Services
Structural engineering services in Hobart
Every service we offer for homes and commercial projects, with starting prices: inspections and reports, foundations and ground, design for building work, certificates for your building surveyor and commercial engineering.
In short
Hobart Structural Engineers offers 17 residential services and 4 commercial services across Greater Hobart, with desktop design and certification Tasmania-wide. Ten services have published starting prices, from $350 + GST for a Form 55 certificate to $850 + GST for pool engineering; the rest are priced by fixed quote. Every quote is fixed and sent within 1–2 business hours.
- Prices
- From $350 + GST, or a fixed quote per job
- Quote
- Within 1–2 business hours, Mon–Fri 8:00am–5:00pm
- Site visits
- Greater Hobart; desktop work Tasmania-wide
- Licence
- Engineer – Civil, Occupational Licensing Act 2005
All services
What structural engineering services do we offer in Hobart?
We offer inspections and reports, foundation and ground engineering, design for building work, certificates and commercial engineering. Starting prices are ex GST; "Quote" means a fixed quote for your job.
An engineer's signed report on what's happening to a building, why, and what to do about it.
Footings, stumps, retaining walls, landslip and stormwater: the civil side of building on Hobart's ground.
Drawings and calculations your builder can price and your building surveyor can approve.
Tasmanian paperwork for designs and for work already built.
Fit-outs, steel buildings, townhouses and inspections, priced by fixed quote per project.
Choosing a service
Which structural engineering service do I need?
The right service depends on what you're seeing or planning. Start from your situation in the table; if none fits, choose "Not sure, please advise" on the quote form and we'll recommend one.
| Your situation | The service | Starting price |
|---|---|---|
| Cracks, sticking doors or sloping floors | Cracks & foundation movement report | From $590 + GST |
| Buying a home and the inspector flagged something | Pre-purchase structural inspection | From $590 + GST |
| Quoted for underpinning and unsure it's needed | Underpinning quote second opinion | From $390 + GST |
| Opening up a loadbearing wall | Wall removal & beam design | From $550 + GST |
| Building a wall on a slope | Retaining wall design | From $750 + GST |
| The property is in a landslip band | Landslip report | Fixed quote |
| Building surveyor asked for a certificate | Form 35 & Form 55 certificates | From $350 + GST |
| Neighbour about to excavate or demolish | Dilapidation report | From $650 + GST |
| A commercial fit-out, steel building or townhouses | Commercial engineering | Fixed quote |
Not sure? Ask for advice with a quote or read do I need a structural engineer?
Civil engineering
Do you also do civil engineering in Hobart?
Yes. Civil engineering for homes and small developments is part of what we do, under the same Engineer – Civil licence that covers structural and geotechnical work in Tasmania.
On Hobart sites that usually means stormwater and drainage (property stormwater beyond a 290 m² roof catchment is notifiable plumbing work designed by a licensed designer), site classification on reactive clays, retaining walls on cut and fill, and landslip reports in a Landslip Hazard Code band.
We don't prepare bushfire (BAL) assessments or bushfire hazard management plans: an accredited bushfire hazard practitioner prepares those.
How every service works
Send photos or plans
Use the quote 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.
Before you book