Latin America

Structural Engineering Services in Rio de Janeiro

Every engineering discipline your Rio de Janeiro project needs — designed to AISC 360, ASCE 7, NSR-10 and delivered with overnight production so drawings are ready at start of day.

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Structural Engineering Services serves clients in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil with 60+ engineering services, working to AISC 360, ASCE 7, NSR-10, ASME B31.3, API 650. Key sectors: Mining, Oil & Gas, Energy, Industrial.

Design basis

Codes, standards & units for Rio de Janeiro

Every package we issue for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is designed, checked and drawn to the standards your reviewers already use — no translation step at your end.

Standard	Discipline	How we apply it
AISC 360	Structural steel	Member, connection and stability design for frames, racks and platforms
ASCE 7	Loads	Wind, seismic, snow and load-combination basis for every analysis model
NSR-10	Loads & seismic	Seismic-resistant construction requirements for the region
ASME B31.3	Process piping	Wall thickness, flexibility and CAESAR II stress acceptance
API 650	Storage tanks	Welded tank shells, annular plates, roofs and appurtenances

Units on Rio de Janeiro jobs

metric

Metric throughout — millimetres on drawings, metres for levels and setting out, kilonewtons and megapascals in the calculations.

What lands in your folder

Native Tekla, STAAD.Pro, CAESAR II and PV-Elite files plus PDF, DWG, DXF, NC1/DSTV and IFC.

Drawing conventions your fabricator expects

Sheets & scales: ISO A1 / A3 sheets, or ANSI D where the EPC is US-based
Dimensions: Millimetres, with imperial callouts where US rolled sections are used
Steel grades: ASTM A36 / A572 Gr.50, with local equivalents cross-referenced
Bolting: ASTM F3125 Gr. A325 / A490 with washer and tensioning notes
Welding: AWS D1.1 weld symbols, bilingual notes on request
Projection: Third-angle projection with project grid and datum

How we work with you

A working day with your Rio de Janeiro team

Nothing about this is improvised. Rio de Janeiro is 8 h 30 m behind our engineering desk (UTC+05:30), so we run a fixed daily rhythm around your working hours in Rio de Janeiro.

Your day in Rio de JaneiroOur engineering deskExtended deskShared hours

09:00–17:30

01:00–09:30

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09:00Your morning17:30 here

13:00Your midday21:30 here

17:30Your hand-off02:00 here

Clock positions use standard time for Rio de Janeiro; daylight saving shifts the band by one hour for part of the year.

Extended-desk overlap

4 h 30 m

Our extended shift covers 09:00–13:30, Rio de Janeiro time

RFI turnaround

< 4 working hours

Answered during our extended shift, before you log off

Review rhythm

Weekly + daily log

A recorded model walkthrough you watch on your clock, plus a daily written log

09:00
1. Overnight drop is waiting
Models, drawings and calculation updates produced while Rio de Janeiro was closed are already in the shared folder when your day starts.
09:00–13:30
2. Extended-desk window
A senior engineer holds an extended shift so Rio de Janeiro can take calls and close RFIs live rather than by email.
17:30
3. You hand off
Mark up the drawings, raise RFIs and set the next priority before you log off. The queue is picked up at the start of our next shift.
Next 09:00
4. Revisions back
Comments closed, revision clouds in place and the next issue in your folder before the first Rio de Janeiro meeting of the day.

Sector focus

Industries & project types in Rio de Janeiro

The work that reaches us from Rio de Janeiro clusters around four sectors. These are the packages we are asked for most.

Mining

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Heavy, abrasive-duty structures built far from anywhere — so the drawings have to be right first time.

Conveyor galleries and trestles
Transfer towers and chutes
Silos, bins and hoppers
Crusher and mill building steel

Oil & Gas

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Upstream, midstream and downstream packages for operators, EPCs and the fabricators who build for them.

Separator & metering skids
Pipe racks and process structures
B31.3 stress packages
Wellhead and compressor modules

Energy

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Generation and transmission assets where equipment loads drive both the structure and the foundations.

Power-block and BOP structures
Steam and condensate stress analysis
Tank farms and terminal steel
Switchyard and substation frames

Industrial

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Production and logistics facilities where tonnage economy and erection speed decide the bid.

PEB and heavy industrial sheds
Crane gantries and runway beams
Mezzanines, platforms and stairs
Equipment support structures

Commercial & compliance

Contracting, IP and invoicing for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Engineering is the easy part of an offshore engagement — the contract, the IP and the invoice are what stall it. Here is how we set those up for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil clients.

Fixed-price package

Quote in 24 h · 2–4 milestones

Best for: A defined scope — one building, one skid, one vessel

Lump sum against an agreed drawing and tonnage list. Milestone invoicing, and change orders only for scope you approve in writing.

Rate-based delivery

Weekly reporting · monthly invoice

Best for: Scope that is still moving

Per-drawing, per-tonne or per-hour rates fixed up front, with a weekly burn and progress report so the invoice never surprises you.

Dedicated engineers (ODC)

Monthly per seat · 1-month notice

Best for: A continuous workload across many projects

Named engineers reserved for you each month, working in your folder structure, templates and drawing standards under your team lead.

The paperwork, up front

Working with SES from Brazil

Invoicing currency: BRL or USD, fixed at contract stage
Payment terms: Milestone or monthly invoicing, net 30 days from invoice
Contract vehicle: NDA, then a master services agreement with a priced scope schedule per package
IP & ownership: Models, drawings, calculations and native files transfer to you on final payment
Cross-border paperwork: Tax-residency and invoice documentation supplied for Brazil finance and treaty relief
Insurance: Professional indemnity cover; certificate issued with the proposal on request

Local practice: Bilingual title blocks and drawing notes on request, with documentation structured for EPC and owner review gates.

Confidentiality, IP & data security

Mutual NDA signed before drawings are exchanged — usually inside one working day.
All models, drawings, calculations and native files become your property on final payment.
Project data lives in access-controlled folders; only the named team on your job can open them.
No sub-contracting of your scope to a third party without your written consent.
Every deliverable is produced on genuine licensed software, so your submission chain stays clean.
Transfers over your portal, SharePoint, or our encrypted link — whichever your IT policy allows.

Coverage

Rio de Janeiro and the markets around it

Rio de Janeiro is one of several Brazil markets we support — the same engineers, the same drawing standards, wherever the fabricator sits.

Work is delivered remotely from our engineering office: overnight production so drawings are ready at start of day.
No travel premium, no minimum project size, and the same senior review on every package.

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Rio de Janeiro within Brazil

We support the same disciplines in every Brazil market below.

Brazil (country overview)São Paulo Belo Horizonte

Across Latin America

Regional peers on the same code basis and delivery model.

Mexico Chile Colombia Peru Argentina Ecuador Uruguay Panama Costa Rica Trinidad & Tobago

Every service we deliver in Rio de Janeiro

Open a discipline to see the exact scope you need. Each page sets out deliverables, the codes we work to in Rio de Janeiro and a typical turnaround.

62 services

Steel Structures & Detailing in Rio de Janeiro

Tekla-based 3D modeling and fabrication-ready steel detailing for every structure type.

Structural Analysis & Design in Rio de Janeiro

Code-compliant analysis, member design, connection and foundation design.

Piping Design & Stress in Rio de Janeiro

3D piping, layouts, isometrics and CAESAR II stress analysis for process plants.

Static Equipment Design in Rio de Janeiro

Mechanical design of pressure vessels, heat exchangers, tanks and stacks.

Skid Package Engineering in Rio de Janeiro

Complete design of modular skids — vessel, piping, structure and lifting.

Finite Element Analysis in Rio de Janeiro

Advanced simulation on ANSYS Mechanical Enterprise for critical components.

CAD, BIM & Drafting in Rio de Janeiro

Detail engineering, BIM modeling and model reviews across all disciplines.

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