Advanced Engineering LLP

Orange County and Los Angeles

Structural engineering for earthquake country

Structural plans and calculations for ADUs, additions, remodels, custom homes, retaining walls and seismic retrofits. Flat fees quoted up front, quick turnaround, and plan check comments handled.

Principal engineer Mohammad Abbasi, PhD, PE, SE, PMP CA SE 7398 · CA PE 93597 · NV SE/PE 028389
Shake table Two-story house over a garage opening
Peak drift, existing1.5%
Peak drift, retrofitted0.3%

Simplified two-story model for illustration only. Motion is exaggerated. Not a design calculation.

Services

Structural design, from first sketch to permit

Residential and small multifamily work, from a single beam to a complete set of structural drawings and calculations.

RIDGE BEAM 2x8 RAFTERS @ 24" O.C. HOLD-DOWN, TYP. SLAB ON GRADE CONT. FOOTING 20'-0" 9'-0"
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Clients

Architects, builders and owners

Architects and building designers

Structural sheets and calcs that drop into your plan set, coordinated with your drawings.

Contractors and design-build firms

Plans and calcs for the jobs you are bidding and building, with flat fees you can put in your price.

Property managers and HOAs

SB 721 and SB 326 balcony inspections, condition assessments and repair designs.

Homeowners

Plans and calcs for your ADU, addition or remodel, with plan check comments handled.

Process

From your plans to a permit set

  1. Send what you have

    Architectural plans or a sketch, the address, a few photos and the scope of work.

  2. Flat-fee quote

    A fixed price for the engineering, agreed before any work starts.

  3. Drawings and calcs

    Stamped and signed structural sheets and calculations for your permit submittal.

  4. Plan check

    Structural plan check comments are answered for you, so the permit keeps moving.

Principal engineer

Mohammad Abbasi

PhD, PE, SE, PMP · Founder of Advanced Engineering LLP, Irvine

PhD Doctor of Philosophy Earthquake engineering, University of Nevada, Reno
PE Professional Engineer California 93597 (Civil) · Nevada 028389
SE Structural Engineer California 7398 · Nevada 028389
PMP Project Management Professional Project Management Institute

Moe leads every project personally, from the first call through plan check. The engineer you talk to is the engineer who designs and stamps your drawings.

His background is in seismic design. His doctoral research focused on performance-based seismic design, and he has published more than ten peer-reviewed papers, including in Earthquake Spectra and Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering.

He also teaches: SE and PE structural exam prep for PPI, covering lateral design under ASCE 7, ACI 318 and AISC 341, and civil engineering at Cal Poly Pomona.

Licensed
Structural and civil engineer in California and Nevada
Research
Performance-based seismic design
Published
More than ten peer-reviewed papers
Teaching
PPI exam prep and Cal Poly Pomona
Office
Irvine, California

Partners

Partner contractors

Kyra Construction Inc.

Los Angeles and Ventura County

Additions, ADUs and new homes

kyraconstruction.com ↗

Contact

Start your project

Send plans or a short description of the job. You will get questions or a flat-fee quote back by email.

Service area: projects across Orange County and Los Angeles. Structural plan review for clients anywhere in California and Nevada.

What to send for a quote

  • Architectural plans or a sketch (PDF or DWG)
  • Project address and city
  • Photos of the existing conditions
  • Soils report, if there is one
  • What you need and when you need it

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