Capability Statement
Jackson & Sands Engineering delivers innovative, client-focused solutions in civil, structural, and architectural design. Our expertise, enriched by practical construction experience, sets an industry benchmark for accuracy, serving the AEC industry, owners, and governmental agencies with designs informed by real-world insights and significantly reducing plan errors.
Core Competencies
- Structural & Architectural Design:
Comprehensive plans for Residential, Commercial, and Industrial projects. - Construction Engineering:
Falsework/formwork design, claims analysis, and seismic anchor calculations. - Specialized Infrastructure:
Retaining wall designs, bridge design, submerged timber pile retrofits, and geofoam roadway fill design. - Public Works Support:
On-call site planning, ADA compliance, parking garage repair, and foundation designs for public art/sculptures. - Institutional:
Tribal and Affordable housing, municipal on-call services for 14+ cities/ counties. - Industrial:
High-voltage enclosures, PEMB waste facilities, seismic anchorage, and OSHA compliant anchorage.
Key Differentiators:
- The “Builder’s Perspective”:
Our staff’s history as inspectors, framers and contractors ensures designs are actually buildable, not just mathematically sound. - Innovative Cost-Saving Techniques:
We specialize in site-specific engineering to save client costs, such as:- Bonding materials to existing members to prioritize repairs over demolition.
- Utilizing strap beams to reduce footing depth on large moment frame footings.
- Developing wood member splices/repairs in lieu of total replacement.
- Agile Design-Build Partners:
Proven track record of meeting aggressive timelines (e.g., 33-unit complex designed and built within 14 months)
Past Performance:
- Multi-Family Design-Build: Full architectural/structural design for an 18,000 SF, 33-unit complex completed on a high-speed 14-month design build schedule.
- City of Chico: On-call design services providing site plans for municipal ADU projects.
- Nevada County: Engineering solutions for generator pad foundations, decks, and housing projects.
- Statewide ADU Expertise: Permitted hundreds of ADU units across 14+ California jurisdictions.
- Public Art Foundations: Specialized structural engineering for the City of Davis and City of Orland.
- Water Treatment Plant: Completed seismic and vibration anchorage calculations for pumps, tanks, and other equipment
Available for Prime Contracting and Sub-Consultant partnerships.
Jackson & Sands Project Types
Design Build Projects
- Architectural and structural design of 33-unit multi-family apartment
- Architectural and structural design of gym and offices utilizing a PEMB
- Architectural and structural design of wood framed entry structure
- Architectural and structural design of numerous Waste Management structures utilizing PEMBs
- Architectural design of high voltage transfer enclosure structure
Heavy Civil
- Structural design of cast in place bottomless concrete culverts for subdivision
- Structural design of concrete headwalls for public works project
- Structural design of concrete stairs and retaining walls to be partially submerged by lake
- Wind loading on traffic control devices
- Structural design of temporary forms
- Structural design of concrete headwalls
Affordable Housing Projects
- Architectural and structural design for Tribal Housing
- Architectural and structural design for Habitat for Humanity Housing
- Architectural and structural design of master residential plans rebuild plans
Residential and Commercial
- Architectural and structural design of hundreds of custom homes throughout Northern California
- PEMB infill with office and storage
- Architectural and structural as-built designs for structures built without permits
- Architectural and structural remodel designs for child care facilities
- Structural design of an addition to a religious Temple
- Structural design of an infill to an existing CMU structure with the addition of rooftop decking
- Structural design of tenant improvement project consisting of existing concrete tilt up walls and new steel mezzanine
Local Governments
- Generator pad design, Nevada County
- On-Call Site Plan Designs, City of Chico
- Structural repair design to parking garage, Nevada County
- Art sculpture foundation designs, City of Orland and City of Davis
- Deck design, Nevada County
ADU Designs for Local Governments
- Citrus Heights
- City of Biggs
- City of Chico
- City of Grass Valley
- City of Lathrop
- City of Nevada City
- City of Orland
- City of Tehama
- City of Winters
- Nevada County
- Placer County
- Sierra County
- Town of Truckee
- Yuba County
Structural Assessments
- Post fire
- Post storm damage
- Multi Family Decks
- As a condition of property sale
Misc. Designs
- Steel cantilever and swinging gate designs
- Structural design of power pole racks
- Structural retrofit design of timber piles partially submerged in lake
- Retaining Wall Designs (Conc. Cantilever, CMU Cantilever, Rockery, timber soldier pile, gravity- large blocks, MSE with baselite blocks)
- Forklift loading within concrete water silo
- OSHA compliant anchors to poly tanks
- Seismic anchorage calculations
- Structural design of temporary and permanent bridges
- Road design for bridge approaches, including the use of geofoam blocks as lightweight roadway fill
- Residential grading plan designs
Post Event Engineering
- Repairs to snow, tree, and fire damaged structures