The Firm

The Firm

We are a design consulting firm based in Athens Greece, specializing in Structural Civil Engineering, covering the whole variety of this field.

With its present form the firm exists since 1980, following the personal company founded by the structural civil engineer Mr. Minas Grigoratos, member of the Technical Chamber of Greece (No 30447).

The firm has a very active presence in the private sector, mainly due to its structural expertise and dynamic attitude.

Being equipped with advanced hardware systems, we use up-to-date software and we are familiar with the Eurocodes and the corresponding Greek Codes.

Our basic philosophy is the high quality of our services, the in-depth analysis and the search for innovative solutions.

As a consultancy firm for Civil Engineering projects we have been operating in the Greek market for thirty years and we have prepared a plethora of studies for Civil Engineering projects with particular emphasis on the following fields:

Field 1: Structural design projects

The main activity of the firm is structural design projects of any kind, especially for the private sector, with specialization in the design of buildings of the following types:

  • Administration buildings
  • Hospitals and Schools
  • Banks and Offices
  • Hotels
  • Shopping Centers
  • Garages
  • Accommodation buildings and Villas

Services provided:

a. Structural analysis and design.

b. Supervision of the construction of the framing system.

c. Structural consulting.

d. Project management.

Field 2: Structural Reinforcements / Repairs

Our firm has significant specialization in the field of reinforcing and repairing reinforced concrete structures, which have been damaged by earthquakes, additional loads, etc.

The experience in this field was acquired by the large number of studies accomplished during the periods which followed the earthquakes of Western Peloponnese (1989) and Athens (1999).

Services provided:

a. Structural analysis and design.

b. Supervision of the construction of the framing system.

c. Structural consulting.

d. Project management.

Field 3: Structural strengthening of existing buildings

Also our firm has significant specialization in the field of strengthening existing buildings.

Services provided:

a. Structural analysis for an Adequacy check, using the new Codes.

b. Laboratory tests for the strength determination of the existing materials.

c. Overall strengthening of the structures.

d. Structural consulting.