

We plan ahead to reduce the likelihood of unexpected and expensive change orders, and include phasing or sequencing options to complement your funding goals. Our designs address your building’s weaknesses and provide you with a road map to get the job done correctly the first time. Our experts will evaluate your property and identify potential areas of your asset’s rehabilitation that may be addressed.

Diagnosis done properly is paramount for supporting the development of an accurate engineering design. EvaluationĪn engineering evaluation is one of the most important defining steps to a successful project outcome. Our approach helps you build better short-term and long-term options, phasing and project improvements and keep your vital structures vital. We review your building’s external features and supporting structure, carefully checking for weak links that threaten its integrity. Structural engineers and building envelope engineers identify the origins of your building weaknesses before proposing solutions and resolving the problem. Our engineers evaluate leaks, roof concerns, foundation failures, structural distress and more. The experts at Vital Structures address building problems with various origins. We identify the source of your structural and building envelope issues based on your symptoms and address the problem at the root. We also incorporate destructive testing, material testing, field testing and in-depth forensics with many of our evaluations to better define the true cause of your problematic situations. We’ve worked on countless historic and new buildings alike, giving us a breadth of experience to apply to every property we evaluate.
BUILDING ENVELOPE ENGINEERING PROFESSIONAL
We possess licensed experts with a variety of professional credentials including the LEED Green Associate certification, confined space entry certification, and emergency response capabilities. Our staff at Vital Structures LLC has many years of focused and applied experience in the building envelope and structural engineering disciplines, involving a unique custom approach to solve your building restoration needs. We may not propose the easiest solutions, but we take a comprehensive approach to save you money in the long run. With our expert diagnostic and building assessment capabilities, we get to the core of your issues and develop an appropriate resolution. Our engineering consulting firm works to get the job done correctly the first time. We also provide limited structural, concrete and building envelope support testing services for many types of properties. Commercial, industrial, institutional, historic and educational.We focus on addressing issues with many different types of properties, including: Our structural engineers based in Boston serve the greater Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont areas. Our engineering company offers modern and innovative solutions to help you prepare your building for tomorrow’s demands. Our experts specialize in comprehensive structural engineering and building envelope solutions that get to the heart of your building, restore its vitality and greatly extend its lifetime.
BUILDING ENVELOPE ENGINEERING WINDOWS
The specialists at Vital Structures recognize specific aspects of your building or property, from frames and foundations to windows and roofs. Our approach identifies the root of your structural and building envelope issues - we do more than address symptoms. Vital Structures LLC is a structural engineering and building envelope consulting firm located in Massachusetts.
