About Us

Who are we?

Structural Engineers

Barrason’s are well known in the building and pre cast concrete industries for high quality, efficient structural designs. Established by Managing Director Dr Andrew Barraclough, Barrason’s began in 2017 serving the far South Eastern suburbs. 

Today Barrason’s provide residential design and inspection services throughout Victoria. 

Our Specialist Engineers also support the prefabricated concrete market with Lifting, Bracing, Erection Design and Transport solutions.  We have assisted in the building of several of Australia’s award-winning commercial buildings.

Our Residential Design footprint is National. We offer Site Inspections across Victoria with offices in Narre Warren, and Ballarat. 

Leaders in our Field

Barrason’s are insured and registered engineering professionals in all Australian states and territories and active members of a number of professional industry bodies. These include the Housing Industry Association and Engineers Australia. We were founding members of the Australian Engineered Fasteners & Anchors Council.

Our Specialist Engineers serve on Australian Standards committees to develop new standards relevant to concrete, prefabricated concrete structures, steel reinforcing and pre-stressed materials.

Our Managers have written nationally and internationally published research papers and delivered technical presentations for Engineers Australia accredited CPD programs. We assisted in the establishment of the Prefabricated Concrete Elements Code of Practice in 2019 for Victoria and are adapting a similar code for the ACT.

We are recognised as leaders in our field and known for our ease of communication and responsiveness. 

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Our Values

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Performance: We take ownership of our work and strive to exceed our clients' expectations
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Trust: We act in good faith and never compromise the safety of our people or our clients
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Dynamism: Our processes are fluid, we continually innovate, we adapt to our changing world, we get better
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Diversity: We embrace diversity of our workforce and reward our people on merit

Our History

After many years working as a design engineer in the construction industry, Andrew founded the firm with a desk, a computer and a desire to create a structural consultancy that could become a family legacy for his children.

The name Barrason’s is a conflation of Andrew’s surname with his five children – leading to ongoing interoffice disputes over apostrophe placement. Our latest addition (2024) to the fleet is the Ballarat office, proudly servicing the Western suburbs and all of Central and Western Ballarat

Community Support

We love giving back to our community. During various bushfire seasons Andrew and the team transported donated food to West Gippsland, nourishing the hardworking volunteers fighting the fires. We also support Engineers Without Borders Engineering On-Country program, financially assisting the provision of much needed infrastructure for remote Australian indigenous communities. 

Why Use our Team?

Our team of qualified engineers have the experience and technical creativity to find solutions that meet your needs.

We take pride in:

  • our cost-effective design solutions
  • our exceptional customer service and ease of communication
  • our timely delivery of projects
  • our depth of local and expert knowledge

We enjoy building quality working relationships with our clients. Give our friendly answering service a call and a member of our administration team will reach out to assist you.

Our Inspection team support a broad range of needs. We work with homeowners to solve insurance disputes, respond to Council Notices, manage VCAT hearings, investigate load bearing walls, investigate masonry cracks, foundation issues and movement in residential dwellings.

Our Residential Design team offer Structural Design services nationwide. From retaining wall design, porch, pergola’s, spa installation through to whole house builds. 

Our Services

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Residential and Commercial Design
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Structural inspections. Cause & Remedition for Movement
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Temporary works, lifting, bracing and transport solutions
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Building inspections & pre-purchase Structural reports
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Design and Construct, insitu to precast conversion
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Designs for Residential extensions and renovations
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Retrospective Certification for Illegal Works
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Tilt up panel and precast panel shop detailing
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Council Disputes, tree removal, drainage matters
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Expert Witness reports and testimony

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Our structural engineers are known for innovative and straightforward designs