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Structural Engineering Case Studies

Business Activities That May Qualify

  • Determining alternate materials with which to construct a structure or parts of a structure (must be a new concept to the taxpayer)
  • Determining alternate means of assembling and/or fastening component parts of a structure (must be a new concept to the taxpayer)
  • Improving acoustical qualities of structure
  • Developing alternative water flow / plumbing systems
  • Developing alternative electricity conduction systems
  • Developing or improving lighting within a structure
  • Improving or developing alternative ventilation for a structure
  • Improving or determining alternative heating and cooling systems
  • Determining alternative structural design
  • Developing processes or equipment for the extraction of natural elements from another substance, or the development of processes and equipment to convert the extracted materials
  • Developing a pilot plant to investigate the concepts of a model or process
  • Integrating toxic waste and other waste disposal processes into the structure
  • Integrating product and material transportation systems into the functional design of the structure
  • Environmental impact studies
  • Integration costs related to designing multiple co-dependent features, where the technical uncertainty may only be eliminated by designing the related components
  • Implementing counter-terrorism capabilities
  • Conducting environmental and sustainable design
  • Performing CAD modeling

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