History
EF Douglas & Associates was formed as a small consulting team in March 2010, by its founder Errol Douglas who saw the need for a multidisciplinary approach in the consulting engineering practices in St. Kitts and Nevis. Having worked on projects of national significance, clarity was brought to the fact that engineering design solutions had to be efficient and sustainable and promote future development and growth. In 2011 Grenville Phillips a senior structural engineer began working as a consultant to the small firm to improve the firm’s capacity to address the increasing demands of its clientele. The firm currently employs two full-time civil engineers and consults with various international consulting firms and individuals for cost-effective and competitive design solutions and project delivery based on needs. The philosophy of a small core staff with access to experts in various fields has given the firm the flexibility to execute very complex and demanding designs and supervise various projects in the twin-island state. The firm’s principal and founder have had over thirty-seven (37) years of experience in the civil and structural engineering design, construction, and engineering fields in the local and regional environment. The firm has a combined experience of sixty-eight (68) years of experience in the construction industry. EF Douglas & Associates has provided civil, and structural engineering design and supervision for single projects valued in excess of US$75m.
Qualification Of Key Staff & Consultant
The principal of the firm has a master’s degree in Civil Engineering Construction (1989), and a Master’s degree in Structural Engineering (2005) and is a Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (MASCE) and a Member of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Engineers (MIABSE). The firm’s consulting structural engineer is a Fellow of the Institution of Structural Engineers (UK) and possesses an MSc in Environmental Engineering, a Master’s degree in Urban and Rural Planning, a Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering, and is also a Fellow in the Chartered Institute of Highways and Transport in the UK. An engineering and architectural CAD Designer possessing an Associate degree in architectural drafting and technology and an additional Associate Degree in General Studies from the US, CAD Technicians, and strategic architectural, coastal engineering, quantity surveying, and project management consultants.
EF Douglas & Associates has proven capabilities and experience with highly qualified engineers and designers working in the twin-island federation. In its short history, the firm has met and often exceeded its client’s expectations. The firm within recent years has worked on several reasonably sized projects in St. Kitts and Nevis both in the residential and commercial sectors.
The firm has provided civil engineering design and supervision in these areas:
- Roads and small bridges
- Culverts
- Breakwater and revetment structures
- Small piers
- A luxury marina (currently in design)
- Site drainage including retention basins
- Sewage treatment collections and treatment facilities
- Dredging and land reclamation
- Large retaining walls in excess of twenty-five feet
- Twenty-foot-high MSE sea wall
- Land cutting and slope stabilization
- Pavement Rehabilitation
- Site Cutting and Grading
Structural Engineering & Design Supervision
- Multi-story steel construction design and Analysis up to eight floors
- Reinforced concrete frame building design and supervision of up to five floors
- Reinforced concrete shear wall buildings design and analysis up to seven floors
- Foundation design for several structures
- Pile Foundation designs
- Retaining Wall designs
- Deep Beam and long-span reinforced concrete design
- Review of Hotel design (nine floors) to ASCE 7-10 and to AISC codes
- Design of large Swimming pools and water-retaining structures
- Seismic-resistant design for various building structures including elevator shafts
- Dredging and land reclamation up to 37 acres
- Road Construction
- Stormwater drainage construction
- Seawall construction
- Breakwater construction
- Small pier construction
- Retaining Wall construction swimming Pool Structure construction
- Marine Dolphin Construction
- Commercial Pier Upgrade including bollards and fender installation
- Hotel Developments
- Commercial Mall Development
- Four Storey office block Development
- Residential housing development
- Sewage Treatment Plant Installation
- Residential construction (low-rise and mid-rise)
- Foundations for various commercial and residential structures
- Seven-story reinforced concrete shear wall buildings construction Design
- Commercial Office Construction
