A-1 Engineering

Meridith jumped though hoops to get an engineer out to one of my properties asap. Excecptional customer service!

We paid $ 575 for a foundation inspection as we wanted to make sure that the house we are buying is ok. He spent less than 1 hour and told us everything is ok. When my husband asked questions, he answered «not sure» for several times. He told us that he would give us a report by Monday or Tuesday. We waited to Friday and no response. We called and left a message. We also entailed. No response. We called again and one gentleman told us that he does not know the status and he will ask the inspector guy to call us. No call. We need this report to close the house. Feeling like we just wasted $ 575 for nothing

A-​1 Engineering appeared as an Ad while searching for foundation leveling companies. The title of the ad had the word «Scam» in it. In reading their web site they then proceed to declare «We don’t want to make the public believe that the foundation repair companies are scam artists salivating to steal your money;»
So which is it? In addition, in none of the literature they provide do they suggest alternatives to the bad leveling methods, just that the one they are slamming is mostly no good.
Other reviews provide no additional information, such as «they recommend that we do X instead of Y.
Hmmmm…

Diego at A-​1 Engineering is a P.E. structural engineer, which are hard to find who will do residences. (I found mechanical and civil but since I was moving a load-​bearing wall which supported my master bath, I wanted advice from a true professional in that field.) I emailed Diego several times trying to decide whether to hire him as I was concerned about the cost of his advice as compared to the cost of our remodel. He gave me some preliminary advice which convinced me to go ahead and hire him to come to my house and look in the walls since I did not have any framing blueprints. He was courteous and professional, and and brought another structural engineer who was working on his license to assist him. They both spent a lot of time looking in various areas in the entire house to try to figure out which walls were load bearing. This was a difficult task because our attic was finished out and there was limited access. They also talked to each other and checked their opinions and calculations against each other. Diego discovered that my blueprints did not match what was actually built. He gave me some preliminary advice on adding a column which saved me a lot of money. He said he could design other options but that the building cost would be more expensive. I would him again in a heartbeat. I still may hire him to give me a letter opinion or some drawings because I was so pleased with his work. His advice has actually saved me money. I definitely would use him again and would refer him to anyone without hesitation. I got my money’s worth.