Civil and Structural Engineering Research, Analysis and Design

Civil and Structural Engineering Research, Analysis and Design

What We Do

Services

We are Chartered Civil and Structural Engineers providing consulting engineering services in the following areas:

  • Bridge design and checking
  • Bridge assessment and remediation
  • Civil and structural design
  • Temporary works design and certification
  • Independent reports
  • Procurement advice
  • Construction defects and materials testing reports

Software

  • Lusas Finite Element Analysis
  • LimitState Ring - Masonry Bridge Assessment
  • LimitState Geo - Geotechnical Ultimate Limit Analysis
  • LimitState Slab – Yield Line Analysis of Reinforced and Unreinforced Concrete Slabs
  • Smartsheet Programme Management
  • Autodesk Products

Our Clients

  • • Ward & Burke Construction Ltd.
  • • Rubicon Heritage Ltd.
  • • Birr Castle Demesne
  • • John Cronin and Associates
  • • RPS
  • • Lemac Ltd.
  • • UCC Estates Office
  • • Cork County Council
  • • Kilkenny County Council
  • • PJ Hegarty & Sons Construction
  • • SIAC Construction Ltd.
  • • Terrasolar II Ltd.
  • • Glas Civil Engineering Ltd.
  • • Mark Murphy Consulting Ltd.
  • • HW Planning Ltd.
  • • Luke Hyland Engineering Consultancy
  • • Blockage Busters Ltd.
  • • Triur Construction Ltd.
  • • Midleton College
  • • Parish of St. Anne's, Shandon
  • • Parish of Nohoval
  • • Malachy Walsh & Partners
  • • Wexford County Council

Projects

  • Assessment of UCC Gateway Bridge
  • Inspection, materials testing, assessment of bell support grillage for Shandon, Cork
  • Soil nail strengthening of slopes at Cullahill Mountain
  • Public procurement documents for framework of drainage contracts
  • Inspection, assessment and remediation of Kells Bridge, County Kilkenny
  • Design of temporary national road bridge to facilitate bridge replacement works County Clare
  • Concrete defect investigation and finite element analysis of high-rise concrete cores
  • Bridge deck replacement, Ullid, County Kilkenny

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Publications

  • Muhamad Yasir, Kieran Ruane, Vesna Jaksic; Numerical Analysis of Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) Wall Panels Under Fire, WFS 2024, Wood & Fire Safety 2024, pp. 1–9, 2024. 
  • Letcher, T., (Ed) (2023) Wind Energy Engineering – A Handbook for Onshore and Offshore Turbines, Elsevier Academic Press, ISBN 978-0-323-99353-1. (K. Ruane - co-author of chapter).
  • Muhammad Yasir, Andrew Macilwraith, Conan O’Ceallaigh & Kieran Ruane (2023) Effect of protective cladding on the fire performance of vertically loaded cross-laminated timber (CLT) wall panels, Journal of Structural Integrity and Maintenance, DOI.
  • Ruane, K, Bank L et al.  Construction and Cost Analysis of Blade Bridges Made From Decommissioned FRP Wind Turbine Blades.  Sustainability 2023, 15, 3366.

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