New York City · Est. 1952
S.R. Harwood Consulting Engineering, PC
Carrying forward a distinguished structural practice founded in 1952 — more than seven decades of continuous New York service.
Established 1952
Seven Decades of Structural Practice
From Franklin Harwood's founding through Steven Harwood's 50+ years of principal-level practice — a full history of the firm.
Engineering Services
New Structural Design
Low-, mid-, and high-rise commercial and residential structures in structural steel, reinforced concrete, and masonry systems. A component of our work is cost optimized structural systems for housing such as flat slab residential structures, reinforced concrete masonry bearing walls structures with precast plank floor systems, and steel frame structures. Many of the residential projects are mixed use with open commercial space or parking below the residential structure above. Foundations for these buildings have included piles, caissons, pile supported mats, mat foundations, and simple spread footings.
Rehabilitation & Retrofit
Extensive investigations of deteriorated structures to check adequacy existing conditions and to provide rehabilitation designs as deemed necessary. Many of the structures that were retrofit were early steel frame buildings with cinder concrete slabs or hundred-year-old buildings with cast iron columns or concrete structures with specialized slab systems.
Alterations & Expansion
Vertical overbuilds, horizontal extensions, and structural integration of modernized requirements into existing frameworks.
Foundations
Deep and shallow foundations: piles, caissons, mat foundations, underpinning, and adjacent-property construction safeguards.
Peer Review
Rigorous, independent structural engineering design reviews on behalf of owners, commercial lenders, and design teams.
Forensic & Adjacent Property Protection
Authoritative, expert-witness-ready structural analysis for attorneys and insurers, grounded in real-world construction mechanics. We review access agreements and assess the impacts of proposed adjacent construction.
Steven Robert Harwood, P.E.
Direct Principal Involvement
Every engagement is led personally by Steven R. Harwood, P.E. Clients work directly with the principal throughout, from initial consultation through construction documents on design projects, and from the first site visit through the final report on investigations. The engineer who analyzes the structure is the engineer who signs and stands behind the design or findings.