Continental Engineering Designers provides professional civil, structural, and construction design solutions for residential, commercial, industrial, and infrastructure projects.
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SHEET A-101
STRUCTURAL STEEL FRAMING · CHICAGO, IL
Habitable structures, mixed-use buildings, and commercial fit-outs designed for code compliance and constructability.
Load analysis, framing systems, and structural detailing in concrete, steel, masonry, and timber assemblies.
Phased buildability reviews, sequence drawings, and contractor-ready documentation that reduces field RFIs.
Site grading, utilities coordination, and small-scale civil works for municipal and private development teams.
PLATE 02 · SITE OVERVIEW
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ENGINEERING STUDIO · CHICAGO, IL
Continental Engineering Designers is a multidisciplinary engineering practice helping owners, architects, and contractors translate ideas into safe, practical, and buildable plans. We work across civil, structural, and construction-design disciplines on projects from single-family homes to mid-scale infrastructure.
Our work is grounded in clear documentation, conservative analysis, and constant coordination with the trades who will build it. We measure our designs not by their drawing count, but by how cleanly they are constructed in the field.
Every drawing set is built to be unambiguous on site â fewer RFIs, fewer surprises.
We design to what can be built and inspected, not to what looks elegant on screen.
Civil, structural, and architectural support coordinated under one project lead.
IBC, ACI, AISC, and local jurisdictional standards verified at every milestone.
Our scope covers the full path from initial site review to issued-for-construction documentation. Engagements can be scoped to a single deliverable or sustained through a multi-year build-out.
Site layout, grading, drainage, and on-grade civil works coordinated with surveyors and geotechnical reports.
Gravity and lateral systems, foundation design, and member sizing for steel, concrete, masonry, and wood.
Engineering review and detailing services that complement architectural teams during DD, CD, and CA phases.
Single-family, multi-family, and ADU drawings sized for permitting and direct issue to general contractors.
Retail, office, and light-industrial structures with tenant-fit, MEP-coordination, and life-safety review.
Sequencing diagrams, phasing plans, and constructability reviews delivered alongside the drawing set.
Pavements, retaining structures, small bridges, and utility corridors for private and municipal owners.
Permit sets, IFC packages, and as-built revisions produced to ISO-aligned drawing standards.
A snapshot of recent engagements. Full case studies, drawing samples, and references are available on request under NDA where required.
PRJ-2025-038 · NORTHRIDGE
12,400 SF
COMMERCIAL PLAZA · CHICAGO, IL
Three-story mixed-use commercial development with full structural steel framing, post-tensioned slab on grade, and integrated parking podium.
PRJ-2024-019
LAKESIDE RESIDENCE · LAKE FOREST, IL
4,800 SF single-family residence on a sloped lakefront site requiring stepped foundation design.
PRJ-2025-024
PEDESTRIAN CROSSING · GARY, IN
Steel truss pedestrian bridge spanning 38 m over an active rail corridor, with abutment and approach design.
PRJ-2025-031
LOGISTICS FACILITY · JOLIET, IL
Pre-engineered metal building with paved truck court, stormwater detention, and rail-spur coordination.
PRJ-2024-006
CEDAR COURT TOWNHOMES · EVANSTON, IL
24-unit townhome development with shared underground parking, party-wall design, and on-site stormwater.
What makes our practice consistent across project types is a focus on documentation quality, communication, and disciplined coordination from concept to closeout.
Sets that are dimensioned, detailed, and coordinated â produced to a single internal standard regardless of project size.
Solutions are evaluated for constructability and cost-impact before they are issued, not after a contractor flags them.
One engineering lead per project, scheduled coordination calls, and structured RFI turnaround â every week.
Designs verified against IBC, ACI, AISC, ASCE 7, and applicable local jurisdictional amendments at every milestone.
Residential, commercial, industrial, and infrastructure work â with portable methodology and shared QA between teams.
Defined deliverables, milestones, and acceptance criteria â agreed in writing before design work begins.
A predictable workflow used on every project, whether the deliverable is a single structural sheet or a full multi-discipline set.
An initial scoping conversation to understand intent, schedule, budget envelope, and required deliverables.
Site visit, document review, and verification of survey, geotechnical, and existing-condition data.
Engineering analysis, drawing production, and internal QA across all relevant disciplines.
Coordinated final set issued for permit or construction, with revision support through closeout.
Contact Continental Engineering Designers to discuss your project requirements and get professional engineering support.
