K H Davis Engineering Consultants Ltd

Ken Davies and Mike Shirzadfar have been very methodical and helpful in both the engineering, permitting and committee processes. The Firm is professional and prompt in every stage of my project.
At some stages of the project we needed to make revisions to the structure in order to save space and money. Mike and Ken reacted promptly to these revisions and really made a difference to the project and tradesmen.

Ken came over to evaluate our house for future renovations. We found Ken to be a very nice personable guy. He had few comments about the renovations we wanted to do. He seemed more interested if we were going in lower our basement depth. At the end of the consultation he asked for full payment by way of credit card through a software payment system on his phone and promised a detailed report in two weeks. Three weeks went by and we gave him a call and sent him an email when we were going to receive our report. One month goes by and no response. We called him three future times and 5 weeks later he promises to send us a report within 48 hours. Another week goes by and nothing. I send him an email terminating his services and we ask for a refund. Magically we receive the report. For a $600 report I could have written it. It's very light on specifics and probably do to the length of time he had forgotten many of the renovation questions we had asked him. My advice is don't use his services. If you do, do not pay in full until you have received your services in full.

We engaged K. H. Davis on the advice of a local contractor and met Mike to help us with our renovations. We gutted a 3 story detached house and wanted to open up the main floor, add a 2 story addition to the back and a new 2 car garage, plus the addition of several bathrooms, new staircase openings, dormers, window openings etc.. Mike was easy to deal with from the get go and it is clear the office is set up to advise us in the best ways possible. Mike was willing to make revisions quickly and is clearly informed on the best way to deal with them as to not hold up a timeline.
We have done several large renovations like this in the past and have finally found a team we look forward to working with in the future.

we met with Mike for over an hour and reviewed many options which we may not have considered and also lined us up with a designer to review further options . this was all free as an introduction - don't see that very often!! thanks Mike.

We engaged Mike @ KH Davis earlier this year to do structural drawings for our upcoming underpin and interior alterations (removing walls to create an open concept). Mike really considered our needs in his designs and offered ways to maximize our space. Kevin also did a site visit and helped find solutions that were within our scope of work and budget. Although our reno has not begun yet, so far it's been a great experience and we would recommend them for this type of work. *And, amazingly, Mike was able to get our permits approved in 1 day!

We have been gutting the basement walls to improve insulation and after removing existing drywall we discovered what seemed like potentially serious structural issues. I contacted KH Davis. Ken was extremely prompt in getting back. He was able to make an appointment with my husband very quickly. He did a very thorough inspection including a drawing to help us understand some of the structure. We were so relieved that the issues are either non issues or minor fixes. We feel a lot more confident about insulating and putting up new drywall knowing the structure us sound. As we are having replacement windows put in in a few weeks, it was so helpful to have the inspection done before that to give us time to make any repairs prior to the windows going in. Money well spent.

We had a foundation crack at the front of our house that developed over this past winter. After consulting with a few contractors they all said to repair the leak the washroom and the utility room would need to be gutted to find the leak. Then we would need to dig it out from the outside or the inside and waterproof it. Our basement ceiling is 6ft high and the layout is awkward. After getting rough quotes from the contractors we decided to waterproof internally and transform the interior living space to meet our needs. When I asked for recommendations for this work 3 different contractors recommended KH Davis for our structural drawings and permits. Based on this feedback we decided to use KH Davis and we are very happy that we did. By getting the drawings and permits through our own engineer we would be able to ensure there were no corners cut. We would also be able to send it out to get a quote from whoever we wanted to get accurate apples to apples quotes to compare from all the contractors. Then we could choose the contractor based on reputation and price. We contacted KH Davis on the Friday and were called back on the Monday. Mike Shirzadfar and the team went through everything and I had my permits and drawings within 3 weeks. I have used these drawings to show underpinning contractors that we are serious about the work we want to complete and the contractors are all happy with the drawings, responsive to my inquiries and I am able to quickly eliminate 5 quotes that are 20-50K above a group of quotes all around the same price. This is money very well spent!. The comments we get back from contractors quoting on our underpinning and walkout are "how did you hear about Ken Davis?" "he is really good" "these are very thorough". I am very pleased with service and happy that I used KH Davis for my Engineering drawings and Permits.

We were referred to KH Davis for plans to our front porch extension. They were thorough and responsive in the design process and were proactive to get us our permits in a timely manner. Mike Shirzadfar and his team were great.

my 100-year-old townhouse still has a crawl space for part of the basement. I was referred to KH Davis Engineering for the structural plans to lower crawl space and basement. Yu Ching Lai and Mike Shirzadfar provided me with an excellent service. They also helped in reassuring the neighbours that the project is safe. They have made the planning of this project easy - now I'm waiting for the actual renovation to start!

We hired K H Davis for the following:
* Inspection of underpinning
* Specification of load bearing beams in the basement and on the main floor
* Specifications for a wall and walkout, and
* Installation of the beam on the main floor.
Ken and his team were professional, prompt, and answered all of our questions thoroughly. The workmanship was also top notch.
We would highly recommend K H Davis.