From brief to the last lift
Grasso Consulting Engineers
Six stages, one engineer. The same director takes the brief, inspects the structure, designs the solution, signs it and stays with it on site.
The six stages
We start with a conversation and your documents: architectural drawings, survey, geotechnical report, the existing structure’s drawings if it is coming down, and your programme. We agree what the structure or the demolition has to achieve and what we will deliver.
Review of the existing documentation and an inspection of the site and the structure. For a demolition this is where the structural system, post-tensioning, transfer structures and any surprises are identified; for a new building it is where the ground, the boundaries and the neighbours are understood.
For demolitions, the methodology: sequence, temporary propping, retained elements, lifts and loads, worked through with the contractor. For new buildings, the structural concept: framing, materials and the spans that make the architecture work.
Properly detailed drawings and calculations in reinforced concrete, post-tensioned concrete, steel or timber, plus the design of temporary works, lifting cradles and rigging where the job needs them.
Design compliance declarations as a Registered Design Practitioner – Structural (NSW) for regulated designs, RPEQ certification in Queensland, and review and approval of the structural engineering content of work method statements.
Meetings with the owner and the contractor through the works, inspections at the hold points that matter, and a phone that is answered when something on site is not what the drawings said.
What we need, what you get
A plain account of the inputs and outputs at each stage.
| Stage | You provide | We deliver |
|---|---|---|
| 01 Brief | Drawings, site address, programme, what the project has to achieve | A scope, fee and programme for the engineering |
| 02 Site and structure | Access to the site and to existing documentation | Inspection notes and an assessment of the existing structure |
| 03 Methodology and concept | Your preferred plant, sequence and constraints | A demolition methodology or structural concept to build the design on |
| 04 Design and documentation | Comments on the concept; architectural updates | Detailed drawings and calculations, temporary works and rigging design |
| 05 Certification and approvals | The work method statements and certifier’s requirements | Design declarations (NSW), RPEQ certification (Qld), approved WMS content |
| 06 On site | Notice of hold points and anything that changes | Site meetings, inspections and answers while the work is under way |
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