We offer a variety of engineering services.

Please contact us if you have any questions.

ENGINEERED Framing

Anvil Engineering framing plans make it easy on your framer to frame your house with quality and efficiency.

  • We save you money by minimizing beam quantity, beam size, and shearwall quantity

  • Design efficient load paths that minimize loads transferred to ceilings and floors

  • Our roof plans are detailed and show the locations of all purlins and roof strut

  • Beam sizes are clearly shown next to the beam on the plan; no need to search a table to find a beam size

  • Our wall bracing plans include locations and types of shearwalls required for the applicable wind speed

engineered foundations

Conventional, Post-Tensioned, Pier and Beam, Pier-supported Slabs

  • We will review your soil report to ensure your foundation is constructed in compliance with geotechnical requirements

  • Anvil can design any type of residential foundation to meet your performance and risk mitigation preferences

  • Our plans show the location of all post-tensioning cables

  • We provide a post-tensioning cable and concrete area estimates on the drawing, making your evaluation of contractor estimates simpler

  • All of our clients are important. Our plans will not sit in our office and take a back seat to the large production builders; we specialize in providing exceptional service to owners and custom home builders.

windstorm engineering

We are approved by the Texas Department of Insurance to provide engineering and inspections for houses built in TDI designated catastrophe areas.

Anvil has designed thousands of homes to withstand wind speeds up to 130 MPH and can help you navigate the paperwork and inspection process required by the Texas Department of Insurance

additional services available

Miscellaneous Steel Design

  • Anvil works for owners and fabricators who need light structural steel design. Custom stairs, handrails, ladders and platforms, miscellaneous pipe supports, steel beams and columns – we can provide the engineering and drawings you need to comply with your project’s specifications.

Forensics

  • Have a framing or foundation issue arise during or after construction? Are you seeing sheetrock cracks or brick veneer cracks? Do you have doors that won’t close properly? We’ve been evaluating framing and foundation issues for years around the greater Houston area. We consult with both owners and builders to evaluate and provide solutions to structural concerns.

value engineering review

  • Unlike the larger firms around town, Anvil’s main focus is not “production.” We strive for quality and efficiency.

  • We aim to apply value engineering in our plans in order to promote efficient design while upholding the standards of quality typically expected by owners and custom home builders.

  • Already have your plans engineered but have some concerns with them? We are happy to review a set of your structural plans and offer cost-saving and quality enhancement suggestions

Shop Drawing Review

  • Need an independent review of your steel shop drawings? Don’t have time to review shop drawings in-house? Anvil has years of experience coordinating with fabricators and steel detailers, and reviewing shop drawings for compliance with IFC structural drawings.