Education
FCPS Freedom Hills Elementary School
Fairfax County Public Schools
Structural Engineering and Construction Consulting in Winchester, Virginia
Solutions beyond
the build.
Twenty five years of design, evaluation and repair for owners, architects and contractors. Schools, hospitals, parking structures and the homes on your street.
- 25+
- Years in
practice - 11
- States
PE licensed - 5.0
- Google
rating - SWaM
- Virginia certified
small business
Professional Engineer
LEED Accredited Professional
VA · MD · WV · DC · NC
What We Do
Three practices, one engineer who has sat in every chair.
Michael Damron has been the project owner, the construction contractor and the consultant. That is an unusual combination, and it is why the drawings account for how the work actually gets built.
01
Structural Design
From a single failing beam to full construction documents for new buildings.
- Renovations and new construction
- Repair and retrofit design
- Peer review and value engineering
- Shoring and temporary works
02
Studies & Inspections
Understand the condition and the cause before anyone commits a dollar.
- Residential structural inspections
- Facility condition assessments
- Forensic failure investigation
- Seismic and feasibility studies
03
Project Controls
Schedule and cost held to the same standard as the structure itself.
- Independent cost estimating
- CPM scheduling in Primavera
- Constructability and contract review
- Claims and delay analysis
Start Here
Tell us who you are. We will point you at the right thing.
Most people arrive here with a problem, not a service name. Pick the one that sounds like you.
Something in the house is moving and nobody will give you a straight answer.
A home inspector flags a crack. A foundation contractor quotes twenty thousand dollars. Neither of them is a licensed engineer, and neither of them is neutral. We inspect it, tell you what is actually happening, and put it in writing.
- Cracked or bowing foundation walls
- Sagging floors and failing beams
- Removing a load bearing wall
- Additions, second stories, decks and garages
You need a stamp, and you needed it last week.
Beam sizing, load path, shoring, a repair detail the inspector will accept. Small scopes get treated like real scopes here, and you get an engineer who answers the phone from foundation through closeout.
- PE stamped beam and header design
- Shoring, underpinning and temporary bracing
- Repair details for existing framing
- RFI and submittal support in the field
You want a structural partner who solves it with you, not at you.
Responsive, affordable, and comfortable across scales, from a single family residence to a hospital campus. Bring us in early on the hard ones, or use us as the independent second set of eyes.
- Structural design for renovations and new construction
- Independent peer review of calculations and documents
- Feasibility studies before design dollars are spent
- Adaptive reuse and historic structures
You are responsible for buildings, budgets and the years ahead.
Condition assessments that document what you have, prioritize what to fix, and support a capital plan you can defend. Then the cost and schedule controls to keep the work honest once it starts.
- Facility condition assessments across a portfolio
- Seismic evaluation of existing buildings
- Independent cost estimating and CPM scheduling
- Claims, delay and construction risk analysis
Selected Work
Schools, hospitals, garages, a nineteenth century livery stable.
Healthcare
Marion VAMC, Center for Behavioral Health
Veterans Affairs medical campus
Higher Education
Beauregard Street Parking Garage Restorations
Structural restoration
Mixed Use
160 N. Loudoun Street
Downtown Winchester development
Municipal
Ida Lee Barn Restoration
Town of Leesburg, Virginia
Structural Assessment
Brookneil Drive over Cedar Creek
Crossing assessment
Client Reviews
What clients say
Architects, town managers, contractors and homeowners, verified on Google.
Next Step
Talk to the engineer, not an intake form.
Describe the building and the problem. If it is not something we should take on, we will say so and point you somewhere better.
3 W Piccadilly St, 4th Floor
Winchester, VA 22601
info@damronec.com