Services provided
Structural Engineering Services
The leadership of Kustera, Bernard & Fox Engineering (KB&F) has been providing structural design services since 1991. Our expertise allows owners, architects, developers and contractors to attain economical, constructible, and structurally sound solutions for any project. KB&F promotes open communication and values input from all project stakeholders to arrive at best-case solutions for any project.
Our major areas of expertise are:
- Complete structural design of foundation and superstructure systems for all types of structures
- State-of-the-art analysis, design and BIM modeling (Revit)
- Forensic Investigation
- Condition Assessments
- Rehabilitation/Modification of existing Structures
- Flood Design
- Retaining Walls
- Bulkheads/Waterfront
- Value Engineering
- Roof Analysis (Snow Drift & Mechanical Unit Additions)
With extensive experience in:
- Commercial Structures
- Residential Structures (stick frame/stick frame over podium/high rise)
- Casino/Hospitality/Sport arenas
- PK - 12 Schools
- Higher Education (Dormitory/Classroom)
- Warehouse
- Pharmaceutical Structures
- Parking Structures
- Sewage Treatment Plants and Pumping Stations.
- Substations (Heavy Foundations)
Types of structural systems include:
- Reinforced concrete mats
- Two-way flat plates and slabs (post-tensioned and mild-steel reinforced)
- Reinforced and/or post-tensioned one-way slabs and beams
- Reinforced concrete waffle slab, one-way joist and skip-joist systems
- Composite structural steel and concrete framing
- Structural-steel and steel-joist framing
- Precast and/or prestressed concrete framing
- Timber (Dimensional/LVL/PSL/Glulam/Truss)
- Light-gauge metal framing
- Reinforced masonry
- Shear walls, moment frames, braced frames