Structural Design
Our history and the core of our practice is centered in structural engineering, even as we have expanded to offer façade and building envelope consulting, vertical transportation, structural detailing, advisory services, and more.
We collaborate with leading architects, developers and contractors to realize innovative civic, residential, commercial, institutional, and industrial projects in cities across the US, UK, Europe, Middle East, and around the world. DeSimone engineers have successfully delivered ambitious projects in the most challenging sites, including waterfronts and tight urban infills. We have overcome technical and constructability challenges to curve, twist, and stretch building envelopes to meet the aspirations of our clients and architectural partners, as well as building performance requirements.
DeSimone Structural Engineers are creative problem solvers and actively contribute to the overall design, helping to guide architects and developers through the trade-offs of multiple design options. Throughout the process, structural quantities, cost, and construction complexity are tracked and benchmarked in order that design and program ambitions are realized within the project budget. Our structural design approach is collaborative, pragmatic, and responsive to the challenges of location, design ambition, and programmatic requirements.
We analyze building orientation, solar loads, and wind behavior to inform and refine the structural system design. From the earliest stages in a project, DeSimone engineers steer the design toward structures that are elegant, appropriate, and that serve the project's architectural and programmatic aspirations. We employ sophisticated analytical techniques to optimize the structural design to require only the minimum quantities of structural material. In addition to reducing structural quantities, we prioritize simplicity and constructability to ensure projects are financially viable, “contractor friendly,” and as fast and efficient to construct as possible.
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.
