Services

MSE leverages experience and expertise to develop well-informed solutions to your structural needs.

  • Damage inspection

  • Failure investigation

  • Structural forensics

  • Instrumentation and monitoring

  • Pre-construction survey

  • Adaptive reuse

  • Renovations

  • Remodeling

  • Rehabilitation

  • Due diligence reporting

  • Single family homes

  • Multifamily residential

Market Sectors

  • Condominiums

  • Higher education

  • Healthcare

  • Commercial

  • Retail

  • Governmental

Concrete deterioration

Structural Condition Assessment

Performing visual observations and collecting field data to identify damage, distress and deterioration of structural elements to help form professional opinions about strength, stability and occupancy loading requirements. Documentation also aids in formulating recommendations for maintenance and repair of the structure.

Parking garage repairs

Parking Ramp Certifications

Annual engineering inspections required to comply with local municipality Code of Ordinances for Minneapolis, St. Paul, Edina, St. Louis Park, Duluth and others, to obtain or renew annual parking ramp operating certificates.

Parking ramp repairs

Maintenance and Repair

Developing a program to restore structural strength, load path continuity, durability and others by preparing construction documents. Performing construction administration and observations for contractor compliance with the recommendations.

Hollow core plank replacement

Strengthening and Stiffening

Upgrading structural elements to improve performance under existing loads or increasing ultimate strength capacity to support additional loads.

Parking ramp repair

Failure Investigation

The process of collecting, recording and analyzing documents, evidence and circumstances to develop a professional opinion regarding the primary and any secondary causes of structural failures and collapses.