At S.E.F.C. Engineers, Inc., we are a full-service structural engineering and multi-discipline forensic consulting firm with over 30 years of experience. Our company was founded in 1992 by Jack Sellars, P.E., and Sasan Pasha, P.E., who together bring over 60 years of combined experience in the structural engineering field. Our expertise lies in providing innovative and practical engineering solutions to meet the diverse needs of our clients.

Our Services

At S.E.F.C. Engineers, Inc., we offer a wide range of services, including structural design, preparation of structural construction documents, including CAD drawings and specifications, construction administration, special inspections, value engineering, structural investigations, and construction cost estimations for various types of projects, such as commercial, healthcare, institutional, industrial, and residential buildings, as well as highway bridges.

We also provide extensive forensic engineering services, including failure and causation analyses, extent of damage assessments, repair and/or remediation recommendations, construction document preparation, and expert witness involvement. Our experienced engineers are well-versed in building codes and standards, ensuring that our clients receive practical and well-founded remediation and/or construction documentation in building defects and liability cases.

Structural Engineering

Our structural engineering services include design and construction administration for a variety of projects, including:

Structural design of buildings and bridges, including concept development, preliminary sizing, cost estimating, and preparation of final contract documents with specifications
Construction special inspections
Second opinion and value engineering of structural alternatives
Structural design of water and wastewater treatment plants
Structural inspections, failure investigations, and repair recommendations for commercial, industrial, and residential buildings
Evaluation and structural design modifications necessary to support industrial facility changes, upgrades, or retrofits
Design of unique structures and heavy equipment foundations
Layout and structural design of coal handling facilities
Structural analysis of buildings or unique structures subjected to wind, earthquake, or manmade loadings
Two and three-dimensional frame and truss analysis utilizing Finite Element Analysis
Reinforced concrete design
Precast/pre-stressed and post-tensioned concrete design
Concrete tilt-up design
Masonry design
Structural steel design
Wood design, and other sustainable materials design

Forensic Engineering

Our forensic engineering services include failure and causation analyses, extent of damage assessments, repair and/or remediation recommendations, construction document preparation, and expert witness involvement. We provide multi-discipline forensic engineering and failure analysis of buildings and their related components, assisting our clients with cases involving construction defects and structural failures. Our experts are trained to opine as to standards of practice and building codes, providing our clients with practical and well-founded remediation and/or construction documentation in building defects and liability cases.