A load bearing capacity assessment answers one focused, high-stakes question: can this specific structural element — a floor, a wall, a column — safely carry the additional load you're planning to place on it? Fermium provides targeted load bearing assessments across the UAE for renovations, added floors, heavy equipment installations, and change-of-use projects where getting the answer wrong has real consequences.
Load bearing assessments are typically narrower and faster than a full structural analysis — they're triggered by a specific decision: installing heavy machinery, converting a room's use, adding a floor, or placing a large fixed structure like a pool or tank. We assess the specific structural elements involved and give you a clear, engineered answer.
Where the existing structure can't safely carry the intended load, we'll tell you plainly, and can scope strengthening design as a next step. Where it can, you get a documented engineering basis to proceed — useful for your own confidence and often required for authority or insurer sign-off across Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, and Al Ain.
Focused assessment of the specific structural elements that will carry your intended additional load.
Verification that floors and supporting structure can safely carry machinery, tanks, or fixed heavy equipment.
Assessment of whether existing structure supports a new, typically heavier, intended use.
Checking whether existing columns and foundations can support one or more additional floors.
A focused assessment scope means faster turnaround than a full structural analysis, where appropriate.
A clear, engineered answer backed by calculations — not just a verbal opinion.
Confirm floors can safely carry new machinery or heavy fixed equipment before installation.
Check whether a floor can support a heavy addition like a pool, spa, or storage.
Verify structural capacity before converting space to a new, heavier-use function.
Confirm existing structure can support planned vertical extension before committing to design.
Most focused load bearing assessments are completed within three to seven working days from site visit, depending on complexity.
We'll tell you clearly and can scope a strengthening design as a follow-on service to make it possible.
Strongly recommended — undersized floors under heavy equipment can lead to serious safety and structural issues that are expensive to fix after the fact.
Yes — it's typically narrower in scope, focused on a specific question rather than a comprehensive review of the whole structure.
Tell us what you're planning to install or add, and we'll scope a fast, focused assessment.