I worked with PZSE for a year on construction plans for my home to fix a sinking foundation. The…read morebid to draft these plans was $5150. $2000 was required up front for them to start drafting the plans and the remaining $3150 was due upon completion. My project engineer thru the entire process was Xavier Carrillo, and he was great to work with. Somehow in the end, my project plans were finalized after approval was received from the city sewer engineers on 8/2/18, however, I wasn't given a chance to look at the plans before they were finalized. A couple weeks after they were finalized I noticed a few discrepancies. One was the contractor to do the actual install of the helical piers that I had already received a bid from was incorrect on the plans and of the 36 helical piers on the plans only 6 were listed as required and all of them were required. I emailed Xavier with the changes needed, he forwarded the email to the drafter for the plan updates to be done. Turns out Xavier has since left PZSE and when I attempted to contact them I was put in touch with a new project manager that just started working for PZSE, named Peter Bostaph. Peter told me that my project had already been closed out and finalized and final payment was due. I was told by Peter that PZSE had completed their scope of work and they had no more time for me. I was not allowed to ask any further questions about my plans and regardless if I had approved and ok'd the finalized plans or not I was told I needed to pick them up and pay my final bill. And any further updates or modifications would need a new contract agreement signed and paid for. Any questions I asked Peter during a half hour phone call couldn't be answered and he couldn't direct me to someone that could answer them. One question I asked is how does PZSE accept final approval of plans from the customer? Email, verbal, signed document? Peter didn't have an answer. I referenced an email he was cc'd on back on 8/14 where the drafter had email me and others at PZSE indicating the 2 updates I requested (after they had previously finalized the plans without my ok) were attached for me to review. Peter again said my plans had already been finalized and they had no more time for me. I asked Peter how many revisions are allowed to plans during the drafting process? He couldn't give me an answer. Peter asked me what the bid was for my project. I said $5150. He replied that for them to draft construction plans for my entire house I would have been charged more than $5150 so their scope wasn't to draft construction plans for my entire house. I asked why were plans drafted for my entire house then? Another question he couldn't answer. A great relationship that had been built over a year was single handedly ruined by this new project manager, Peter Bostaph, in less than 24 hours. I'm no longer a customer of PZSE and will be taking my business elsewhere. It's pretty sad that 2 updates to some final plans requested by the customer couldn't be accommodated.

Exceptional service at a very reasonable price! My wife and I used PZSE for the structural review…read moreof our custom home plan. We are building a courtyard style home with a lot of windows and really appreciated their 'can do' attitude. They designed the structural elements with cost efficiency in mind and they didn't tack on any extra charges during the process. We would highly recommend using these guys!

I researched many structural engineers in the area. I received 3 quotes which were all over the…read moreplace. I have been drawing plans for 2 retaining walls to expand my driveway. I needed stamped wet signed plans and structural calculations for my permit. I had fully drawn plans already. Other places were quoting me 6 times the price Eddington did. They were very professional, quick response time and completed in only a couple days. They had great communication throughout the entire process. I was very impressed. Isaac personally went above and beyond to ensure my wife and I were completely satisfied. Was an all around great experience. I would certainly recommend. I have many additional projects I will absolutely be using them for. Do yourself a favor and make sure you receive a quote from them. You will be glad you did!

Extremely responsive, thorough, competent and reasonable…read more Thoroughly enjoyed working with Andrew.

Andrew quoted a fair price, came out on a Sunday to do the work, and I had a completed product by…read moreWednesday. I'm very satisfied with the services received and would happily recommend his business.

"Our Man in Rio".... ....er, I should say, our man "IS" Rio,…read moreas in Rio Morales, owner-operator of Montgomery Structural Lifters. The first thing you should know, is that Rio is not just some guy who only shows-up at your job site to collect the bag-fulls of money you will likely need (regardless of who you hire) if you are unfortunate enough to need structural foundation repairs; but on the other hand, Rio was there every day on our job directing/orchestrating his crew and swinging a hammer with the best of them. That said, even if you don't know didley about foundation repairs, but are freakin'-out enough to start calling foundation experts, I can tell you from my experience of having no less than 13 contractors/foundation companies coming out in the past year before hiring Montgomery, Rio was the only one who instilled in me any confidence that his job approach was the right one for resurrecting the listing /crumbling foundation of our otherwise structurally sound 1920s Land Park garage. I initially emailed Rio pix of the deteriorated slab/foundation/dramatic leaning of the garage before he came out for his extremely thorough evaluation; and yes he did charge a fee (which was applied against his bid), but I can tell you it was the best investment I could have made. I have been in this home 43 years and am pretty handy with repairs/general construction, but I do leave the complicated jobs like foundations/roofs/HVAC to the pros, and I do know enough to ask the right questions and know the right answers when I hear them. If you don't have that kind of knowledge yourself, DON'T WORRY, Rio will give you the "straight-story" and you WON'T have to worry about getting ripped-off by shoddy work or un-needed repairs to "jack-up" a repair bill. Upon accepting the bid, Rio arranged for his structural engineer to draw-up the plans and took care of all the permitting, which went seamless, and on one occasion during the project while the city inspector was meeting with Rio on the job site, they were both on the phone with the engineer to discuss some of the foundation plans; which obviously made the "passing" inspections proceed without delays. Our job involved actually lifting the entire garage on steel beams and demo-ing the shot slab & foundation/re-racking the entire building with "come-alongs"/new internal bracing/seismic bolt & plates for the upgraded footers/headers, all which was brought up to current city code. Rio initially gave me two bids for my choosing: one to generally fix the foundation issues by repair or the second option, which I chose, to completely renovate the garage, and I couldn't be happier with Rio's attention to detail. He estimated 6 weeks from start to finish and Office Manage Dana always kept me advised of scheduling to keep Rio and crew from being in 14 places as one time! The crews always let me know beforehand what was scheduled for the day and ALWAYS showed-up on time and were a quite pleasant competent crew (Thank you to Travis, Rick, Jessie & Jesus for the great work!) OK I could go on and on, but I will say I am pretty picky who works on our house and Rio is as honest and competent as you will find, right alongside other top-notch contractors I have used ie "Fargo Construction" (now retired Land Park remodeler); "Sierra Pacific" for HVAC; and "Cal Vintage Roofing". To sum it up, we were extremely grateful that Montgomery took on our project and couldn't be happier. Thankyou Rio, Dana and the rest of the crew !!

I had my home inspected by a structural engineer and was advised that the cement foundation would…read morerequire piers. I read the yelp reviews for Montgomery Structural Lifters. they had great reviews so I called the company to schedule a home inspection and bid. The office gave me Rio's email and I emailed and then spoke to him on the phone. He said he would contact me to schedule the appointment. he never contacted me. I called the office and they kept saying he would contact me. i also emailed him again. He never responded. if he was to busy to do the job, he should have let me know that right away instead of wasting my time. I think his lack of follow thru was very unprofessional.

Professional, on time, courteous, high quality work. Was able to demo and pave a new garbage bin…read moreplatform for us which has always been a headache for us. Highly recommend for any projects you might have.

GM did a great job on the 14x6' pad I needed. I'd use them again for sure.read more

I love my new concrete patio. Thank you to Manuel and his crew; they did an amazing job. I needed…read moremy 1943 backyard updated. Great pricing, consistent communication, and excellent finished product. They removed the old concrete and brick, and added new concrete.

Manuel and his team did an excellent job pouring the slab for our 1500 sq ft garage/shop. High…read morequality and fair pricing!

charged me $720 for a "consultation" to tell me that it couldn't be done. Other engineers of…read morecourse got it done. Don't get scammed.

I called requesting a structure engineer for an evaluation of my property which is currently…read moreundergoing some siding repairs. The current construction company had placed the project on hold until they received the go ahead from a structure engineer. The one they recommended had me on hold for over 2 months. Needless to say, this company was able to come out on Monday when I called them and followed up with me on Friday with my options. Overall, very happy with the quick response. Richard was pleasant and had great suggestions and feedback for my home. Prices are reasonable.

Adam P. from Stronghold Foundation Repair provided my second foundation estimate. He was…read moreknowledgeable and honest, explained that the house variance was normal, and recommended no repairs. He could have sold me unnecessary work but chose integrity instead. After a $49,000 estimate from Groundworks, I'm grateful I called Stronghold.

Many thanks to Adam, who explained so much to us about foundations and crawlspaces! Turns out we…read moreare OK in our 80-year old house. If we ever need work on our foundation in the future, I will only call them. Great company, great guy.