Buildings: Custom homes are built typically with large windows, airy spaces, and irregular geometry.  It is often set on hillside or beach.  An elegant structural design works seamlessly with the architectural space.  Most common building material for home design is wood.  TME has conducted training seminars in wood design for fellow engineers and architects.  TME is experienced with the design of custom homes on creeping, expansive, compressible soils and on beach sand.   Track homes and apartments are simple structures.  A seasoned structural engineer knows how to design track homes economically without cutting corners.  A judiciously chosen structural system to suit a particular architectural design is the key to saving construction cost.     Condominiums are known to be vulnerable to lawsuits.  Suits often originate from cracks and leaks.  TME has the know how to reduce the potential of cracks for stucco wall, slab on grade and masonry wall.  Many condominiums have subterranean parking garages, which often crack and leak. Post-tensioned parking slab with controlled restraint can substantially reduce the crack potential.  TME is an expert in designing crack mitigated, post-tensioned subterranean parking.  We have an excellent record of designing crack resistant PT parking garages.     Commercial Building: Shopping centers, movie theaters, hotels , restaurants are all examples of commercial buildings.  Innovative design using proven structural systems and materials is the gateway to economical design.  TME is experienced with all non-experimental structural systems and materials. We can design safe and elegant buildings at a lower cost.   Industrial Building: Industrial buildings are typically irregular, sometimes massive. Therein resides the opportunity to be creative.  A good structural design has an even factor of safety applied to all parts of the structure.  Before finalizing the design we evaluate the preliminary design of several candidate structural systems.  We will select the system which possesses the most evenly distributed factor of safety.

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