S. Q. Consultants, Inc.

S. Q. Consultants, Inc. Structural and Geotechnical Engineering Services. Design
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10/11/2022

Yesterday I went to a house where the owner told me that a contractor told him his house was going to collapse unless he did the repairs as recommended by the contractor . Cost was $70,000
I looked at the problem and the repair work consisted of adding a 2 x 8 to the existing beam. Client will probably pay about 2 to 3 thousand dollars.

06/24/2022

An elderly woman called to say that in her modular home there were cracks. A company came charged her 9000 dollars and did the repair work. Cracks came back again. I quoted her a price for my visit she said her husband died last year. So I reduced the fee. At the site I saw that the repair work done was completely wrong. It was a modular home and the kind of repair work performed was not necessary.

02/23/2022

Lately I have been getting a lot of posts with people scared after hearing dire predictions about their house. Sometimes they are in tears when I tell them about the cause of their cracks in the house. I feel I am like a doctor who hears about the condition of a patient and tells him the root cause of it. He is scared and when he hears its nothing to be worried about tears come out.

08/07/2021

I went to do a structural evaluation of a house. The owner saw hairline cracks in the slab of the areaway. He freaked out and said I am going to jackhammer the slab. Once I explained that the hairline cracks in the slab do not impact on the structural stability of the house. And anyway they were going to come back.
He relented..

04/03/2021

Yesterday a client who was a doctor asked me to check the cracks in his house.
At the site I saw a few hairline cracks which were not that critical.
I told him that other then grading I dont see a problem.
He surprised me when he said you are the best. I said what do you mean by that.
He said the other engineer he hired before me said that the repair cost was going to be $70,000

02/24/2021

A client called to say there was a crack next to his front stoop.
It was caused by drain pipe emptying next to the stoop. Repair work was just tuck pointing along the mortar joints of crack. A contractor told him 30,000 dollars for underpinning.

02/04/2021

I went to see a client today who told me that a contractor had told him that the repairs to the house would cost $60,000.
On structural inspection of the house I found nothing wrong other then few very minor cracks..
Client was very happy to get the good news

02/11/2020

A client called to say that there was a residential deck he wanted me to check. After driving for one hour I reached the site in Warrenton. It was an extremely big marriage hall that was built without permit or inspections. I have to come up with answers for my client. First step get the permits and then inspections.

12/09/2019

So a relative of mine casually mentioned that he had a crack in the foundation wall of his two year old house and water came in his basement thru a crack. A contractor quoted him a figure of $5000 to fix it. The fix included digging around the crack and placement of a drain pipe to go nowhere. I went to look at the problem. It was a concrete wall which normally develops hairline cracks. The fix was to do epoxy injection of the crack if water came in again. Which in this case was a low possibility. Since the basement was unfinished waiting would not harm anything. Cost was a few hundred dollars.

11/30/2019

Went to a house in Arlington where the homeowner told me that a contractor had told him to underpin the whole house. After looking at the whole house carefully and not finding anything wrong other then a hairline crack. I was amazed as to what the contractor said and what he was going to charge $50000. The $50000 was to be used for his daughters education. I felt happy for the homeowner now he can send his daughter to college.

10/10/2019

Over 30 years of structural engineering practice. Solved myriad of structural problems from foundation cracks to sinking floors etc. Clients include developers. contractors, architects, builders, home owners, realtors etc.

04/09/2019

A client asked me to check an addition. Her daughter and son in law had bought the house. She was concerned that the addition would fall down. Looking at the addition I realized the framing was good. The foundation of the addition was sound and I did not see any problems with it.
I wish all the parents would show that much concern about what their children buy.

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9914 Rosewood Hill Cir
Vienna, VA
22182

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Wednesday 9am - 5pm
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