Applied Engineering was founded in 1983 by David M. Carter and Jeffrey C. Barker to provide complete Structural Engineering services to the central coast area. Our projects range from custom single family residences to large institutional, commercial and industrial buildings to highway bridges. We also provide construction design services to contractors for bridge falsework, excavation and construction shoring, structure retrofit projects, and cost reduction incentive projects. In January of 1990, our firm was incorporated under the name BC Squared doing business as Applied Engineering. Our services are secured with professional liability insurance.
Bridges & Falsework
Bridge Design: Type Selection, Complete Structural Plans and Specifications
Falsework Design: Optimized for materials on hand. Staged Construction over traffic and railroads. Steel and timber shoring.
- Excavation Shoring: Structure excavation and trenches.
- Temporary Bracing:For formwork and reinforcing.
- Temporary Bridges:Pedestrian and traffic.
- Protective Covers:For demolition.
- Cost Reduction Incentive Proposals:Foundations and Structures.
- Assembly Buildings: Schools, churches and gymnasiums.
- Tilt-up Structures: Warehouses, cold storage, processing plants and retail outlets.
- Offices: Banks, medical offices and support facilities.
- Retail Facilities: Stores, restaurants, automobile dealerships.
- Essential Facilities: Hospitals, Police and Fire stations.
- Residential: Hotels and motels.
- Transportation Facilities: Terminals and bridges.
We have Structural Engineering experience on hundreds of structures subject to oversight by US Airforce, Army Corps of Engineers, FEMA, OSHPD, DSA, Counties, Municipalities, and other agencies.
- Retaining Walls: Gravity walls, cantilever retaining walls, tie back walls, and sea walls.
- Utility Buildings: Pump/valve vaults, pump and equipment foundations, pipe supports, water tanks.
- Buried Structures: Pump/valve electrical vaults, wet wells, lift stations, water tanks, water and waste water treatment chambers. Excavation shoring.
- Bridges:Vehicle, pedestrian, and pipe bridges.
- Drainage Structures: Box culverts/open channels, junction boxes, rock slope protection, gabions.
- Rigid Traffic Slabs: Loading docks, truck wells, containerized loading areas.
- Dams and Spillways
- Foundations: Signs, lighting standards, antennas and towers, repairs and retrofits.
- Damage Repair: Fire and flood.
- Unreinforced Masonry Buildings: Evaluation and Retrofit.
- Seismic: Evaluation and retrofit.
- Structural Retrofit: Due to code revisions or changes in occupancy.
- Structural Damage: Evaluation of causes and recommend repairs.
- Demolition Plans: Detailed sequential operating procedures.
Applied Engineering produces all engineering drawings entirely with our CAD system. Completed drawings are generally ink on vellum or mylar, and produce extremely clear prints. In addition, most structural calculations are performed using an interactive structural analysis and design package. The resulting calculations clearly identify all numeric values with units, and are suitable for submission to building agencies with a minimum of hand calculations. This integrated structural engineering system results in very clear and complete construction documents which can be revised to suit changing client's needs with a minimum of effort and time.