Category: Structural Design

New Apartment Buildings

I was nine years old in 1976.  I bought my first new bicycle – a special edition – Schwinn Varsity – with money that I earned delivering The Nashua Telegraph. Dash – the most incredible bicycle guy you ever met ran “Larry’s Bike Shop” with his brother. That shop is just a block from where… Read More »

Concealed Heat Pumps

Heat pump technology has improved significantly in recent years and is becoming a popular solution for new heating and cooling systems. The nature of a heat pump system allows flexibility in locating both indoor and outdoor equipment. The key to heat pump technology is the flow of outdoor air across a coil; in the summer,… Read More »

Fabric Canopy Structure Foundations

We enjoyed the challenge of designing the concrete foundations for an arched canopy structure for a nearby recycling facility. The facility will use heavy equipment, including dump trucks and loaders, to transport materials like dredged soils onto the concrete pad. We designed and detailed mixing bins for the material to be sorted before being transported… Read More »

Hurricane Ties

One element of properly creating load path connections is installing a hurricane tie. Hurricane ties secure the roof connections to the ceiling joists and/or exterior walls which keeps the roof in place during high wind weather. Simpson Strong-Tie has conducted laboratory tests and shown real life examples where the roofs of homes are blown off… Read More »

Construction Mockups

In our opinion, successful projects are built on careful planning and effective communication. A powerful in successful projects is construction mockups. Think of a mockup a prototype of a project detail. Mockups provide owners, designers, and builders with a tangible representation of the final product without costly change orders or uncertain commitments. Owners benefit from… Read More »

Comprehensive Design Services

Throughout the years, Team Engineering’s focus has been structural engineering with a strong growth in mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) designs. It is only natural that clients have asked us to help assist in their architectural designs and become a comprehensive building design firm. With our architectural designs, we service homeowners and building professionals in… Read More »

Five-Story Multi-Family Building Benefits from Modular Wood Panels

Construction continues on the five-story, wood-framed apartment building we recently designed. Modular wood wall panels, 4×2 wood floor trusses, and 4×2 wood roof trusses facilitated a speedy framing process. The contractor chose LP Flameblock sheathing for the exterior assembly to meet structural shear wall strength and fire barrier requirements. 2×4 metal plate connected wood trusses… Read More »

Enscape Renderings

Team Engineering is excited to share that we have increased our capabilities in 3D rendering using Enscape. We have previously offered exterior architectural renderings that we produced using Revit. We had selectively offered Enscape for large-scale architectural projects up to this point. Having, however, recently added our new hire, William Fitzpatrick, we are now able… Read More »