Interior renovations and buildouts
Structural review for new openings, wall changes, framing modifications, mezzanine or platform questions, and other tenant-space improvements.
Kansas City commercial engineering
Commercial structural engineering and permit support
Responsive structural support for small-to-mid-sized tenant improvements, restaurants, retail spaces, office renovations, structural modifications, permit corrections, and small multifamily rehabilitation projects.
Commercial contractorsProperty ownersArchitects and designersInvestors and developers
Good-fit projects
Commercial work that needs a clear structural path
Grand Street focuses on projects where owners and contractors need responsive review, defined deliverables, and practical permit support without the overhead of a large institutional design team.
Buildout and renovation support
Structural plans, calculations, details, and correction responses for defined restaurant, retail, office, and service-business scopes.
Structural modifications and repairs
Review of framing changes, equipment support, damaged conditions, additions, repair concepts, and permit-driven alterations.
Respond to structural plan comments
Review correction notices, existing drawings, and jurisdiction requirements to define the structural information needed for resubmittal.
Rehabilitation and conversions
Structural support for smaller apartment, duplex, conversion, addition, balcony, stair, and repair scopes that fit Grand Street’s capacity.
Property and acquisition review
Existing-condition observations and project-risk review for investors, owners, and property teams when included in a written scope.
Possible deliverables
What the approved scope may include
- Existing drawing and permit-comment review
- Site visit and visible-condition documentation
- Structural calculations and design criteria
- Structural plans, details, and repair concepts
- Responses to structural permit comments
- Coordination with the contractor, owner, architect, or other project partners
Complex scope review
Projects with incomplete plans, multiple disciplines, prior corrections, or uncertain existing conditions may begin with a paid document and scope review. Any fee and any credit toward later work are confirmed in writing before work begins.
Manual review required
Large new buildings, high-rise or major institutional work, heavy industrial projects, commercial pools, and unusually high-risk conditions are reviewed individually and may be declined or referred to a specialist.
Project process
A controlled path from documents to permit support
Send information
Provide the address, project type, available plans, photos, permit comments, and desired timeline.
Scope review
Grand Street identifies the structural questions, missing information, and likely deliverables.
Written proposal
The approved scope, fee, timeline, assumptions, exclusions, and revision limits are documented.
Engineering work
Site review, calculations, drawings, details, or coordination are completed as defined.
Permit support
Structural correction responses or limited follow-up are provided when included in the agreement.
Commercial project review
Send the documents that already exist
For the fastest review, include the property address, your role, project type, approximate building or tenant-space size, construction budget range, current plans, permitting status, requested completion date, and any correction notice.
Best contactsOwner, general contractor, architect/designer, developer, investor, or authorized representative
Helpful filesPlan sets, sketches, photos, surveys, reports, equipment information, and permit comments
TimingShare lease, permit, contractor, financing, or construction deadlines
Submitting information does not create an engineering engagement. Work begins only after scope, fee, terms, and availability are confirmed in writing.
In the project description, identify the request as a commercial project and include the details listed at left. If the form does not load, call 913-423-8619.
Frequently asked questions
Commercial project questions
Do you handle full multidisciplinary permit packages?
Grand Street leads with structural engineering. Architecture, MEP, civil, geotechnical, energy-code, fire/life-safety, surveying, and permit-filing services are included only when specifically coordinated and listed in the approved scope.
Can you review an existing plan set or permit correction notice?
Yes, when the project fits Grand Street’s capacity. Send the full plan set and every correction page so the structural scope can be reviewed accurately.
Do you provide a free detailed commercial scope?
Simple requests may be scoped from the initial information. Complex, incomplete, or multidisciplinary files may require a paid document and scope review before a full proposal can be prepared.
Do you guarantee permit approval?
No. Grand Street can prepare and support the agreed engineering scope, but final review and approval belong to the authority having jurisdiction and other third parties.
Have a commercial project ready for review?
Send the address, plans, permit comments, project role, and timeline.