ARCXIS Engineering Services
At ARCXIS - via our subsidiaries Energy Inspectors, LLC and DPIS Engineering, LLC - we provide engineering and energy efficiency services to the residential single-family, multi-family, mixed-use and commercial building industries.
- Our organization consolidates engineering, energy efficiency & inspections
- Save time & money by eliminating duplication of services
- Multiple staff Professional Engineers (PEs)
- Centralized billing & uniform pricing
- Approved by all major warranty companies
- Full time office staff with no answering machine
- Inspectors are state licensed & code certified
Foundation Engineering
The service requires a set of CAD files and a soils report. ARCXIS provides a foundation design for this structure on this particular lot. This services are always bundled with a Pre-Placement, Placement, and Elongation Inspection. These inspections allow for engineers to design the most value engineered foundation design possible.
Frame Engineering
This service provides a ceiling joist layout, beam locations, rafter layout, purlin and strut locations. Depending on the builder's preference ARCXIS can also provide a floor system design. These services allow for a valued engineered design through either the Structural-only Inspection or the Frame.NET Inspection.
Wall Brace Engineering
This service is included in the Frame Engineering option. However, this service can be provided alone if needed. This shows the bracing on the walls to keep the structure from racking or twisting. This service must have at least a Sheathing or a Frame.NET Inspection to verify the construction matches drawings.
Attic Ventilation Calculations
This service provides the amount of lower and upper roof vents to provide a code compliant amount of attic ventilation.
Estimating
This service provides a material list of all framing components above the upper story top plate of the floor system. This is not an estimate of the walls, brick, sheetrock, etc.
Energy Modeling - Code
Energy modeling with Ekotrope software to comply with code, using the Performance Path.
Energy Modeling - HERS
Energy modeling with Ekotrope software to comply with code and receive a HERS Index score using the Performance Path. This service will ultimately be reported to the RESNET National Rating Registry. This service will require an extra fee to cover the fee associated with RESNET HERS rating charges.
Energy Modeling - Energy Star
Energy Modeling with Ekotrope software to meet ENERGY STAR requirements. Builders must know the requirements of the ENERGY STAR program. Both Performance and Prescriptive Paths.
Guardian Enrollment
This is a fee for marketing materials and website presence for all Guardian Builders paying for this service. This is billed at the front end of the job and for the marketing materials to support the Guardian Home Certification.
Windstorm Engineering
Engineering for structures being built in the TDI Windstorm areas for Winds above 110 m.p.h. (Inland 1, Inland 2, and Seaward.) This service is only chosen when an address needs TDI Certification for Windstorm Insurance. This service requires at least 10 additional inspections. Builder must report to TDI for WP-1. DPIS Engineering, LLC., provides passing inspection dates to TDI so a builder can receive the WP-2 report. Property Owners will then receive the WP-8 report.
Retaining Wall Engineering
This ARCXIS will provide the a builder with a Retaining Wall design to hold up the structural aspect of the building structure. Retaining Walls must provide structural integrity to the grounds below the building structure. The taller the retaining wall the harder it is to support the building structure.
Plumbing Design
Our Professional Engineers deliver accurate isometric plumbing drawings with clarity, precision, and engineering expertise as part of our broader residential engineering services and MEP engineering service offerings. These drawings help builders meet jurisdictional building code compliance requirements with confidence while supporting efficient plan review services and permitting approval.
By combining engineering consulting for builders with detailed design documentation, ARCXIS helps improve construction quality, support construction performance improvement, and reduce delays during permitting and inspection phases.
We offer complete plumbing design services that support building code compliance consulting and streamlined coordination across all systems, including:
· Waste/Vent Design
· Water Piping Design
· Gas Only Design
· Isometrics
· Fire Sprinkler
· Site Plumbing
Our engineering approach helps homebuilder services teams reduce construction risk, improve documentation accuracy, and ensure systems are designed correctly before construction begins—supporting smoother third-party construction inspections and more predictable project delivery.
Electrical Design
Let ARCXIS handle the electrical design of your floorplans with clarity, accuracy, and engineering expertise as part of our residential engineering services and MEP engineering service offerings. Our Professional Engineers deliver clean, logical drawings and comprehensive electrical design services for homes that help builders improve construction quality and streamline project execution.
Our engineering consulting for builders supports smoother coordination during plan review services and helps ensure building code compliance, reducing construction risk and supporting faster, more predictable project delivery.
We help homebuilder services teams achieve better outcomes through well-structured electrical plans that support construction performance improvement and reduce costly redesigns or delays during construction.
Services include:
· Electrical Load Calculations
· Lighting Design
· Power Plan
· Panel Design
· Site Lighting and Photometrics
ARCXIS electrical design services help builders lower construction costs, improve documentation accuracy, and support smoother third-party construction inspections and permitting processes.
