Experts in All Things Structural
Our structural experts are licensed Professional Engineers and Structural Engineers with expertise in most building and construction types, shoring, reshoring, construction engineering support, cranes, lift equipment, elevators, and bridges. We exist to answer our clients most important questions and solve their most important problems.
Why Kent Crane and KE|AD?
Our core belief is “Truth brings light”, therefore we rigorously pursue the truth with our inspection, engineering and architectural expertise. Our team shares this belief and is committed providing our client with truthful, objective, data driven, and practical solutions. We are a multidisciplinary team of seasoned structural, mechanical, materials, corrosion, and welding engineers, architects, and inspectors. We pride ourselves on effective communication, our science-based approach, practical solutions, and commitment to working closely with our clients, ensuring they are fully satisfied with our work.
Types of Structures
- Multifamily
- Commercial
- Cranes and Heavy Equipment
- Material Handling Equipment
- Maritime Structures
- Agricultural Structures
- Dams
- Communication and Utilities
About Us
Our team is our advantage. Our support team of expert mechanical, structural, materials, metallurgical, corrosion, welding engineers, architects 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
- Life expectancy assessment and reserve study support
- Structural health monitoring
- Investigation/assessment and repair
- Root-cause failure analysis
- New design and permit support
- Design modification
- Complex design review
- Structural special inspection for anchor bolts, welding, bolting, reinforcing steel, concrete, steel, and piles
- Engineering management and consulting
Our Specializations
- Tower crane and construction hoist foundations systems and tie-ins
- Scaffolding and other construction platforms
- Plumbing/HVAC systems
- Post Tensioned Concrete: Design, Evaluation, and Repair
- Precast concrete cladding and stair
- Temporary and permanent shoring walls, deep foundation design and installation
- Seismic upgrade evaluation, design, and construction support
- Finite element analysis
- Telecommunication structures such as antenna towers, roof top screen-walls and equipment platforms
- Storage silos, tanks, and biomass steel binWind engineering
- Site Structures: Retaining Walls & Detention Vaults
- Synchronized lift and jacking capabilities for heavy structures and bridge systems
Serving Clients Across a Variety of Industries
At Kent Crane and KE|AD, we provide inspection, engineering and architectural services across a variety of industries, including multi-family, commercial, manufacturing, transportation, construction, heavy equipment and machinery, refineries and maritime.
Our staff of inspectors, engineers and architects 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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