Structural solutions, built to last.
From steel supply to load-bearing modifications to the engineering judgment that holds it all together — AKIM handles the structural scope on Ontario's most complex commercial builds.
Steel & framing
Steel frames
Primary structural steel framing, fabricated and erected to carry the building's loads. The skeleton everything else depends on, built to spec and to last.
Structural steel supply
Sourcing and supplying structural steel to specification — so the right material is on site, in the right grade and size, when the schedule needs it.
Framing
Structural framing built square, plumb, and exactly to drawing. The fundamentals done precisely, because everything stacked on top inherits the error if they aren't.
Mezzanines
Added structural floor levels that turn unused vertical space into usable area — engineered for the loads they'll actually carry, not just the ones on the plan.
Modification & support
Load-bearing wall removal
Removing structural walls and re-routing the load through new beams and supports — done safely, in the correct order, so the building stays standing through every stage of the change.
Beam installations
New beams set and tied in to carry load where walls or supports are being changed. The piece that makes a removal or an opening possible without compromising the structure.
Shoring
Temporary structural support that holds the building while permanent work is done. Quiet, unglamorous, and the reason the rest of the job can happen at all.
Engineering & consulting
Structural engineering
Engineered solutions for complex structural challenges — the calculations and design that turn a difficult requirement into a buildable, code-sound answer.
Structural consulting & inspection
Reading a building and a set of drawings, then telling you what's actually possible — and what it will take to get there. The judgment that keeps a project out of trouble before it starts.
From point A to point B, with the building still standing.
A huge part of what we do is judgment, not just labour.
We take the engineered drawings, cross-reference them against the real conditions on site, and figure out what will work and what won't. Then we write a proposal for how to overcome the issues we'll hit — before they become a delay.
We decipher the drawings, work out how to get from point A to point B, and carry the load through new bearing points so the structure stays standing the entire time we're working on it. That's the difference between a plan on paper and a structure that stands.
Order is the whole point.
Read the drawings
We start in the engineered drawings, understanding the design intent before anyone touches the building.
Cross-reference the site
We compare the drawings against the existing building's real conditions — what's actually there, not just what's on paper.
Write the sequence
We document the issues we'll hit and how we'll overcome them, in the order they have to happen.
Carry the load
We open bearing points and move load through temporary and permanent supports — without ever putting the structure at risk.
Hand it off clean
We finish the work complete and tidy, ready for the next trade to start without untangling ours.