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Strata · Structural Engineering

Engineered to stand. Optimised to build.

An independent structural engineering practice for the Gulf — from a single calculation to full turnkey delivery. Scroll to watch a structure rise from the foundation up, and see where senior judgement makes it stand for less.

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01 Foundation

A raft that doesn't sink.

Every landmark begins where the loads end. We engineer the ground to carry the structure, instead of burying budget in an oversized raft.

Our edge — micro-piling + ground anchoring control settlement, so the raft is thinner and sinkless. Typical practice pours a heavy, conservative raft; we make the ground do the work.

0 mm settlement, controlled indicative

02 Podium, atrium & transfer

Towers to ground, one clean path.

A retail podium wraps a vast central atrium. Above it, the towers land on a tighter grid — and where the grids meet, the loads have to change direction.

Our edge — we design the transfer structure so both towers land cleanly on the podium, with staged-construction analysis so nothing is overstressed while it is being built.
03 The towers · families

Two towers. Families, not one-offs.

A fuller elliptical tower and a slimmer cylindrical one climb floor by floor — each plate a repeating family of beams and columns.

The contractor win — fewer unique sections means formwork is reused floor after floor, not re-bought and wasted. The floor cycle gets faster and the budget gets leaner.

formwork reuse · floor after floor indicative

04 The sky-bridge

Occupied sky, spanning two towers.

Near the top, the two towers are joined by a double-height occupied sky-bridge — the structure's signature, and its hardest engineering problem.

Our edge — a cantilevered, double-height sky-bridge tying two towers that want to sway on their own. Performance-based lateral design (EN 1998 / ASCE 7) keeps it stiff and serviceable.

0 double-height levels · occupied bridge indicative

05 Optimised & coordinated

Less steel. Clash-free in Revit.

We rationalise sections to cut steel tonnage at full code compliance, and model the whole structure in Autodesk Revit — clash-checked against architecture and services before a bar is bent.

The site win — a clash-free BIM model means fewer RFIs and fewer expensive reworks when the structure meets the real world.

−0% steel tonnage vs conventional indicative

06 Independently checked

Category III review. Stamped.

Before it tops out, the whole load path, seismic and wind model is independently verified — conflict-free.

IntroFoundationPodiumTowersSky-bridgeOptimisedReviewedDelivered
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Modelled & coordinated in Autodesk Revit
The most economical tower to build is the one engineered to be built — not just to stand.”
Prof. Dr Qaisar Ali · Founder & Technical Principal
Where the cost comes out

Built for less — without taking safety out.

Every stage you scrolled through is a place we take cost out, not safety. Here is where the savings come from.

−15–25%Raft concrete vs a conventional oversized raftmicro-piling · indicative
3–4Section families instead of dozens of one-offsreused formwork · indicative
−10–18%Steel tonnage from rationalised sectionsoptimised · indicative
fewer RFIsFrom a clash-checked Revit BIM modelcoordination · indicative

Indicative figures — representative of our optimisation across projects; confirmed per project at design stage.

StageTypical practiceStrata
FoundationHeavy, conservative raftMicro-piled, anchored, sinkless
TransferAd-hoc, late coordinationDesigned + staged-construction checked
SectionsMany unique one-offsA few repeating families
The bridgeBrute-forced steelPerformance-based, tuned lateral system
Coordination2D drawings, clashes on siteClash-free Revit BIM model
ReviewChecked in the same officeIndependent Category III, stamped
Autodesk Revit · BIMETABSSAFEEurocodeACI 318AISC 360ASCE 7EN 1998
Led by senior structural authority

Judgement you can put your name next to.

Prof. Dr Qaisar Ali
Founder & Technical Principal

A structural and earthquake engineer with more than thirty years of practice, research and teaching — performance-based seismic design, retrofit and forensic investigation across EN 1998, ASCE 7 and ASCE 41.

Dr Muhammad Hassan Khan
Chief Executive Officer

Leads Strata's strategy, client relationships and design-build delivery, pairing senior engineering judgement with a disciplined, internationally-benchmarked delivery model.

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