Steel & concrete reviewed
against the load case, not the eye-ometer.
Owner’s-engineer AI reviews for oil & gas structural deliverables — steel connection design against Eurocode 3 & AISC 360, deflection compliance, load combination completeness, cross-document consistency. Traceable findings, comment registers and human-supervised escalation in hours.
What structural deliverables we review.
Full structural discipline coverage rolls out during pilot cohorts as we calibrate against real client deliverables. Below is what’s live today and what’s in the next check-library release.
Steel connection capacity
Bolt group shear & bearing, weld throat sizing, prying action, block shear. Every finding cites the governing clause and the load path that fails.
Deflection & serviceability
Beam span / deflection limits against Eurocode 3 & AISC 360 SLS criteria, plus project-specific serviceability limits. Flags cantilever deflection checks that are absent.
Load combination completeness
ULS & SLS combinations against ASCE 7 / Eurocode 0 — dead, live, wind, seismic, operating, hydrotest, blast. Flags missing governing combinations for the structure type.
Cross-document consistency
GA drawings vs. calc note vs. steel schedule — section sizes, grade, connection details, orientation. Flags divergence with drawing zone reference.
Pipe rack & module design checks
Beam sizing vs. line-load takeoff, lateral stability check on cross-bracing layout, module lifting-lug capacity. Rolling out with select clients.
Blast & explosion resistance
Blast overpressure comparison against Facility Siting Study, control room / substation deflection limits. Rolling out in autumn 2026 pilots.
What we check against.
Eurocode 3 (EN 1993)
Design of steel structures
AISC 360
Specification for Structural Steel Buildings
Eurocode 0 (EN 1990)
Basis of structural design — load combinations
ASCE 7
Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures
AISC 341
Seismic Provisions for Structural Steel Buildings
API RP 2A / 2FB
Offshore structural design & fire/blast
BS 5950 (legacy)
Structural use of steelwork (legacy but still specified)
DNV-OS-C101
Design of Offshore Steel Structures — General
Facility Siting Study
Project-specific blast pressure & escape criteria
What we do not replace.
SpecSense catches systematic clause-level checks and cross-document consistency — code compliance, load combination completeness, deflection limit verification, connection capacity checks. It does not replace non-linear FE analysis, seismic performance-based design, or the engineering judgement on unusual geometries. Your Chartered structural engineer still owns those calls; we clear the review backlog so they can focus on them.
Ready to run structural through SpecSense?
Drop a steel connection design, deflection calc or general arrangement package. 48-hour supervised pilot. Chartered-engineer sign-off.