Add the space. Open up the floor plan. Engineered and built by one Houston firm.
Room additions, second stories, load-bearing walls and the steel that replaces them. We are the structural engineer and the licensed contractor, so the beam that gets built is the beam that was designed, and there is no second company to coordinate with.
- ▸Cracks near doors and windows
- ▸Doors or windows that stick
- ▸Sloping or uneven floors
- ▸Sagging rooflines or ceilings
- ▸Stair-step cracks in brick veneer
Adding space, and taking out the walls in the way
Room additions and second stories
Most of what we build is extra space on a house that was never designed to carry it. A room addition needs its own foundation tied into the slab already there, without the two pulling against each other every time the ground moves. A second story puts a whole new floor onto walls and footings that were sized for one. We do the engineering and the construction, so the structure that gets built is the structure that was calculated.
Load-bearing wall removal
Opening a kitchen into the living room almost always means taking out a wall that is holding the house up. The wall is the easy part. The beam replacing it has to carry everything the wall carried, and that load has to reach the foundation through posts and footings able to take it. It is a calculation before it is a demolition.
Get a ballpark for your addition in 2 minutes
Answer a few questions about the addition you have in mind and get a Houston-specific cost range, before you talk to a single contractor. Building up rather than out? Start with second story addition, where the cost depends on what the house below can carry.
Structural engineering and general contracting services
Adding a floor on top of a house that was built for one. We check whether yours can carry it, design the reinforcement if it can't, and build it.
Learn more →Engineering and licensed construction for room additions and second-story additions, sized to what your existing foundation and framing can actually support.
Learn more →Find out whether a wall is actually load-bearing, and get the engineer's letter and beam sizing you need before it comes out.
Learn more →Engineered and installed steel beams for load-bearing wall removals, additions, and structural upgrades.
Learn more →Turning a garage into living space is a structural change before it is a finish job. We handle the slab, the header, and the permit, and we build it too.
Learn more →Licensed and insured general contracting from the same firm that engineers the fix, so the plan and the build stay in sync.
Learn more →Structural engineering and licensed construction for tenant improvements and commercial buildouts across the Houston metro.
Learn more →Repair and reinforcement for load-bearing walls, framing, beams, and other structural elements beyond the foundation.
Learn more →Engineer-directed foundation repair for slab, pier-and-beam, and post-tension foundations affected by Houston's shifting clay soils.
Learn more →Sealed structural inspection reports for real estate transactions, insurance claims, permitting, and pre-purchase due diligence.
Learn more →Design and forensic consulting for additions, renovations, new construction, and disputes involving structural work.
Learn more →It’s the soil, not bad luck.
Much of the Houston metro sits on highly expansive clay. That soil swells when it’s wet and shrinks when it dries, pulling and pushing on whatever foundation sits above it. Add in seasonal drought, tree roots competing for moisture, and drainage that concentrates water near the slab, and foundation movement becomes less a question of if than when.
That’s why we start every job with an engineering evaluation, not a repair quote. The right fix depends on what’s actually causing the movement, which is exactly what a structural engineer in Houston should be checking before anyone touches your foundation.
Straight answers, before you start a project
How to tell if a wall is load-bearing, what the engineering process actually involves, and answers to the questions Houston homeowners ask most before opening up a floor plan.
Read the guide →Why the engineering question should come before the floor plan, building out versus building up, Houston-specific permit issues, and answers to the questions homeowners ask most before adding onto their home.
Read the guide →Twenty-two straight answers on permits, deed restrictions, foundations, HOAs, floodplains, timelines, garage conversions and living through construction, in the order the questions actually come up.
Read the guide →Twenty-one answers on telling whether a wall carries load, what beam replaces it, where the posts and footings go, how long the work takes, and what to do about a wall someone already removed without a permit.
Read the guide →What to check before hiring a structural engineer in Houston: licensing, independence from repair sales, local soil experience, and the questions worth asking before you sign anything.
Read the guide →Typical cost ranges for second-story additions in the Houston area, what actually drives the price beyond square footage, and why the number depends on your existing foundation more than your floor plan.
Read the guide →How wall removal works in a Houston office, retail, or restaurant space: which walls can come out, what the landlord and the city will ask for, how the engineering and permitting run, and what it typically costs.
Read the guide →A straight answer about what your house needs, not a sales pitch.
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