Building and Structures

Howard Humphreys is one of the leading service providers of Building and Structures engineering in the Eastern and Central Africa region. The company has vast experience in building and structural engineering which has been gained on major projects in the region. The company uses the latest engineering technology and ICT resources to offer clients economies of design that cannot be achieved by most other consultancies in the region. The service line has fully computerised production of drawings and developed proprietary software for production of bar bending schedules, which allows reduction of project lead times and facilitates fast track construction. Engineering production is managed through computerised processes that monitor delivery periods to meet client requirements. Quality management systems are used to track and manage project deliverables. Building and Structures Engineering Services offered by the company include the following:

• Structural design of buildings and industrial structures
• Hydrological and structural sizing of road drainage structures
• Structural designs of road structures which include bridges, culverts and general drainage
• Condition survey of existing structures to confirm their structural integrity
• Construction supervision of buildings and heavy civil engineering structures, including hydro power and geothermal projects.
• Structural design of water retaining structures

The company employs a qualified team of engineers with wide experience in all aspects of structural engineering designs which ensures quality design and supervision of projects. Howard Humphreys has over the years encouraged a mentoring system in training of its engineers which has enabled the firm to build tremendous building and structural engineering expertise in its staff compliment that is necessary in providing structural engineering services. In addition to the systems already set up as standard procedures for design and production of project deliverables for our customers, Howard Humphreys has invested in appropriate software such as Virtual Manager, AutoCAD 2005, CADS Analyse, Staad Pro 2000, Primavera Project Planner and Microsoft Project. The Company employs professionals with diverse technical knowledge and experience in Structural Engineering, contractual matters, Planning and Scheduling, Cost Management and Control, Construction Management, IT, Accounting, and Engineering design, who form project teams for successful management and execution of projects.