CPEng · NER · RPEV PE0004512
Kestrel works with owner-builders, architects and small commercial developers across greater Melbourne. Fixed fees, drawings in ten working days.
See the fee bandsEvery engagement is signed off by a Registered Professional Engineer of Victoria.
Beams, lintels, footings and connections for a single or double-storey addition, with computations.
Enquire →Site measure, temporary propping scheme and a certified beam design for your building surveyor.
Enquire →Two-hour walkover, defect photography and a written opinion on movement, moisture and framing.
Enquire →Geotechnical review, wall design to AS 4678 and council-ready documentation.
Enquire →Light commercial portal frames, wind loading to AS/NZS 1170, fabrication drawings.
Enquire →Independent structural opinion for VCAT and insurer matters, prepared to the expert code of conduct.
Enquire →Pick the band that fits the job; anything unusual gets a bespoke proposal within two days.
Single element
A$980fixed
Whole project
A$2,400from
Retained
A$1,600per month
The owners wanted the back wall gone without a post in the middle of the kitchen. We used a 460UB steel with a concealed flitch to keep the ceiling line flat, and designed a temporary propping sequence the builder could put up in a single morning. Council approved without an RFI.
A fabricator outgrew their shed and needed 8m clear internal height with a 5-tonne gantry. We designed the portals, crane runway beams and slab thickenings, and worked the wind bracing around three roller doors on the exposed western elevation. Erected in nine days.
Reactive clay and a leaking stormwater line had lifted the rear of a slab by 34mm. We instrumented the floor for six weeks before designing anything, then specified screw piles only where the movement was live. Half the underpinning the original report called for.
No surprises, and no invoice you have not already seen the number for.
Sketches, a survey, an architect’s set or three photos on your phone — all fine. We will tell you what is missing.
Scope, exclusions, deliverables and a date. If we cannot fix the fee we say why and quote a capped rate.
We attend, measure, and open up enough to be sure what is holding the building up before we draw anything.
Drawings, computations and the RPEV certificate, issued as a single signed PDF set.
We answer the building surveyor’s questions directly. RFI responses are included, not extra.
Registered Professional Engineer of Victoria, structural area of engineering, PE0004512.
Chartered status with Engineers Australia and listed on the National Engineering Register.
Professional indemnity to A$10m and public liability to A$20m, with certificates of currency issued alongside every proposal.
Two days for a written fee, most of the time same day. Attachments can follow by email.