DCE has a large team of structural engineers with a wide body of experience in analysis, design, detailing and specification in reinforced concrete, structural steel, masonry and timber for commercial, retail, industrial and residential structures. Cost-effective designs are produced promptly with the aid of powerful computer software such as Master Series design suite and Sofistic finite element software. One of the key areas of specialization by DCE over the last decade has been design of timber structures, providing a service to a sizeable portion of the timber frame manufacturing industry in Ireland and Britain.