Structural Engineering for Home Additions & Extensions
Planning an addition or extension to your home?
VBES Consulting provides structural engineering services for small residential additions and extensions in North Vancouver and surrounding communities.
Already have architectural plans? We can work with your architectural drawings to design the structural elements required for your project.
Structural Design for Your Addition
Depending on your project, structural engineering may include:
- New beams, posts, and load-bearing walls
- Floor and roof framing
- Foundations for the addition
- Structural connections between new and existing construction
- Review of affected existing structural elements
- Structural details and permit-ready drawings
Adding Another Floor?
Adding another storey can increase the loads on the existing structure. We can review the affected structural elements and design the structural modifications required for the proposed addition.
Where existing construction is concealed, further investigation or selective exposure may be required to confirm existing conditions.
Extending Your Home
Rear and side extensions can require structural changes to connect the new space to the existing house.
If existing walls need to be opened or removed, we can design the required beams, posts, connections, and supporting structural elements based on the architectural plans.
Structural Drawings for Your Project
VBES can prepare signed and sealed structural drawings and details for the structural portion of your addition or extension, within the agreed scope of work.
Have Architectural Plans? Send Them to Us
If you are planning a home addition or extension and already have architectural drawings, send them to VBES for review.
We can review your plans, identify the structural engineering requirements, and let you know how we can help with the structural design.
