Construction
Consulting
Construction
Consulting
Construction consulting requires in-depth, specialized knowledge and years of experience, and it continues to be one of Stiver Engineering’s core strengths.
Structural
Engineering
Structural
Engineering
We provide efficient structural designs and quality construction drawings for all structural projects.
Environmental
Engineering
Environmental
Engineering
We provide a comprehensive understanding of our complex environment and offer efficient and effective solutions to the variety of potential problems it could cause for your project.
Site
Development
Site
Development
From site selection and initial design to construction and completion, we work to fulfill your goals and maximize your return on investment.
At Stiver Engineering, we attack problems with experience, integrity and an unmatched commitment to quality. We attribute our continued success and growth to our efficient & reliable work ethic. As engineers, we’re responsible for not only conceiving and designing all types of structures, but also assuring that they are properly and economically constructed. We take these responsibilities to heart and emphasize mutual trust and respect with every client.
One of our clients approached us with a need for site development services for the development of a 35-acre, raw land property located in Northeast Harris County, Texas that had no previous development. The services rendered for this project included existing drainage analysis, proposed drainage analysis, grading plans, ditch designs, culvert designs, and more. The […]
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Stiver Engineering provided structural design to a contractor with two stormwater pump stations at Bush Intercontinental Airport for the Houston Airport System in Houston, Texas. The pump stations were designed to be located on the airport property adjacent to the existing inservice runways. The caisson designs consisted of wet wells, dry wells, bar screens, and […]
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Stiver Engineering was retained by the contractor to provide construction consulting through an alternative design for Bents 8-11 of the Grand Parkway Segment E flyovers at the intersection of US 290 and the Grand Parkway in Harris County, Texas. We provided our client with a separate design for each bent foundation, which were designed as […]
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A contractor in Downtown Houston, Texas approached Stiver Engineering and requested our assistance in the construction of a pedestrian tunnel connecting the Heritage Plaza skyscraper to a proposed parking garage across the intersection of Dallas St. and Bagby St. We provided construction consulting by designing the shoring system for the excavation beneath the designated intersection […]
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This client is a supplier of titanium extrusions for applications such as oil tool housings, valve bodies, and aerospace components. They invested millions of dollars in their 5,000-ton extrusion press, the world’s newest specialty metals extrusion device. Stiver Engineering provided structural design by designing a plan to demolish a portion of the building’s interior slab […]
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One of our clients in Houston and Galveston Texas required site improvements for the use of a barge fabrication and repair shipyard. Stiver Engineering provided the client with the structural designs of multiple marine railroads and barge lifts. We also designed improvements for the onsite stormwater management systems.
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The $142 million Schoharie Reservoir Project in Gilboa, New York – which is expected to be complete in the year 2020 – includes the construction of an intake structure at the bottom of Schoharie Reservoir, more than 2,000 feet of subsurface tunnels, and a valve chamber along Schoharie Creek. Once completed, the tunnel and valves […]
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One of our clients in Houston, Texas came to us with a specific request: install large caissons without steel reinforcing in order to avoid interference with the products being tested within the structures. We provided the client with multiple caisson designs that utilized fiberglass-reinforced concrete. We designed these structures to be poured in lifts and […]
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A client requested construction consulting assistance in the installation of supply and return piping beneath Memorial Circle on Texas Tech University’s campus in Lubbock, Texas. Stiver Engineering designed a shoring system using soldier piles, steel plates, timber lagging, a wale set, and cross struts. We also designed three concrete vaults and the steel pipe support […]
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Due to a number of issues, there was a 1.1-mile gap in the Trail at Lady Bird Lake in Austin, Texas. Along this gap, visitors had to divert onto the narrow sidewalk and travel along busy Riverside Drive, crossing six lanes of I-35 access roads to travel east or west and use the south side […]
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A new pump station was being constructed in Houston, Texas to facilitate the widening of Interstate 10 on the west side of Downtown Houston; the existing site was on the bank of a tributary to White Oak Bayou. Stiver Engineering provided construction consulting by designing a sheet pile braced shoring system and staged the concrete […]
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Stiver Engineering provided construction consulting by designing the shoring system for the excavation beneath 12th Street on the UTMB Campus in Galveston, Texas. The shoring system was designed using cantilevered soldier piles in the sandy soils by pinning the base of the soldier piles with a timber member or steel pipe cross strut.
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One of our clients had to install a force main on a piles at a depth of 12-feet below Charleston Bay. The project is located on the South side of Plum Island in the Ashley River Basin in Charleston, South Carolina. Stiver Engineering was retained for construction consulting to design a shoring system for the installation […]
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The Waterloo Park project, Austin, Texas, specified that the flood waters stretching from Waterloo Park to Lady Bird Lake be diverted 70 feet below ground through a concrete shaft and tunnel to be discharged into Lady Bird Lake 1 mile downstream. The project removed an estimated 50 acres from the floodplain in Downtown Austin. Stiver […]
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