Structural aluminum engineering · Florida

The engineering behind the cage.

Signed-and-sealed structural engineering for aluminum pool cages and screen enclosures, turned around in as little as 48 hours. Built for Florida enclosure contractors who need fast, defensible, permit-ready sets, everywhere outside the HVHZ.

48 hrsas-fast-as sealed turnaround
FBC 2023ASCE 7-22 · ADM 2020
65 countiesFlorida, outside HVHZ
Direct PEengineer on your job
What every set carries
Florida P.E. SealedFBC 2023ASCE 7-22ADM 20202D + 3D Engineered48-Hour Turnaround
Who we are

A structural firm that thinks like a contractor.

We engineer aluminum pool cages and screen enclosures for the shops that build them. Field-first, code-based, and built to be built, our sets give your crews a clear path to permit, not a stack of theory nobody can install.

Standard cages, complex and two-story, picture windows and panoramic, composite and pan roofs, carports, footers, and the engineer letters that get a stalled job moving again. Every set carries a Florida P.E. seal.

Screen enclosure 3D structural model
Active Designs EngineeringScreen enclosure model
ViewIsometric
SealFL P.E.
Not span charts. Real engineering.

Every member sized to its true capacity.

Span charts hand you one conservative number for a whole family of profiles, so you overbuild and overpay for aluminum. We model every beam, post, and brace in 2D and 3D for your exact geometry and loads, and size each one to what it can actually carry.

  • 01Every beam, post, and brace modeled in 2D and 3D
  • 02Sized to its true capacity, not a chart minimum
  • 03Smaller members, less aluminum per linear foot
  • 04More margin on every cage you bid
  • 05FBC 2023 · ASCE 7-22 · ADM 2020
2D + 3D · Member optimization
STANDARD ENGINEERED SMALLER
Smaller members. Less aluminum per foot, more margin per cage.
The detail library

Engineered down to the connection.

The connections we engineer and detail, from footing to super gutter, to the current Florida code. This is the difference between a set that passes review and one that comes back.

Monolithic FootingScreen wall · 3½″ patio slab
N.T.S.
Wall ConnectionExposed fasteners · girt
N.T.S.
Super GutterBeam to host eave
N.T.S.

// Every set ships with the full detail package: connections, fasteners, footings, and code-referenced load criteria.

The Active Designs portal

Submit a form. Talk to your engineer. Get a sealed cage.

Most contractors email a request into a void and wait. Our clients get a workspace where they submit each cage on a form and message the engineer working on it, directly, start to finish.

STEP 01

Submit

One enclosure form: project, cage style, roof, footer, screen, photos. No back-and-forth to get started.

STEP 02

Collaborate

Your cage gets its own thread. Message the engineer on the job, share revisions, and see status without chasing a call back.

STEP 03

Seal

A signed-and-sealed package ready for the county, with footer and engineer letters when the job needs them.

What we engineer

Every enclosure you build, sealed and permit-ready.

Pool Cages & Screen Enclosures

Signed-and-sealed cage designs sized to your wind zone and exposure.

  • Standard, complex, complex-plus
  • Two-story & picture windows
  • Member & connection schedules

Composite & Pan Roofs

Insulated panel, composite, and pan-roof systems engineered to the footer.

  • Composite & Elite panel
  • Insulated / pan systems
  • Monoslope & solid roofs

Carports & Aluminum Structures

Freestanding and attached aluminum structures engineered to code.

  • Carports & roof-overs
  • Pergolas & patio covers
  • Railings & specialty members

Concrete Footers

Footer design or add-to-plans, tied into the cage load path.

  • Monolithic & thickened-edge
  • Anchor & attachment review
  • Soil bearing & load transfer

Engineer & Compliance Letters

The letters that keep a job moving when the field goes sideways.

  • Missed pre-pour / rebar certs
  • Footer compliance letters
  • AHJ response letters

Profile Engineering Programs

For fabricators developing their own aluminum profiles.

  • Section properties & comparison
  • Member capacity optimization
  • Inserted-profile & post analysis
How it runs

From submitted form to sealed package.

01

Submit

Send the enclosure form with project, style, roof, footer, screen, and photos through your portal.

02

Engineer

We size members and connections to your wind zone, design the footer, and document assumptions.

03

Seal

Signed-and-sealed drawings and any letters the permit requires, ready to submit.

04

Support

Reviewer comments, revisions, and AHJ questions handled so the permit keeps moving.

Leadership

Engineering accountability, close to the work.

PE
Principal Engineer

Florida P.E. Oversight

Professional engineering oversight, sealed deliverables, and technical review on every set. Signed and sealed by a licensed Florida Professional Engineer.

FBC 2023 · ASCE 7-22 · ADM 2020
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Engineering & Delivery

Scoping, Delivery & the Portal

Project scoping, client communication, and delivery of sealed enclosure packages, plus the portal that puts a direct line to the engineer on every cage.

Pool cages, aluminum systems, profile engineering, field support.
Start a cage

Send us the job.

Submit your cage.

Fill out the form and we'll get your enclosure into engineering. You'll get a portal login so every cage after this one is one form away.

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Active Designs
CompanyActive Designs Engineering
Address267 Quail Forest Blvd., Naples, FL 34105