A bi-product of Engineering Express is the company's ability and willingness to create and share our patent-pending tools and systems with specialty contractors, other engineers, and those who can benefit from our research and technologies.
Our revolutionary, state-of-the-art Flash machines are uniquely available with custom logins provide an opportunity for others to interact with our technologies in a personalized experience. Over 40 custom, powerful, multi page and multi use tools are currently online and growing for hundreds of design situations.
These experiences are designed to provide instant, exact engineering results to job specific conditions and include expansion modules in some calculators to assist in job profit and cost analysis, material ordering quantities, and engineering ordering and tracking of work status.
Our private use aluminum walkway design calculator
You may also be interested in sponsoring a calculator to help your clients quickly answer your tough engineering questions, and help drive business to your door, as well as provide our engineering services on a rapid, as-needed basis. Several national companies have already successully contracted with us to provide widespead use of our acclaimed tools, such as Powers Fasteners and Norbord Industries Windstorm OSB calculator, all available for use free online in our tools section above.
Some of our Current Calculator Modules:
Storefront Mullion Design
Aluminum Walkway Cover Design
Concrete Footing Uplift
Screen Wall Patio Infill
Screen Cage K Brace s Multi Use Carry Beam (screen/solid roof & combo)
Patio Room (screen & glass walls)
Aluminum Shear & Tension Anchor
Anchor Eccentricity s Wood Dock & Connections
Storm Panel Anchor Spacing Table Generator
AC Rooftop Mount Calculator
Steel Bucket Wood Framing Capacity Calculator
Generic Wood Beam and Nailing Calculators
And many more
Fully automated project request, online ordering, payment, and tracking of all work in our system s Project Costing & Estimating, Bill of Materials, Quick Pressure™ Fully Automated Wind Pressure Component & Cladding Order & Delivery
About The Calculators:
Access to Engineering Express Calculations generated from Macromedia Flash® version 9 Application (free with Microsoft® Internet Explorer). All calculators are available via the Web through Microsoft Windows (some not Mac at this time). DSL/Cable/Broadband connection recommended, but not required). Calculators only function from our website and cannot be copied nor unencrypted. All calculators, concepts, layout are the sole property of Frank L. Bennardo, P.E., Inc. and Engineering Express® Access to all calculators is separate from processing, engineering, drafting, and certification of work. contact the office for pricing and job fee discounts from client assistance with calculator submissions.
Our Marine Dock Calculator
Fee Schedule
Technology Services
Creation of a custom Engineering Express Calculator
$1,000.00
Base Fee, varies with complexity, fee can be offset by credit toward signing/sealing additional work
Hourly fees for updating/consultation/coordination/design
$100.00
Per hour, or as agreed on a case-by-case basis
Calculators To assist in Client Operations
$0.00
Engineering Express will create a custom calculator to assist a client in expediting work and increasing accuracy, provided ongoing work justifies effort
Project Specific Advertising
($999.00)
Engineering Express will arrange for a credit to be applied to a client's account for advertising on a calculator page, or if the client sells advertising space on their calculator
Targeted Referrals
($999.00)
Engineering Express will create an arrangement that can allow a client to profit from someone's use of a calculator if the lead is sent to the client and a job is sold as a result. Contact the office for more details
Creation of Digitized Web Ready Technical manuals, charts, graphs
$2,500.00
(base fee) - Engineering Express can create robust, web-accessed, dial and slider calculations that can replicate, interpolate, and show calculations and help for any technical chart or graph. Contact the office for details, see samples under 'tools' in the menu above
Fees That Apply To All Jobs
8 1/2" X 11" / 14" black and white copies
$0.15
Per copy
11" X 17" black and white copies
$0.20
Per copy
24" X 36" blueprinting
$1.25
Per sheet
Next Day Courier
$10.00
Per delivery (must be in local area of south FL Courier)
UPS, FEDEX, and similar overnight fees
$25.00
Minimum or 15% above Internet estimated cost up to 2 lbs.
US Mail, Standard Shipping
$5.00
Minimum or 15% above Internet estimated cost
Engineering Review
$125.00
Minimum, per hour rate billed in 1/2 hour increments
Principal Engineer Consultation
$250.00
Per hour
Letters and Certifications
$150.00
Minimum fee
CAD Drafting/Design Fees
$100.00
Per hour
Project Administration
$25.00
Service charge to prepare final documents for certification, seal, copy
Field verification Inspection
$85.00
Per hour, 2 hour minimum, includes report
Field substrate, code compliance Inspection
$125.00
Per hour, 2 hour minimum, includes report
Field value engineering, assessment, forensic Inspection
