem-wall, mat and pile-supported foundations coordinated with the geotechnical report and Florida soils.

Gravity systems

Beams, headers, columns and load transfer resolved for the real geometry — wood, light-gauge steel, structural steel, concrete and masonry.

Lateral force-resisting systems

Wind-load design under ASCE 7-22 with continuous load paths through diaphragms, shear walls, frames and uplift connections.

Uplift & connection detailing

Hold-downs, straps, anchor bolts and connector schedules with the uplift values they satisfy, so inspection is a comparison rather than an argument.

Flood-zone construction

FEMA flood-zone (A, AE, V, VE) requirements applied to foundation and lowest-floor elevations per FBC 2023 and ASCE 24.

Codes & standards we work to

The basis is stated on the drawings, not implied.

Florida Building Code, Building (2023)

Governing structural provisions.

ASCE 7-22

Gravity and lateral load criteria, including wind.

ASCE 24

Flood-resistant construction requirements.

AWC NDS / SDPWS

Wood design and special design provisions for wind and seismic.

AISI S100 / S240

Cold-formed steel design and lateral framing.

AISC 360

Structural steel design.

ACI 318

Reinforced concrete design.

TMS 402 / 602

Masonry design and construction.

Project types

Residential, multifamily, commercial, mixed-use, industrial — and the renovation work in between.

ResidentialMultifamilyCommercialMixed-useIndustrialTenant fit-outRenovation / additionNew construction
Deliverables

Drawings, schedules and the calculations behind them.

Structural sheets

Framing, foundation, roof and lateral plans at permit-ready quality.

General structural notes

Design criteria: code edition, loads, assumptions and material specifications.

Schedules

Beam, column, shear-wall, diaphragm and connector schedules.

Connection details

Typical and project-specific details for the load path, drawn to be built.

Calculation package

The engineering record behind the drawings, available on request.

Permit support

Response to structural plan-review comments through to issuance.

Have drawings that need structure resolved? Send them over.

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