Top civil & structural consulting engineering company

Extreme Structures is a well-established civil & structural consulting engineering company. Our engineering team specialises in Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, and Project Management.

We can design and manage large infrastructure and building projects. With more than a decade’s experience and thousands of complete projects, our consulting engineers have the experience to help simplify designs and turn your architect’s ideas into sustainable, cost-effective solutions.

Consulting engineering disciplines

We are a multi-discipline consulting engineering company that has extensive experience in civil & structural engineering disciplines offering clients sustainable and cost-effective engineering solutions. Our engineering services we provide to the private and public sector in South Africa includes the following but is not limited to:

• Signing off plans
• NHBRC enrolment
• Wet services documentation
• Swimming pool detail & certificate
• Strip foundation specification & certificate
• Reinforced concrete column details & certificate
• Straight, L & U Shape staircase specification & certificate
• Floating staircase specification & certificate
• Steel structures specifications & certificate
• Slab/Raft design, inspection & certificate
• Retaining wall details & certificate
• Stormwater articulation
• Roof certificate

Consulting engineering services

Signing off plans

When you are in the process of building a new home, undertake major renovations or construct a new office or shopping center you need a qualified engineer to sign off on the building plans before it can be submitted to the city council. Extreme Structures’ engineers can help with the approval process and sign off your plans.

NHBRC enrolment services

All new construction project projects need to be submitted to the NHBRC for further inspection and approval, in order to obtain insurance against minor and major structural defects such as roof leaks and structural collapse over the next 5 years. We can help with the submission process of handing in your municipal approved building plans to the NHBRC.

Wet services

Wet services is the term used to describe all services included in water reticulation (plumbing) and drainage design for the construction of a new building. We can help with the design and implementation of all your wet services, include sustainable rainwater harvesting, grey and black water recycling where possible.

Swimming pool detail & certificate

Swimming pools are most commonly built in-ground and constructed from reinforced concrete. It is required by the NHBRC that any freestanding swimming pool within 5m of the main structure on residential development, to be treated as part of the main foundation of the structure.

Designing your dream pool will require experience and structural engineering know-how and needs to be designed and certified by a qualified engineer. At Extreme Structures, we can help to design your dream pool and also offer a full scope of work that includes land surveying, engineered layouts, excavation, sloping and compaction, placement of reinforcement and casting of concrete.

Strip foundation specification & certificate

Strip foundations or strip footing is a shallow foundation that provides a continuous level for walls or closely-spaced rows of columns. It is the preferred foundation type for lighter structures. We can help with the complete scope of work including engineered layouts and certification, civil works, land surveying, construction of strip footing and concrete casting

Reinforced concrete column details & certificate

Extreme Structures uses certified structural engineers to design and certify our concrete columns. Our Reinforced concrete columns are built on-site and poured in-situ. All our work is carried out by an experienced construction team and followed by engineers to ensure we meet the expectations of all our clients.

Straight, L & U Shape staircase specification & certificate

Extreme Structures is an experienced construction company that can supply custom in-situ concrete staircases for the residential and commercial market in Pretoria & Johannesburg. The high-quality stairs we build can be used in commercial buildings, multi-level homes, patios, and landscaping.

Floating staircase specification & certificate

Various types of materials & structural engineering techniques are combined into one to form the floating stairs. The floating stairways are also known as cantilever stairs or suspended staircases. Please contact us if you would like to find out more about our floating stairs.

Steel structures specifications & certificate

Extreme Structures provide a comprehensive structural steel engineering service that includes project management, installation of foundation bolts, design of different steel structures, designed and installation of floor & roof structures and installation of thermal insulation as well as ventilation systems.

Slab/Raft design, inspection & certificate

At Extreme Structures, we design, cost and install reinforced concrete slabs. The different type of slabs that we provide for the residential market includes reinforced ground floor slabs, raft foundation slabs, rib and block slab, first floor slabs, suspended roof slabs, and cantilever concrete slabs‎.

For our clients in the commercial and industrial space, we offer the coffer & waffle slabs, shuttered concrete slabs that include various types of concrete services like footing, columns, beams, shear and retaining walls.

Retaining wall details & certificate

Various methods and layouts are available when it comes to constructing a retaining wall. Our specialty lies in off shutter or formwork that allows us to create a vertical retaining wall with almost any shape that is cased in place on-site. The walls we build are custom designed, reinforced & constructed to fit the needs of every customer.

Stormwater articulation

Our consulting engineers can help with water infrastructure and stormwater articulation. If your project requires stormwater drainage systems and canals we can help.

Roof certificate

Building legislation stipulates that all new roof structures must be certified by a structural engineer before the building inspector can sign off on the completion of the building. An A19 certificate is issued by the roof engineer certifying that the roof has been installed according to SABS standards.

The appointment of an engineer is usually done when the building plans are submitted to the city council but if you require an engineer, we can help you.