PreConstruction Services

Regardless of size or complexity of your project, Structural Services Inc. can assist you in designing and implementing the best approach to your project, and initiating a game plan for a successful project.

SSI can provide relevant design, planning and on-site consultation services.
 

PRECONSTRUCTION SERVICES

CONSULTATION

  • Assist the Owner and A&E team to develop an economical floor design and specification package that anticipates and accommodates the unique requirements of flat and level floor construction


SLAB ON GRADE DESIGN

  • Develop slab on ground thickness solutions for static and dynamic loads
  • Develop slab on ground solutions for superflat (Fmin) and random traffic (FF/FL) industrial floors
  • Generate appropriate and constructable reinforcing alternatives
  • Produce construction, contraction, and isolation joint details


REVIEW

  • Review contract documents for internal consistency
  • Review contract documents for general conformance to accepted practice
  • Review contract documents for constructability and tolerance conflicts


ASSIST

  • Evaluate and optimize concrete mix designs
  • Facilitate resolution of conflicts and/or development of alternative details
  • Predict development of internal stresses and cracking risk in concrete slabs


PARTICIPATE

  • Participate in pre-bid meetings to ensure that contractor bids are realistic
  • Direct preconstruction meetings to ensure that the specific quality assurance needs of the project, as they relate to floor construction, are addressed


PRESENT

  • Deliver on-site training seminars to address all aspects of on-ground and suspended slab construction