Foundation Design

Foundation Design for Pre-Engineered Metal Buildings and Commercial Projects

CMG Engineering designs foundations for pre-engineered metal buildings and commercial structures — coordinating footings, grade beams, and anchor bolt plans with manufacturer reactions and project-specific site conditions to produce engineered foundation plans ready for permitting and construction.

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What's Included

  • Foundations for pre-engineered metal buildings
  • Isolated column footings
  • Continuous wall footings
  • Grade beams
  • Pier foundations
  • Slab-on-grade coordination
  • Anchor bolt coordination
  • Foundation plans and details
  • Structural calculations
  • Designs based on building-manufacturer reactions
  • Coordination with geotechnical recommendations where provided
  • Responses to permitting or plan-review comments when included in the project scope

Information Needed for a Foundation Design

Final foundation designs depend on project-specific information, including:

  • Building dimensions
  • Column locations
  • Manufacturer reactions
  • Anchor bolt plans
  • Applicable building codes
  • Site conditions
  • Soil or geotechnical information
  • Local permitting requirements

Scope Note

CMG designs foundations based on geotechnical recommendations when they are provided by others. CMG Engineering does not perform geotechnical engineering.

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