who we are
Sapo Engineering Consultants is a multi-faceted civil/structural engineering firm, providing services in the petrochemical, heavy industrial, commercial and residential markets.
We handle projects from $5000 to $5 million. These include small retrofits and upgrades for equipment supports in refineries, to full scale EPC services in collaboration with other firms.
We provide exceptional quality at very low cost, producing value for our clients by delivering projects on schedule and under budget.
CORE EXPERTISE
We have extensive experience in the following areas:
- Program management of greenfield and brownfield projects for petrochemical facilities
- Scheduling, estimating and contracts management
- Review of vendor information and bids (commercial and technical), and vendor selection
- Structural analysis and design of foundations for various petrochemical structures: vertical vessels, horizontal vessels, coolers and heat exchangers in high wind and seismic zones
- Structural analysis and design of piperacks and other process structures in steel
- Design of connections (moment and shear) for steel structures and industrial warehouses using design software, hand calculations and AISC codes (steel manuals and design guides)
- Stress analysis of support structures for subsea equipment, using classical hand stress analysis and design software
- Design of different foundation types: precast and auger bored piles, raft foundations, strip foundations and isolated pad footings, using ACI codes or British Standard Codes of Practice
- Structural analysis and design of multi-storey buildings using traditional methods and hand calculations (moment distribution, wind analysis etc.)
- Design of concrete superstructures (concrete columns, solid suspended slabs, hollow pot slabs, and waffle mould slabs)
- Wide experience in reading and understanding architectural drawings, arranging live and dead loads, and locating columns to produce open spaces and efficient structural systems
Engineering with Passion. Delivering Value