AAA Structural Engineering

We had Scott do a structure and foundation assessment on a house we are buying. Scott was very thorough. Scott suggested I follow along as he did his thing. Extremely informative. Money well spent.

We were concerned about a slight sag in one part of the floor in our almost 75 year old home. Scott did a thorough inspection of the attic and crawl space. A joist had been cut and some blocking beams had been damaged in the process of removing some old floor furnaces causing the slight movement. Adding some blocking should fix the problem according to Scott. The fee for the inspection was well worth the peace of mind as well as suggesting a solution.

Very nice guy and very thorough! I really felt comfortable with his knowledge and what he was telling me. As a Realtor, it is good to know that I can count on Scott to help with such issues in the home buying process.

Scott did a great job investigating the potential for removing walls in the beach house I purchased in Imperial Beach. He was extremely professional, very thorough, and super nice guy also. He went above and beyond my expectations.

worth the money. i found him to be experienced & extremely thorough. he will go to the ends of the earth to fully examine your structure. he is pleasant/​cool and very professional. we were lucky to be able to hire him. the ultimate result was a less expensive fix which is holding up just fine

After having Mr. Scott Larson over to examine a porch roof separating from my brother’s 93 year old craftsman home I’m definitely going to keep the 5-​star review string going for this FINE firm.
In 4 words: Scott is absolutely incredible.
(I’ve posted the resume off his website at end of my review.
Basically we started noticing cracking of a front porch roof pillar base. After asking contractors what they «thought» was wrong and getting quotes ranging from a $ 400 aesthetic job to a $ 2 to 4K pillar base renovation; decided the charges of a PROFESSIONAL structural engineer was the best $$ we could spend. NO, such expertise does not come cheap, but with so much uncertainly on what to do /​which contractor to beleive were we ever satisfied with this INVESTMENT.
As others state, Scott is an extremely likeable & humble guy for being as damn smart as he obviously is. Even though this call was for «only» a porch column, he made a TOTAL evaluation of our property including: crawling INTO the underhome crawl space (yuck !), looking in semi-​attic and then a total unit walk-​around to see if any major foundation or other issues were causing the porch & columns to separate.
Bottom line was that the home’s foundation and floor/​ceiling/​roof supports are sound.
The porch unit is built separate from the home and we can now deal with contractors from a powerful advantage of knowing EXACTLY what is needed by Scott’s analysis — and immediately rule out any unqualified, erroneous or dishonest repair bids.
While this review is obviously for a very specialized service not everyone may need to read; the costs at stake are SO much more involved than the burger, burrito or bar reviews many Unilocalers dedicate themselves to.
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Scott Larson: A licensed civil engineer in Arizona and California and a licensed structural engineer in California, Scott Larson has been practicing engineering since 1983. He started as a Civil Engineer Corps Officer for the US Navy, earning his master’s degree in structural engineering at UC Berkeley while on active duty. Since 1995, he has been in private industry, providing engineering services mainly in Orange County and San Diego County.
Scott’s experience spans over 20 years and includes all aspects of grading, drainage, construction materials and soils testing, and structural engineering. His clients have ranged from home owners to major commercial concerns and public agencies. Moreover, he has worked with a wide variety of professionals in related disicplines. He can bring them on board as required to provide a comprehensive design for your project needs.

Excellent service. Scott provided a very thorough and detailed explanation of services to be rendered and performed the design work exactly according to this schedule. He conducted a through and detailed analysis of our retrofit project and provided us with complete and high-​quality plans of his design solution. Very happy with his attention to detail and commitment to meeting our expectations.

Scott is the best in the business, very knowledgeable and professional at what he does. He helped with our home and we couldn’t be happier. He is also responsible for the wonderful reconstruction of the local Lindo lake tennis courts and did a fantastic job. Highly recommended!