About Us

FRGH STRUCTURAL DESIGN

Finding A Permanent Solution Is Our Ultimate Goal!

Quality Comes First! We Make Sure That Every Minute Detail Is Looked Into While Engineering or Designing Even The Smallest Structure. Our Focus Is 100% On Client Needs And Satisfaction.

FRGH Structural Design delivers: Civil/Structural design for the Houston Metroplex and central Texas Residential and Commercial sectors with many years of experience, combining advanced methods and technologies.

FRGH Structural Design specializes in the design of Concrete Structures and Structural Solutions for residential and commercial buildings. Reinforced concrete Foundations for buildings, tanks and heavy equipment with ready for construction and permitting CAD drawings. Remodeling structural modifications. Reinforced concrete retaining walls. Steel structural new framing and structural modifications. Power beams. LSL and LVL engineering beams.

Roofing modifications design. Hail and Wind roof damage assessment, Light pole bases for malls, shopping strips and parking lots.  Signs and Monument foundations for businesses and condominiums. 

Epoxy injection for cracked concrete slabs.  New home custom building. Pier and Beam foundation damage assessment and repair. Foundation inspections and reports. Asbestos inspections and certifications. Concrete X-ray.  Foundation concrete pre – pour inspections.

We Are The Creators You Can Trust On For A Perfect Solution To All Your Needs.

Jose R. Hernandez, P.E.

President

Texas License #90739
TBPE Firm 10708

Civil/Structural Engineer
University of Saint Thomas

Master's Degree
International Business Management Thunderbird School of Global Management Glendale, Arizona 85306

Professional Experience:              

Thirty five years of civil/structural engineering experience in the Oil, Gas and Construction Industry. 

Church Services – Houston – Staff Engineer – 2005 – 2018

Advanced Foundation Repair – Houston – Staff Engineer – 2004 – 2005

P.E. Service- Houston – Staff Engineer. 2003

Belsco – Houston – Contract Manager – Ecopetrol Polyethilene Plants revamping in Barrancabermeja, Colombia.  2001 – 2002

Bechtel Corp –  Houston –  Engineer – Cantarell Pemex Project. 1999 – 2000.

Brown & Root, Houston – Engineer – Cantarell Pemex Project.  1996 – 1998

Oriental de Construcciones – Staff Engineer – Bogota, Colombia 1983 –  1995

 
Publications and membership:
 
Foundation Performance Association (FPA)
Houston, Texas
Member of Structural Committees since 2008 and co-author of several publications.
 
Greater Houston Builder’s Association
Member of the Remodelers and developers council 
2006 – 2013

Fernando Gracia

Engineering Division
Vice President

Civil/Structural Engineer.
Civil and Structural Engineer – University of Saint Thomas

Professional Experience:               

More than thirty  years of civil/structural engineering and design on petrochemical projects related to the Petrochemical and Chemical Industry.  High experience in structural and civil engineering designing petrochemical plant structures, vessel and tank foundations, storage and process buildings.  Responsible for design of structures, foundations, construction drawings for all projects. Engineered and developed drawings for the foundations and rail loading  structures for  loading  systems.

FRGH Structural Design Vice – President: From: 2014 to present. In charge of Structural calculations for the design of reinforced and post-tensioned foundations for buildings and equipment. Load analysis for new dead/live loads in existing buildings. Design of Engineer or power beams. Design of retention reinforced concrete walls.  Lighting pole base design and monuments foundation design.

SNC Lavalin Hydrocarbons & Chemicals  From: November 2006  to 2020 In charge for Civil and structural design for steel buildings, vessels and equipment. Visiting project  location to check preliminary information. Concrete design for foundations especially tanks,  structural steel buildings and supports. Coordinating drawings with civil & structural designers and checking final drawings.

USA Shelco Inc. Houston From: August, 2002  to November, 2006 In charge of  civil and structural department, coordinate projects with other disciplines, design  steel & concrete structural buildings, develop  foundation designs for vertical tanks, checking final construction drawings for new or  revamping petrochemical plants.

British Petroleum. Colombia – From 1988 – 2001 Engineer 1 in charge of structural calculations and design at several oil & Gas locations in Yopal, Casanare, Colombia

Need Help with Easier Structural or Construction Solutions? We Are Experts!