With the right tools, knowledge, and experience, Twin Peaks Engineering Ltd. creates detailed designs for renovations and new construction in the Sea to Sky Corridor. This stage ensures that the correct documentation and structural design is completed with various consultants and contractors, and play a large role in the correct procedures for attaining a building permit.
Engineering design tools
Twin Peaks Engineering Ltd. provides leading edge structural engineering design services utilising the latest design software and methodologies. This includes WoodWorks, which is a program created by the Canadian Wood Council to help ensure timber building designs include the right technical standards. Twin Peaks Engineering Ltd. also relies on S-Frame Software, which is used by many of the world’s leading structural engineering firms.
Structural engineering in the Sea to Sky Corridor
All Twin Peaks Engineering Ltd. designs are completed in accordance with the British Columbia Building Code 2012 and National Building Code of Canada 2015. Additionally, due to the climate conditions in the corridor such as high snow loads, considerable care and detailed planning go into overcoming these specific challenges for all new construction in Whistler and surrounds.
Building permit submission in Whistler, Squamish and Pemberton
To submit a building permit in Whistler and surrounds, it is a requirement to have architectural drawings, sealed structural drawings, a geotechnical assessment, and other various related documents. Twin Peaks Engineering Ltd. works with other consultants to provide a coordinated set of sealed structural drawings, and liaises with local authorities to ensure all aspects are covered for building permit submission for all new commercial and residential construction projects.
After final coordination and liaison with other consultants and building contractors, Twin Peaks Engineering Ltd. produces coordinated construction documents and required schedules for building permit submission and construction.
More details can be found regarding building permit submissions and documents at the following links:
Whistler – Resort Municipality of Whistler
Squamish – District of Squamish
Pemberton – Village of Pemberton
Sea to Sky Corridor – Squamish-Lillooet Regional District