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Our Services

VP-Engineering provides a range of services that focus on the analysis, design,
evaluation, and support of structures to ensure they are safe, stable, durable, and efficient. Here's a comprehensive list of core and specialized services our firm offer:

Structural Design

  • Provide engineering design of residential and commercial buildings and retaining walls.

  • Timber, steel, concrete and concrete masonry unit (CMU), cold form steel, and composite structures.

  • Integration with architectural and MEP systems

  • Design optimization for cost, performance, and sustainability

  • Provide full set of engineering plans to get building permit from local government agency

Structural Analysis

& Modeling

  • Load calculations (dead, live, wind, seismic, snow, etc.)

  • Structural behavior simulation under various conditions

Foundation & Geotechnical Coordination

  • Design of shallow and deep foundations.

  • Soil-structure interaction analysis.

  • Collaboration with geotechnical consultants

Structural Inspections & Assessments

  • On-site inspections for integrity and safety.

  • Structural condition reports and audits

Retrofitting, Renovation

& Strengthening

  • Independent design verification.

  • Compliance checks with local and international building codes.

Anchor Design for

non-structural components

  • Design the anchor to comply with ASCE-7 loading criteria and ACI-318 capacity requirements

  • Provide types of anchor (mechanical and adhesive) and specification

  • Minimum embedment depth and edge distances shall be maintained as specified by the anchor manufacturer and applicable codes to prevent breakout or pullout failure

Seismic & Wind Engineering

  • Earthquake-resistant structural design

  • Wind load assessment and mitigation

  • Performance-based design for high-risk zones

Retrofitting, Renovation

& Strengthening

  • Assessment of aging or damaged structures.

  • Upgrades for seismic compliance or load changes

BIM (Building Information Modeling)

  • 3D structural modeling and coordination with other disciplines.

Value Engineering

  • Cost-benefit analysis of design alternatives.

  • Structural system optimization for performance and budget.

Structural Design, ADU, Residential, Building Design

Ryan Thai Dinh, PE
Civil Engineer CA License: C 96355 

619-325-7289

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