Structural & civil engineers in Burnaby
MAF Engineering is a P.Eng.-led structural, seismic and civil consulting firm serving property owners, developers, contractors and architects throughout Burnaby. With 25+ years of experience across the Lower Mainland, we handle everything from tenant improvements and warehouse upgrades to new mixed-use structures, foundation design and seismic retrofits. We prepare stamped drawings and Schedule B and C letters of assurance and carry out the field reviews needed to move a Burnaby building-permit application forward.
Engineering for Burnaby projects
Burnaby's building stock is unusually varied for a single municipality: dense concrete high-rise and mixed-use development clustered around the Metrotown, Brentwood and Lougheed town centres and the Expo and Millennium SkyTrain lines, mid-rise wood-frame and light-steel infill along the arterials, and large tilt-up and steel-framed industrial parks in the Big Bend and Still Creek flats. That range matters structurally because the ground under it changes just as much — the city straddles two ridges with SFU atop Burnaby Mountain, so hillside sites tend to sit on firmer glacial soils, while the low Big Bend lands along the Fraser River are deep, soft alluvial deposits where liquefaction and ground amplification must be taken seriously. Like the rest of the BC south coast, Burnaby sits in a high-seismic zone exposed to both shallow crustal and Cascadia subduction earthquakes, so lateral design, tie-in detailing and, for older buildings, seismic upgrades are central to almost every project — all designed to the current BC Building Code with the geotechnical parameters appropriate to the specific site.
Our Burnaby work includes the Race Face warehouse upgrade and the Securiguard central office, reflecting our experience across the city's industrial and commercial building types.
How we help in Burnaby
- Seismic design & retrofit for a high-hazard zone
- Structural design for mid-rise & mixed-use development
- Industrial tilt-up & steel warehouse engineering
- Foundations on Big Bend / Fraser lowland soils
- Schedule B & C letters of assurance and field review