What We Do — Structural Engineering Services in Colorado

Whether you’re building something new or fixing something old, we offer a full suite of structural engineering services for residential and light commercial projects across the Colorado Front Range. Our plans are stamped by a licensed Colorado PE and tailored to meet both your goals and your local code requirements.

• ✔️ Foundation design & slab engineering (for new homes, additions, garages, etc.)
• ✔️ Framing and roof load calculations for pole barns, homes, barndominiums
• ✔️ Beam sizing, wall design, and structural detail drawings
• ✔️ Structural evaluations for cracks, bowing, or shifting (for real estate or repairs)
• ✔️ PE-stamped plan sets ready for county submission and permits
• ✔️ Collaboration with geotech/soils engineers and permitting departments
• ✔️ Engineered designs for wind, snow load, and seismic zone compliance

Who We Help

Whether you’re building your dream home, flipping an older property, or managing new construction for a client, we offer structural engineering services that are tailored to your goals — not just cookie-cutter plans pulled off a shelf.

• 🏠 Homeowners — building custom homes, additions, decks, or pole barns
• 🔧 Contractors & Builders — who need fast, accurate engineering with local insight
• 📐 Designers & Architects — looking for a collaborative PE to stamp their designs
• 🏡 Realtors & Inspectors — needing foundation or structural evaluations before sale
• 🛠️ DIYers — who want to make sure their structure is safe, permitted, and code-compliant

If you need structural support in Colorado, we’re here to make it fast, easy, and trustworthy — whether you’re breaking ground or fixing what’s already there.

In-House Engineering, Architecture, and Construction — All Under One Roof

At Dream Home Innovations, you won’t get passed around between disconnected departments or third-party consultants. We’ve built a fully integrated design-build team that includes a licensed Professional Structural Engineer (PE), architectural designers, and seasoned construction professionals — all working together from day one.

That means faster project timelines, less confusion, and plans that not only meet code — but are practical to build. Whether you’re designing a barndominium, reinforcing a failing foundation, or starting from scratch, our team brings your project from idea to engineered reality.

• ✔️ Colorado-licensed PE with deep experience in local codes
• ✔️ Architectural team on staff for custom design and space planning
• ✔️ Seamless collaboration between design, engineering, and permitting
• ✔️ Contractor oversight to ensure buildability and accuracy in the field
• ✔️ One point of contact for everything — no chasing multiple firms

This is how structural engineering should work: practical, code-compliant, and fully aligned with your project from the ground up.

Why Colorado-Specific Engineering Matters

Colorado isn’t just another box on a permit map — it’s a state of extreme weather, complex soils, and some of the strictest building codes in the country. That’s why working with a local structural engineer isn’t just a good idea — it’s the difference between a project that gets approved and one that hits a dead end.

• ✔️ Expansive Clay Soils — common in Douglas, El Paso, and Arapahoe Counties, causing heaving and foundation failure
• ✔️ High Snow Load Requirements — especially in mountain towns and high-altitude areas
• ✔️ Intense Wind Uplift Zones — frequent in rural plains, foothills, and along the Front Range
• ✔️ Permit Complexity — every county has unique requirements, from soil reports to structural detail sheets

We’ve worked with building departments across Colorado — from Castle Rock to Colorado Springs, from Elbert County to Fort Collins. We speak their language, know what they look for, and build plans that pass the first time.

Real Projects. Real Results.

From residential homes to rural barns to complex foundations in tough terrain, our structural engineering work speaks for itself. Here are just a few of the ways Colorado families, contractors, and landowners trust us to deliver real results:

• 🏗️ Barndominium Engineering – Full framing and foundation plan sets stamped and approved for a 3,200 sq ft custom home + shop in Elbert County
• 🧱 Foundation Repair Retrofit – Structural evaluation and repair design for bowing basement walls in a 1960s home in Colorado Springs
• 📐 Garage + Loft Addition – Engineered structural framing layout for a new detached garage with living space above in Castle Rock
• 🏡 Real Estate Structural Report – Fast, stamped engineering letter for FHA lender approval on a home with hairline cracks in Aurora
• 🌄 Mountain Home Wind Uplift Plan – Custom truss design and shear wall detailing for a home in high-wind zone near Evergreen

We don’t just create drawings — we solve problems, pass inspections, and help get your dream build across the finish line.

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