Tilt-up Engineering

Cornerstone Office Building, Plantation, FL
Because our drawings are fully fabrication and field-ready, we can deliver uncompromised project vision, performance, and design intent in a format that saves time during construction.

Historically, we have designed over 800 tilt-up projects, comprising over 60M SF (5.57M SM). Our field-ready documentation includes detailed plans and models for wall panels, panel reinforcing and the panel lifting and bracing erection design, key services that we provide in-house through our tilt-up engineering specialists. The entire project team benefits from clear, fully illustrated plans for onsite construction that save time during active construction and help to significantly reduce errors made in the field since all aspects of the tilt-up panels are coordinated by our team.

Cornerstone Office Building, Plantation, FL
Digital Realty Building G, Ashburn, VA

Our tilt-up projects range from international distribution campuses and commercial warehouses to manufacturing facilities, data centers, and energy infrastructure, as well as commercial office, education, aviation, and parking garage projects. While tilt-up construction is generally thought of as appropriate for single-story projects, we have a significant portfolio of multi-story tilt-up projects.

We partner with owners, architects, design-builders, and contractors to deliver on tilt-up’s many advantages, which can include construction cost and time savings relative to other structural methods and reduced maintenance over the lifespan of a structure.

Cornerstone Office Building, Plantation, FL
Our Tilt-up Engineering Services include the following:
  • Preliminary Structural Design & Preconstruction Consulting Services
  • Full Service Structural Engineering & Engineer of Record for Buildings and related systems
  • Complete Structural Design Services for Design-Builders
  • Industrial & Plant Structural Design
  • Tilt-Up Wall Panel Shop Drawings and Reinforcing Design
Cornerstone Office Building, Plantation, FL
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About us

In an industry in which consolidation has become the norm, DeSimone stands apart from large engineering practices. The diversification of our services enables us to support a global clientele experiencing complex challenges. We remain independent so that we are able to provide bespoke and personal solutions, wherever your vision takes you.

Structural engineering is where we began, and it is still the core of our practice. But through the years, we have expanded the services we offer our clients, from façade and building envelope to vertical transportation to steel detailing and fabrication-ready modeling to advisory services.

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