
Experts in All Things Structural
At Kent Inspection & Engineering, we provide comprehensive structural engineering and consulting services for buildings, equipment and specialized structures. Our team of licensed Professional Engineers and Structural Engineers brings deep expertise across construction, infrastructure, heavy equipment, maritime, utilities, and more.
We understand that the integrity of structures—from high-rise buildings to tower cranes—is critical to the success and safety of your operations. Whether you’re managing a complex building system, retrofitting aging infrastructure, operating cranes or heavy machinery, or investigating structural failures, our tailored, science-based solutions help you meet the most demanding challenges with confidence.
Why Choose Us?
Our team is committed providing our client with truthful, objective, data-driven, and practical solutions. We are a multidisciplinary team of seasoned engineers, architects and inspectors. We pride ourselves on effective communication, science-based approach, practical solutions, and commitment to working closely with our clients to ensure they are fully satisfied with our work.
Who We Serve
- Contractors & Construction Firms
- Maritime & Port Operations
- Agricultural Industry
- Utility & Communication Infrastructure
- Community Associations (Condominiums & Apartments)
- Homeowners & Property Managers
- Commercial & Industrial Facilities
- Attorneys & Legal Professionals
About Us
Our team is our advantage. Our support team of expert mechanical, structural, materials, metallurgical, corrosion, welding engineers and inspectors sets us apart. We pride ourselves on effective communication, and we work closely with our clients every step of the way to ensure they are fully satisfied with the answers and solutions we provide.
Our Capabilities
- Construction support services
- Investigation/assessment and repair
- Root-cause failure analysis
- New design, Re-design & Retrofit
- Design modification, Value Engineering & Peer Review
- Complex design review
- Structural special inspection for anchor bolts, welding, bolting, reinforcing steel, concrete, steel, and piles
- Life expectancy assessment & reserve study support
- Engineering management and consulting
- Litigation support & expert witness services
Types of Structures We Support
- Multi-family, Residential & Podium Structures
- Commercial buildings including Tenant improvements
- Factory & Manufacturing Facilities
- Single Family Homes & Dwelling Units
- Parking Structures
- Cranes & Heavy Equipment
- Maritime Structure & Ports
- Material Handling Equipment
- Communication Towers
- Agricultural & Utility Structures
- Storage Silos, Tanks, Biomass Bins
- Retaining Walls, Detention Vaults, Site Structures
- Civil Infrastructure Systems including Viaducts & Bridges
- Specialty Structures & art/Sculpture Installations
Pursuing the Truth Through Humility and Service Since 1983!
Serving Clients Across a Variety of Industries
At Kent Inspection & Engineering, we provide inspection and engineering across a variety of industries, including manufacturing, transportation, construction, heavy equipment and machinery, refineries and maritime.
Our staff of inspectors and engineers lend their range of specialties and deep expertise to each industry, inspecting and identifying failures in order to help represent our clients well and help build new, better, more efficient, and safer systems.

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- Michael Leach, MS, P.E.
- March 2025
- Careers
We are seeking a motivated full-time structural engineer to be a member of our team. We are looking for a structural engineer who will be able to communicate with clients, construct budgets/proposals, manage projects and complete projects on their own or within a team.

- Michael Leach, MS, P.E.
- July 2021
- Case Study
In this case study, a concrete construction service hired Kent Engineering (KE) to design and load test concrete washout pans.

- Michael Leach, MS, P.E.
- July 2021
- Case Study
A welding company contacted Kent Engineering (KE) to perform testing for a new Welding Procedure Specification (WPS).

- Randy Kent, MS, P.E.
- June 2020
- Case Study
Our case study involves forensics and litigation support through an independent analysis of the failed saddle adaptor for a lifting-jack.