Our background

Founded in 2004, ART Engineering Inc. (AEI) is an Ottawa based, multi-disciplinary structural consulting firm that has been providing practical solutions to real world problems throughout Canada for the past fifteen years. AEI’s diverse team is comprised of over thirty five full time engineering associates, project managers, surveyors, and support staff that are based out of the firm’s, Ottawa, Kingston, Toronto, and North Bay offices. AEI reliably provides clients with engineering services ranging from the detailed inspections and designs of bridge structures, culverts, and heavy infrastructure, to residential, institutional, industrial, and commercial projects.

AEI has an extensive history of involvement with complex and unconventional construction engineering projects. These fields of expertise combine to provide AEI with a unique ability to efficiently manage all facets and aspects of infrastructure projects with an essential sense of practicality conveyed through each design AEI produces. By assigning highly trained key members to this project, AEI will ensure the highest standards of quality are met throughout all phases

Our approach

At AEI, our in-depth knowledge of the latest construction materials, codes and regulations is merged with proven experience in historic and modern construction practices. The firm’s expertise has been acquired through extensive involvement in many overpass and building rehabilitation projects throughout Ontario and Alberta with both contractors and owners. AEI has extensive experience in and understanding of conventional bridge infrastructure projects and has provided engineering consulting services for numerous structures ranging from basic buried culverts to multi-span complex structures, with scopes of work involving initial and complex structure assessments, rehabilitation, complete design, peer design reviews and independent failure investigations in accordance with the Canadian Highway Bridge Design Code (CHBDC) and MTO structural and rehabilitation manual.

In addition, AEI has been able to introduce and develop industry standards in Canada with regards to accelerated bridge construction (ABC) projects resulting form firsthand comprehensive understanding and involvement. These projects often require multi-disciplinary input while balancing various stakeholder interests, and AEI has been able to prove its proficiency in doing so by being involved in nearly all ABC construction projects in Eastern Ontario since 2009.