Constructora y Consultora Técnica Estructural S.A.
Structural engineering · Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala, Guatemala
About Constructora y Consultora Técnica Estructural S.A.
Constructora y Consultora Técnica Estructural, CCTESA, is a Guatemala City firm with three decades in structural design and construction, reporting 282 completed projects on its own site. It works in structural design and project planning, steel structures for industrial use, and project and works management in Guatemala and Central America.
In a seismic country, structural design is not a formality: it defines how a building behaves in an earthquake and what it will cost to build safely. Ask for the calculation report, the standard applied, and coordination between the structural and architectural designs before tendering the works, because a layout change can invalidate part of the calculation.
It is also advisable for the same firm — or an independent supervisor — to inspect critical elements such as foundations, columns and steel connections as they are built. Supervision at those stages costs little compared with a later correction, which may require partial demolition.
In a seismic country, structural design is not a formality: it defines how a building behaves in an earthquake and what it will cost to build safely. Ask for the calculation report, the standard applied, and coordination between the structural and architectural designs before tendering the works, because a layout change can invalidate part of the calculation.
It is also advisable for the same firm — or an independent supervisor — to inspect critical elements such as foundations, columns and steel connections as they are built. Supervision at those stages costs little compared with a later correction, which may require partial demolition.