Licensed structural engineers · Hobart, Tasmania
Structural engineers for Hobart homes and commercial buildings
From sandstone cottages in Battery Point to steel-framed warehouses: inspections, crack reports, underpinning design, retaining walls, extensions, pools, stormwater and certificates. Independent advice, with a fixed price first.
Engineering only
We inspect, diagnose, design and certify. We never sell the repair.
Fixed quote in 1–2 business hours
Tell us about the job
Photos or plans are enough to quote. Your fixed quote says what's included, whether the job needs a site visit and when you'll receive it.
Mon–Fri 8:00am–5:00pm · No obligation · Or call 03 6146 4747
In short
Hobart Structural Engineers is a licensed structural and civil engineering practice for homes and commercial projects across Greater Hobart, with desktop reviews Tasmania-wide. Structural inspections and crack reports start at $590 + GST, retaining wall designs at $750 + GST and Form 55 certificates at $350 + GST. Send photos or plans for a fixed quote within 1–2 business hours.
Who we work for
Homes and commercial, the same careful engineering
Residential
Homeowners, buyers & builders
Cracks, sloping floors, steep blocks, renovations and a pool in the backyard.
- Structural inspections & crack reports
- Underpinning, restumping & footings
- Extensions, wall removal, decks & pools
- Retaining walls, landslip & stormwater
Commercial
Owners, developers & designers
Fit-outs, mezzanines, steel structures and small multi-residential, documented for your building surveyor.
- Fit-outs, mezzanines & new openings
- Steel structures, sheds & warehouses
- Townhouses & units
- Condition reports & change of use
Services & prices
The price list
Starting fees, ex GST. You always get a fixed quote for your job before anything starts.
How it works
Three steps, no surprises
Send photos or plans
Use the form with your suburb and any deadline, such as settlement, a permit or a builder's start date.
Get a fixed quote
Within 1–2 business hours, with what's included, whether a site visit is needed and the delivery date.
Signed report or design
Ready for your buyer, builder, insurer or building surveyor, with a Form 35 or Form 55 where the work needs one.
Independent
An engineer with nothing to sell you
Some firms that assess foundations also sell the repair. We only inspect, diagnose, design and certify, so the advice is about your building, not a job.
If no repair is needed, our report says so. If one is, we design it and any licensed builder can build it.
Built for Hobart's ground
Why Hobart buildings crack, slide and settle
Clay soils, landslip bands, steep blocks and old masonry all change what a job needs. These are the local conditions we design for.
Reactive clays
Clays weathered from dolerite are documented as expansive in Hobart, with Mineral Resources Tasmania reports on houses in Lindisfarne, Lenah Valley and Taroona.
Landslip bands
The Landslip Hazard Code maps low, medium, medium-active and high bands. Low-risk work in a band becomes notifiable, and Rosetta and Taroona are documented landslide areas.
Heritage homes
Works to a place on the Tasmanian Heritage Register need Heritage Council approval, and structural changes need drawings of the existing condition.
Steep blocks
A retaining wall over 1.2 m, or over 0.5 m near a boundary, is no longer low-risk work. Up to 1.8 m it needs a licensed builder and an engineer's design.
Areas
Across Greater Hobart and Tasmania
Site visits across Greater Hobart. Desktop reviews, design and certification from photos and plans anywhere in Tasmania.