Specialising in steel portal frame design means we know a thing or two about saving weight on steel to get the building to perform whilst meeting your brief.
From livestock building & grainstores, to warehousing & industrial units, we make sure you get a cost-effective building especially with new steel tariffs & rising energy costs driving up steel prices creating uncertainty.
Our structural engineering team is able to deliver small one-off domestic beams designs for that home renovation project, to multimillion pound, complex structures for Distribution Centres, Breweries & Factories.
Structural design is generally defined as being from the ground up, but can include basement and subterranean structures.
By adopting best practice alongside tried & tested design methods and software, our solutions are shaped throughout the design process by weighing up buildability, sustainability, cost, quality and programme. All of these aspects are balanced to best serve the needs of our clients.

Civil engineering design work is needed on many construction projects, involving work at or below ground level.
From drainage & highways infrastructure to retaining walls and internal concrete floor slabs, our design solutions founded in tried & tested methodologies.
By adopting best practice alongside tried & tested design methods and software, our solutions are shaped throughout the design process by weighing up buildability, sustainability, cost, quality and programme. All of these aspects are balanced to best serve the needs of our clients.

As project demands progressively change, the need for collating relevant data early in the project timeline is critical to ensuring decision makers can determine the viability of a project.
Our upfront survey and inspection services cover most aspects needed from feasibility studies to construction start, and as-built records to asset data management.
We are also able to offer bespoke packages of inspection to suit most project needs.

With the introduction of the NetZero goals and in line with United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDG), sustainability is at the heart of everything we do.
With increasing pressure and focus from society on the impacts of the construction industry, we are committed to supporting our clients, constructors, peers and end-users delivery on their sustainability goals.
We are striving to become a leading force of sustainable design, and whilst implementing sustainable construction will not be easy, we are passionate about this and know this will inspire change in others.


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