Residential Structural Engineering
for Custom Home Design
Residential home engineering, framing analysis
Commercial Structural Engineering
Residential home engineering, framing analysis
We offer custom home design services where architectural layout and structural systems are developed together. This integrated approach reduces conflicts, improves constructability, and streamlines permitting. Allowing structure and layout to evolve together for more efficient, buildable homes.
Specializing in...
Residential Structural Engineering and Custom Home Design
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Complete structural analysis and design of wood, steel, reinforced concrete and masonry structures
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Residential structural engineering
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Residential braced wall line analysis design
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Construction and bidding documents
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Pre-engineered metal building foundation systems
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Retaining wall design
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Computer Aided Drafting utilizing AutoCAD
I have a passion for uncompromising engineering
Custom home design including architectural concept, floor plans, elevation views, section views and permit-ready architectural drawings.
Custom Home Design + Structural Engineering
For homeowners seeking an integrated approach, we offer custom home design services where structure and layout are developed together from the start. By combining engineering and design, we help reduce common issues that slow projects down or increase costs.
Benefits include:
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Fewer design conflicts
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More efficient framing and foundation systems
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Cost-aware decisions early in the design process
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Faster revisions and permit responses
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Better coordination with builders and trades
Trevor Wieland, PE
Education
Bachelor of Science, Central Michigan University
Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering Lawrence Technological University
Professional Engineer's License, Michigan
Industry Affiliations
American Society of Civil Engineers - ASCE
American Institute of Steel Construction - AISC
National Society of Professional Engineers - NSPE
Structural Engineers Association of Michigan - SEAMi
About
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After graduating from Central Michigan University with a BS in Health Fitness (a long way from any sort of engineering), I was still searching for a career path that inspired me and evoked passion, and maybe a decent paycheck. It turns out that I had stumbled upon it many years prior, while working periodically for my dad’s construction company. I remember being enamored with what I later realized was the structural engineering component of residential construction: beams, joists, rafters, columns, shear walls, foundations.
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I headed back to school, this time at Lawrence Technological University in Southfield, Michigan. Three years later my wife and I moved to Arizona so I could work at one of the nation’s largest structural engineering consulting firms as an entry-level structural engineer. After three years in the desert, family and friends drew us back to Michigan where I built my engineering and project management skills at large architecture/engineering firms in the Greater Grand Rapids area. A career opportunity arose to move back home to Traverse City and our family gratefully returned to Northern Michigan where I’ve been a project engineer at a local structural engineering company.
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The notion of testing my mettle has always appealed to me and being a small business owner is a heck of a way of doing that. Wieland Structural Engineering allows me to bring my nearly twenty years of experience in both residential and commercial projects in a variety of climates and communities to this business to provide my clients with outstanding structural engineering services.
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My wife, Kristen, and I are raising three kids, Reagan, Brody and Ty in this Northern Michigan community we love so much.
