Richard J. Driscoll, Consulting Engineer (RJDCE) provides a broad array of structural engineering services, including several non-traditional offerings that assist project stakeholders to manage risk and uncertainty associated with existing structures, below-ground construction and urban sites.
RJDCE’s experience with foundations, construction systems and forensic investigations allows the practice to provide risk-targeted analysis and recommendations as well as cost-effective design solutions.
Structural Engineering Services:
- “Site-Structural” Engineering for the Urban Environment: “Site-structural” engineering compises the engineering necessary to interface a new structure to an urban site, including specialty foundations, temporary structures to protect adjacent facilities and assessment and mitigation of impacts on those facilities. Traditional structural engineering firms do not typically offer these services and fewer still offer them as a holistic, interdisciplinary practice area. Read More…
- Temporary Structures for Construction: RJDCE can provide concept development, performance specification, analysis, design and review monitoring of a variety of temporary structural systems used in construction, including excavation support, shoring,bridge-like structures and contractor facilities. Read More…
- Existing Structures: RJDCE can help clients assess and manage the risk associated with a variety of existing structures, including buildings, civil structures, and retaining walls. Read More…
- Delegated Design: RJDCE has experience providing contractors with a variety of design services, including Delegated Design submittals for permanent structural and foundation elements and temporary structural systems interfacing with permanent work. Read More…
- Miscellaneous Structures:
- Below-Ground Structures: Basement Walls, Shafts, Vaults, Permanent Excavation Support
- Foundation Elements: Piles, Drilled Shafts, Footings, Pile Caps, Underpinning Connections – Read More…
- Civil/Environmental Structures: Retaining walls, Fluid Containment Structures, Water/Wastewater Infrastructure
- Residential Structures: Complex Foundations, Damage/Distress Investigation, Engineered Framing, Natural Hazard Resistant Construction – Read More…