Structures and existing buildings
Structural studies for renovation and new construction, analysis of existing load-bearing structures, openings, timber floors, beams, foundations, terraces and temporary or permanent structural interventions.
EA Suys - Structures and building services
EA Suys is a building consultancy based in Kapelle-op-den-Bos, Belgium, with structural studies for residential and public building projects as its main activity, both renovation and new-build. We work quickly, carefully and at a fair price. The company is young, but its managing engineer has more than 15 years of experience in these projects. We also advise clients, architects and contractors on building services, energy, indoor climate, acoustics and installations.
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Projects
A selection of recent studies.
Services
We support architects, clients and design teams with technical choices in renovation and new-build projects. The focus is on clear calculations, buildable details and realistic coordination between structure, building services and execution.
Renovation and technical feasibility
Advice for alterations, reuse and renovation of existing buildings, with attention to load-bearing structure, execution, technical shafts, maintainability and phasing.
Building services: HVAC, sanitary and ventilation
Advice on heating and cooling concepts, ventilation, domestic hot water, pipework, technical shafts, PV, maintainability and correctly sized installations.
Energy and indoor climate
Support for heat loss, energy concepts, summer and winter comfort, moisture, condensation risks, thermal bridges, material choices and feasible renovation packages.
Acoustics
Indicative review of acoustic issues in renovation and new-build projects, including separating walls, floors, technical installations and comfort in use.
Tender review and site follow-up
Technical review of tenders, comparison of proposed solutions, coordination between structure and installations, design-team coordination and site follow-up.
Tools and calculations on request
The structural tools and the retaining-wall workspace calculate online, on our own calculation service. Connections and the bearing capacity of foundations are calculated on request with our own programs.
Structural tools
Indicative EC1, EC3, EC5, EC6 and beam-mechanics calculation records with downloadable JSON and HTML outputs.
Retaining wall workspace
Technical preview of staged sheet-pile analysis as a beam on elastic-plastic soil springs. The solver is verified against independent reference calculations.
Connections (on request)
Steel, timber and masonry connections to the Eurocodes: bolted T-stub, column base with cast-in anchors, end-plate connections, steel-to-timber and timber connections, with drawings and a finite-element check where needed.
Strip footing bearing capacity (on request)
The exact plasticity solution for strip footings on c'-φ' soil, with a water table, a slope beside the footing and an inclined load, plus the EN 1997-1 check.
News
Old masonry, calculated brick by brick
A brick wall calculated as it was built, brick by brick, and checked against a wall test at TU Eindhoven.
Is your building moving? Satellite measurements since 2020
With European satellite measurements we check whether a building and its street have moved since December 2020, to the millimetre.