In the spirit of reconciliation, enstruct acknowledges the Traditional Custodians across all of the lands on which we work and their connections to the land, sea and community. We pay our respect to Elders past and present and extend that respect to all First Nations peoples today.
Structural & Civil Engineers
Listen. Challenge. Deliver.
Structural Engineering
First we analyse and then we design:
Analysis is the process of modelling and interrogating the behaviour of the structures we propose to build. The models we build vary from basic first principle ' hand calculations ' to sophisticated numerical models utilising the capacity of contemporary software packages. Analysis is underpinned by a rigorous understanding of nature's forces and how the structure and its materials respond to their actions.
"successful analysis is the combination of a strong grasp of first principles and the intelligent application of the powerful analysis tools that current technology provides."
Design converts the analytical model into structural systems - the force diagram becomes a beam. The designer uses his knowledge of planning, materials and construction methodology to develop the structural systems, again utilising contemporary software packages.
"good design is elegant and buildable"
