Foundation Engineering and Inspections in Houston
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Foundation Engineering and Inspections
At LEVEL, we redefine the standard for foundation inspection and engineering services, ensuring the backbone of your structure—the foundation—is robust and reliable. Our dedicated team of Structural Engineers and Architects focuses on meticulous inspections and thorough assessments, pinpointing potential issues before they escalate into costly repairs. Whether you’re a homeowner, real estate professional, commercial property owner, or involved in construction, our comprehensive services are designed to meet your unique needs.
We pride ourselves on delivering detailed reports that offer actionable, common-sense recommendations, ensuring the safety, usability, and financial well-being of your property. Serving a wide range of clients, including municipalities, districts, developers, commercial entities, and HOA’s, we provide unmatched design and project management services. Our aim is to safeguard the effectiveness and sustainability of your projects and properties, offering peace of mind to you, your family, or your tenants.
Our Foundation Engineering and Inspections Services Include:
- Residential and commercial
- Structural design
- Structural evaluation and analysis
- Retrofitting design
- Repair design
- Stabilization design
- Design of new foundations.
- Evaluation and permit repair drawings to aid in the repair of foundations.
- Reinforcing of the existing foundations.
- Types of foundations: Footings, Caissons, Helical piers, retrofit foundations
Commercial & Residential Foundation Engineering and Inspections Services Including Real Estate Transactions
Our Licensed Structural Engineers have extensive experience working with residential, industrial and commercial buildings. You can read through some of their work history and areas of expertise on our about page.
Whether you are a commercial real estate owner, manager contractor or lawyer, it’s important to consult a structural Engineer prior to beginning work on structural related projects.
We are often called to help with:
- Investigating cracks in a foundation or interior or exterior walls
- Designing a foundation repair or restoration
- Designing new foundations for residential, industrial and commercial buildings
- Providing certification and forensics reports
- Designing foundations for metal buildings
We often answer questions such as:
- Why did this happen?
- Did the previous owner know about this?
- How do we fix it?
- Am I safe?
Foundation cracks can be a clear sign of further issues to come. But they aren’t always…
It could be a sign of concrete curing or the sign that there is movement below the house, putting your structure in a vulnerable state.
Common Signs of foundation issues include
- Cracks in exterior wall
- Inward bowing walls
- Cracks in foundation
- Uneven or sloping floors
- Crack in interior wall
- Hard to open window & doors
- Sagging floors over a crawl space
- Expansive soils (front range)
- Collapsible soils
- Old Historic (brick or stone) foundations- these are often deteriorated and not performing well
How it Works
Give us a call or fill out the form below to inform us of your project needs.
Speak with our experienced team to schedule your Local Engineer or Architect.
A LEVEL Expert will come to your property for inspection/consultation.
Move forward with confidence.
With decades of A&E experience, we use engineering analysis of structures and our judgment to create solutions to unique problems.
Projects vary widely in scope. We usually need to evaluate the current structure to be able to evaluate the project scope. We meet on-site to inspect an issue and discuss possible solutions or designs to address them. Design is an iterative process, so we continue dialogue with our clients throughout the process as we refine our preliminary design ideas into a final working solution.
Why do I need a LEVEL A&E Foundation Expert?
You need stamped repair drawings by a licensed structural engineer. While a contractor may be able to help in some aspects, they are not able to provide the repair drawings. Foundation repair is a speciality in the construction industry. Not everyone is qualified to perform these repairs.
- Who do we talk to?
- How do we repair it?
- Is it worth repairing?
- Cost/Benefit analysis?
- Can it be saved?
What issues can arise if action isn’t taken
Failure of the foundation walls. Continued deterioration and lateral and vertical movement of the foundation causing cracking in finishes, such as drywall, brick, siding etc. Heaving or settling of the foundation causing damage in the finishes.
Don’t Panic
Regardless of the severity, there is almost always a remedy to repair instead of replace.
We work closely with our trusted partners to provide for you foundation engineering and repair in a streamlined, turnkey fashion.
No longer are the days where each company you hire tells you something completely different. Our licensed Structural Engineers and Architects provide thorough inspection and design of the foundation and the structures it supports.
FAQ
- Give us a call or fill our our contact form and we will be in touch to help you answer any questions and schedule your Level expert.
- Site visit to evaluate the foundation.
- If needed, we can provide a letter or drawings for the repairs and define scope of work.
- We will refer one of our foundation repair specialists.
- Construction observations to ensure integrity throughout the project.
We spend a lot of our time on foundations. The condition of a buildings foundation impacts everything from safety and usability to financial decisions. Unexamined foundation issues can cost a tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars. They can also be purely cosmetic. At LEVEL, our Structural Engineers and Architects provide thorough and professional analysis with common sense, actionable recommendations to ensure safety and peace of mind for you, your family, or your tenants.
- Evaluation and permit repair drawings to aid in the repair of foundations.
- Design of new foundations.
- Reinforcing of the existing foundations.
- Types of foundations: Footings, Caissons, Helical piers, retrofit foundations
- Foundation repair specialist referrals
- Peace of mind
“Forensic” literally means having to do with the court system. So any engineering effort that may result in court testimony or litigation service.
Contact
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