Yes, "creativity" and "engineers" can be used in the same sentence. Our clients will be the first to tell you that our "outside-the-box" thinking and innovative ideas have been able to help them design, construct, renovate, save, and reinforce their idea and investment. Our solutions have helped an architectural firm realize their idea of a 60-foot bouncing bridge in a children’s museum. We have worked with an artist to figure out how to turn giant earth castings into public art. We have helped a school raise part of the ceiling in an old converted warehouse so a basketball gym could be added. New construction, existing structures, change of use, rehabilitation, Special Inspections, construction management, structural analysis - we can help. Chuck Lysaght started Lysaght & Associates in 1983 after working 10 years for a company that specialized in laminated wood design and detailing. Centered in the heart of downtown Raleigh, our staff which includes five registered engineers and four project managers, with capabilities in Revit and AutoCAD, have completed nearly 10,000+ projects. We have worked on structures as diverse as museums, schools, big box retailers, YMCAs, office buildings, shopping centers, hotels, historic structures, multi-story community housing, new residential plans, renovations, additions, as well as public art projects. And all of them, we would like to believe, have been enhanced by our experienced team of creative structural engineers. Licensed in over 35 states, including North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia, Wyoming and more. Thank you for visiting, and please let us know if we can help in any way.