Services in Long Beach
Long Beach has a rapidly growing ADU market driven by state housing policy and strong rental demand. Affinity provides PE-stamped structural drawings for Long Beach's building department. For Long Beach projects requiring more than structural, Affinity provides complete coordinated plan sets covering architecture, structural engineering, and MEP under one PE's oversight.
ADU & garage conversion
PE-stamped plans for Long Beach ADU projects. Rapidly growing ADU market with strong rental demand. From $1,200.
Long Beach has a large pre-1940s housing stock with raised foundations — garage conversion scope often includes foundation strengthening and cripple wall evaluation.
Room additions & remodels
Structural design for Long Beach additions including bungalow second-story pop-ups. From $2,500.
Long Beach bungalow second-story additions require full existing-structure evaluation. Pre-war foundations are often undersized for two-story loads.
Load-bearing wall removal
Beam sizing and PE-stamped plans for opening up Long Beach home floor plans. From $1,200.
Long Beach's pre-1940s homes may have balloon framing rather than platform framing — this affects lateral system design and connection details during wall removal.
Inspections & PE letters
PE-stamped inspection letters for Long Beach real estate and insurance compliance. From $400.
Long Beach inspection letters frequently address seismic adequacy of pre-1940s foundations. Cripple wall and foundation bolting assessment is standard.
Commercial & TI
Structural engineering for Long Beach commercial TI, restaurant build-outs, and industrial modifications.
Long Beach has extensive commercial and industrial building stock. Older URM and tilt-up buildings require specialized structural evaluation for TI.
Seismic retrofit
Foundation bolting, cripple walls, and mandatory soft-story retrofit for Long Beach residential and multi-family. From $2,500.
Long Beach has active soft-story retrofit requirements for qualifying multi-family wood-frame buildings. Pre-1940s homes are high-priority retrofit candidates.
Complete Plan Sets
Architecture, structural engineering, and MEP coordinated under one PE's oversight. One engagement, one set of drawings, one point of contact. No separate consultants to manage.
Architectural design — floor plans, elevations, sections, PE-stamped structural calculations and drawings, MEP engineering — mechanical, electrical, plumbing, All disciplines coordinated before submission, Plan check corrections + construction support
Three phases. Full PE oversight. Zero surprises.
From the first call to the final inspection, every project is led by a licensed PE with direct access throughout.
Clarity Before You Build
Submit the form. Tell us the project type, address, and timeline. You'll have a written scope and firm fee within 24 hours.
Engineered for Approval
Supported Through the Build
Direct PE access during construction. RFIs, field questions, inspector issues — same business day. The engineer who designed your project is the same one your GC can call.