We are passionate about providing our clients customized solutions tailored to fit their individual project goals.

Outer Banks Engineering FirmsLocated along the Outer Banks of North Carolina, Michael has been serving public and private clientele with structural and civil engineering solutions for over a decade. Professionally licensed in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia with licensing capabilities in all fifty states, we are capable to serve client’s needs across a diverse geographical region. The belief in building integrated partnerships with all parties of a projects design team, owners, and contractors from the initial conceptual stages throughout the construction process has aided in promoting an atmosphere of communication, creative solutions and client satisfaction.

Services & Capabilities

Michael D. O’Steen, P.E. is a professionally licensed engineer specializing in the structural design and inspection of residential and commercial structures with expertise in development within coastal environments.

More specifically, we are able to provide cost effective solutions for the following client needs:

  • Structural design of new structures and renovation of existing structures: residential, commercial, and essential facilities.
  • Forensic Engineering: Conditional assessment of existing structures and failure analysis
  • Post Windstorm and Flood Damage Structural Assessments
  • V-Zone Structural Certification for habitable structures as well as pools
  • Value Engineering Studies


Mr. O’Steen has provided structural engineering, consulting, forensic engineering and related expertise to a wide variety of clients regarding but not limited to design of steel, masonry, reinforced concrete, timber framed structures, deep pile foundation systems, retaining walls, shoreline protection systems, marine structures and planning for commercial, mixed use, essential facilities and residential multi-story structures within high wind zones and coastal flood plain area.

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