Owners and builders holding a structural design that seems off — too much steel, too little detail — or projects where the consequences justify a second engineering signature.
An independent check of another engineer's structural design for a single dwelling by a senior chartered structural engineer in Ballast Point's partner network. You get a review memo with a register of queries and non-conformances — useful when a design looks heavy, looks light, or a lot of money rides on it being right.
No. Design liability stays with the original engineer. The review gives you an independent expert opinion to act on — including questions the original engineer should answer.
The structural drawings at minimum; calculations and the geotechnical report make the review sharper. We can proceed on drawings alone and note what could not be verified.
Most reviews return a handful of queries and a few genuine issues — commonly around connections, bracing and assumptions about existing structure. Occasionally we find real problems, which is the point.
A professional engineer treats peer review as normal practice — it is standard on larger projects. The register is written factually, so the conversation stays technical.
This fee covers a single dwelling. Class 2 buildings involve regulated designs under the Design and Building Practitioners (DBP) Act and bigger review scopes — quoted separately.
