Design Philosophy

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Our service and design philosophy is to utilize state of the art technology to develop the optimal design solutions for each project.


We excel in providing innovative and cost-effective solutions for unusual designs. The principals of the firm stay involved in each project from inception to completion to assure product quality through strong leadership, technical expertise, consciousness for budget and schedule and coordination with other disciplines.



Recent News

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Wayne County Community College District - North West Campus (April 2009)

Desai/Nasr part of the Hamilton Anderson Associates Team was awarded the structural Engineering Design Services for the North West Campus Project for Wayne County Community College District.



USACE - Detroit Arsenal Project (March 2009)

The design/build team of Granger Constuction, Neumann|Smith Architecture, Carl Walker Design, Desai/Nasr and others won the Federal Bid for the New Administration Building and Parking Structure at the Detroit Arsenal Campus. This DPW funded fast track project will include an eight story steel framed office building and a five story precast concrete parking structure.



Westview elementary School -2008 Impact on Learning Award

Desai/Nasr provided structural engineering services to Partners in Architecture on their award wining Westview Elementary School project for fitzgerald Public Schools.



Desai/Nasr is now a member of the US Green Building Council

Desai/Nasr joined the U.S. Green Building Council a 501(c)(3) non-profit community of leaders working to make green buildings available to everyone within a generation.

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Book Cadillac Hotel Opens (October 2008)

The historic Book Cadillac Hotel re-opens after standing empty of over 20 years.  Construction work is complete and the Hotel is open after two years of hard work to rehabilitate the historic structure.

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Greektown Casino – Hotel Tower

Work is wrapping up on the 410,000 ft2, 30 story reinforced concrete structure with post-tensioned flat slabs. Construction started in December 2006. The 30 story hotel structure was topped off in July 2008.

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