Structural Beam Design
Are you planning a renovation that involves removing a wall? Do you need to support a new addition or a heavier load in your home? Pisano Development Group provides expert structural beam design services to help you modify structural elements in your home or expand your home.
Why Structural Beam Design is Essential
Beams are critical components of your home's structure. They support the weight of floors, roofs, and walls, transferring these loads safely down to the foundation. Incorrectly designed beams can lead to:
- Sagging floors or ceilings: Insufficient support causes visible structural deflection.
- Cracks in walls or finishes: Stress on the structure can cause damage to non-structural elements.
- Structural failure: In severe cases, improperly designed beams can lead to partial or total collapse.
- Permit delays: Building departments require detailed, engineered beam designs for safety and code compliance.
Our professional beam design will help address these issues, giving you peace of mind and a smooth construction process.
Our Structural Beam Design Process
At Pisano Development Group, a licensed Professional Engineer will perform a precise and reliable beam designs:
- Load Analysis: We first determine all the forces (dead loads from building materials, live loads from occupants and furniture, snow loads, etc.) that the new beam will need to support.
- Material Selection: Based on the load and project requirements, we select the most appropriate beam material. This includes:
- Steel Beams: Excellent for spanning long distances and supporting heavy loads.
- Engineered Wood Products (LVL, Glulam): Strong, stable, and often preferred for their cost-effectiveness and ease of use in residential construction.
- Solid Lumber Beams:
Used when appropriate for specific spans and loads.
- Beam Sizing and Specification: Using advanced engineering principles, we accurately calculate the required dimensions (depth, width) and span of the beam. We also specify critical connection details.
- Connection Design: The way a beam connects to existing structures (columns, walls) is as important as the beam itself. We design connection points to ensure proper load transfer.
- Permit-Ready Drawings:
We produce detailed, clear, and code-compliant drawings and calculations. These are essential for obtaining building permits and guiding your contractor during installation.
Projects Requiring Structural Beam Design
You will likely need our structural beam design services for projects such as:
- Load-Bearing Wall Removals: Replacing a wall with a new beam to create open-concept spaces.
- New Home Additions: Designing beams to support new floors or roof structures for added rooms.
- Roofline Modifications: Changing roof shapes or adding dormers that require new structural support.
- Deck and Patio Roof Supports: Ensuring outdoor structures are properly supported.
- Correcting Sagging Floors: Designing reinforcement or replacement beams to fix existing structural issues.
Choose Pisano Development Group for Your Beam Design
Our team at Pisano Development Group combines extensive structural engineering expertise with a deep understanding of residential construction.
We provide integrated design solutions that are not only structurally sound but also practical for builders and homeowners. We are committed to delivering precise, code-compliant designs that ensure the safety and longevity of your home.
Contact Pisano Development Group today to discuss your structural beam design needs.
Areas We Serve
Pisano Development Group is proud to offer our professional engineering consulting and construction and project management services in the New Jersey and Pennsylvania areas including:
New Jersey
- Atlantic County
- Bergen County
- Burlington County
- Camden County
- Cumberland County
- Essex County
- Gloucester County
- Hunterdon County
- Hudson County
- Mercer County
- Middlesex County
- Monmouth County
- Morris County
- Ocean County
- Passaic County
- Somerset County
- Sussex County
- Union County
Pennsylvania
- Bucks County
- Chester County
- Delaware County
- Montgomery County
- Philadelphia County