Structural & civil engineers in North Vancouver
MAF Engineering Ltd. provides structural, seismic and civil engineering to homeowners, builders, architects and property managers across North Vancouver and the wider North Shore. Led by a P.Eng. with 25+ years of experience and registration in BC, our work ranges from single-family additions and steep-lot foundations to mid-rise mixed-use frames, cold-formed steel and machinery supports. We prepare stamped drawings, Schedule B commitments and field-review reports to move projects cleanly through municipal building-permit review.
Engineering for North Vancouver projects
North Vancouver is defined by the transition from the Burrard Inlet waterfront up into the North Shore Mountains, and that terrain shapes almost every structural decision here. Lower Lonsdale and the City core carry dense mixed-use and mid-rise redevelopment on former industrial and marine-influenced ground, while the District climbs into hillside neighbourhoods like Lynn Valley, Grouse Woods and the Seymour benches, where steep slopes, shallow-to-variable bedrock, glacial soils, creek and ravine setbacks, and higher upslope snow loads all come into play. Foundations frequently mean stepped footings, retaining walls and hillside anchoring on constrained lots, and because the BC south coast sits within the Cascadia and Georgia Strait seismic setting, seismic demand governs both new construction and the strengthening of older wood-frame and concrete buildings. All design follows the current BC Building Code, with structural drawings supported by Schedule B and C letters of assurance and field review through the permit process.
In North Vancouver, MAF Engineering has contributed structural engineering on work at Lions Gate Hospital.
How we help in North Vancouver
- Steep-slope and hillside foundation design
- Seismic design and retrofit of existing buildings
- Structural framing for Lonsdale mixed-use and mid-rise
- Cold-formed steel (CFS/LSF) engineering
- Schedule B assurance and field review