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Tips & Tricks

Treated Timber and Steel

This is a reminder to builders and designers (oh and sales people selling treated timber): Some chemicals used to treat external grade softwood timbers react with and corrode steel! If you are building and you are using pressure treated timber – call Cornell Engineers to discuss which fasteners and brackets you should be specifying or using – or have a browse here:
http://www.galvanizeit.org/hot-dip-galvanizing/how-long-does-hdg-last/contact-with-treated-wood
http://steelproducts.bluescopesteel.com.au/category/corrosion-technical-bulletins
Corrosion of Fasteners in Treated Timber
Happy reading!!!
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Home Renovation Project Updates

Banyo Project is Progressing

Follow the link to see a photo update of our renovation project in Banyo, Brisbane. Engineering by Cornell Engineers.

Banyo House Extension Photos

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Tips & Tricks

Structural Engineers Brisbane

If you’re looking for a structural engineer in Brisbane, then I’d like to help you. I’ve been a structural engineer since 1991. I have been running my own business since 2003. I specialise in designing and certifying houses, extensions and renovations.

I can design and certify retaining walls, steel beams, new footings, relocated walls, double storey extensions and more. What’s more – I’m easy to talk to, I love taking your ideas and needs and making them a reality and I really, really like working with Queenlanders – the people AND the buildings!

My company is Cornell Engineers and our Brisbane office is located in Hendra. We happily service and inspect buildings all over Brisbane and throughout Queensland by appointment.

I’m here to help. Call me if you need a structural engineer in Brisbane. Phone 07 3102 2835.

If you are after home renovation or new build ideas and would like to see some of our current projects being built, add us on FaceBook.

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Tips & Tricks

Cyclone Damage

Cyclone Damage

We are structural engineers. We can help you if your building was damaged by the cyclone.

We can assist with structural engineering and make-safe work after the cyclone. If it is important that you get the right beam size and repairs done quickly, call us for structural engineering in Ayr, Townsville,  Bowen and Mackay.

The best number to call us on?

07 3102 2835

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Our Friends & Associates

Site photos a big hit

If a picture tells a thousand words, our construction photos tell even more. Watch some great Brisbane renovation projects being built and learn what goes into a building to make it strong.

Our photo of the week this week is Julian Kajewski on site in Banyo, Brisbane where a house extension is well underway by Ascot builder James Maguire Construction. Designed by clever building designer Roger Cook of Roger Cook Design, the double storey extension is ready for cladding and roof sheeting.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=713882741977884&set=a.713882695311222.1073741840.175352419164255&type=1&theater

Matthew Cornell of Cornell Engineers Brisbane did the timber frame inspection this week – aided by Julian who is studying construction management in Brisbane.

Julian Kajewski doing a frame inspection.
Julian Kajewski on site.

The photo generated a flurry of likes and comments on Cornell Engineers FaceBook page. It reinforces Cornell Engineers’ philosophy that engineering isn’t about buildings – it’s about people working with people.

Matthew Cornell said,”Like our FaceBook page! We’re always updating the page with photos of our jobs under construction. It’s a great way to take the mystery out of the building process. Structural engineers needn’t be the only one that get to appreciate the beauty of the structure under the skin of houses.”

Head over to Cornell Engineer’s FaceBook page here.