Engineering in Olympia

Services in Olympia

MEP engineering

• Government campus MEP — capitol-complex HVAC modernization and office systems
• Washington State Energy Code compliance — one of the nation's strictest, with heat-pump-ready design
• Marine-climate ventilation — moisture management for South Sound humidity
• Port and marine facility utilities

Structural engineering

• High seismic design — South Sound Seismic Design Category D for most structures
• Liquefaction-prone fill — downtown fill soils demand ground improvement or deep foundations
• Low snow loads typical of the South Sound
• Lateral systems for essential government facilities

Civil engineering

• Stormwater design per the Washington Ecology stormwater manual for Olympia's state-government campuses, the Port of Olympia, and South Sound growth on Budd Inlet — treatment and flow control for South Sound watershed discharges.
• Budd Inlet and Deschutes River watershed protections
• WSDOT I-5 access management
• Shoreline Management Act coordination for waterfront sites

Electrical engineering

• We design Olympia healthcare lighting for both the energy code and the occupants — ASHRAE 90.1-compliant controls, glare-controlled layouts, and panel schedules the electrician can actually build from.
• What the Olympia building department flags on electrical sets in Olympia, WA: mismatched panel schedules, missing fault-current calcs, and undersized feeders. We check all three in-house before a Olympia set ever leaves our office.
• Grounding, bonding, and surge protection engineered for Washington's conditions — Olympia government campuses need power quality that holds up, and our drawings spell out every electrode and bond.
• Send us the floor plans and load list; Olympia, WA projects get a firm electrical quote back quickly and permit-ready drawings sealed by a Washington-licensed PE.
• Emergency and standby power per NEC Articles 700/701/702: generator sizing, automatic transfer switch configurations, and life-safety versus optional-standby branching for Olympia healthcare.

Plumbing engineering

• Fixture counts per the Washington plumbing code for Olympia port & marine: water closets, lavatories, and drinking fountains calculated by occupancy, with ADA clearances drawn — not assumed.
• Olympia multifamily need water systems sized for peak demand, not averages — we calculate fixture units, size mains and branches, and coordinate meter and backflow locations with the civil drawings.
• In Olympia's a marine climate with wet winters, exterior hose bibbs, irrigation backflow assemblies, and rooftop piping get freeze-rated details — the callbacks we prevent never make it onto a punch list.
• Sanitary and storm drainage engineered for Olympia's conditions: proper slopes, cleanout placement, and grease/interceptor strategy for food-service tenants inside port & marine projects.
• One point of contact, one coordinated set: Olympia, WA port & marine owners get plumbing drawings that match the architectural backgrounds and pass the Olympia building department review.

HVAC engineering

• Heating and cooling load calculations for Olympia healthcare using a marine climate with wet winters design conditions — envelope, occupancy, and ventilation loads modeled so equipment is sized right, not oversized by habit.
• Ventilation for Olympia government campuses projects is designed for the actual occupancy — conference-heavy floors, kitchens, and locker rooms each get their own air-change logic, not one blanket rate.
• DDC controls design for Olympia government campuses — points lists, sequences of operation, and integration with lighting so the building performs after commissioning, not just on paper.
• Olympia, WA contractors call Engides when the schedule is tight: fast mechanical quotes, coordinated drawings, and a PE stamp the Olympia building department accepts.
• ASHRAE 90.1 compliance built into the Olympia design from day one — envelope coordination, economizer logic, and demand-controlled ventilation documented in the COMcheck/energy model.