Design
HutchinsonExpertise in diverse industries and advanced structural analysis.
- WA8 8PT, United Kingdom
Design expertise
With over 45 years of design experience and technical expertise, we boast a solid track record in designing highly specialised structures, equipment, and foundation solutions. Whether it’s volume or bespoke design, our team of Structural Engineers and Designers infuses enthusiasm, tenacity, and innovation into every project.
Leveraging state-of-the-art CAD technology, we specialise in designing, manufacturing, assembling, and maintaining complex steelwork products for a range of sectors including telecoms, offshore and onshore wind, oil & gas, rail, nuclear, and energy. Our services include designing from first principles, developing designs based on customer outlines, and creating production drawings and connection designs from customer-provided general arrangement drawings.
Additionally, our expertise in structural analysis allows us to conduct comprehensive assessments of strength, fatigue, and frequency in accordance with Eurocodes, as well as detailed evaluations of wind, ice, and snow load impacts. As a manufacturer, our design function also carries expertise in the design and development of production-jigs and fixtures facilitating the serial manufacture of structures and products.
Design Services
Design of specialised structures
Our team has extensive experience in designing specialised steelwork products for a variety of sectors, including telecommunications, both offshore and onshore wind energy, oil & gas, rail, nuclear energy, and general energy sectors.
Fatigue analysis
With extensive experience in fatigue analysis based on the Eurocodes, we’re experts in welded steel structures and foundations subjected to fatigue loads through wind conditions and mechanical operations.
Frequency analysis
Through finite element analysis, we carry out frequency studies on our structures with the principal aim of limiting their exposure to fatigue.
Strength analysis
Our expert structures engineers have a wealth of experience in this area, using both solid and beam finite element packages to perform strength analyses to the Eurocodes.
Concrete foundation design
We design reinforced concrete foundations for steel structures. Our designs range from root foundations for smaller structures to pad foundations for larger structures, such as lattice towers. Each design is tailored to meet specific structural demands and compliance requirements.