We have a huge amount of residential project experience. We originated from a family building construction business and have built our very own extensions and self build so we can offer a sensible and practical service. We keep the company small and flexible so you dont have to pay VAT!

An extension/ renovation/ loft conversion/ new builds always involves structural engineering of the foundations, walls, floors and roof. Increasingly, the rooms required are large open plan spaces and these require more innovative structural designs. And of course, supporting the first floor, wall and roof above the opening into the extension requires structural design and specification.

We will provide both construction drawings for the builder and calculations for Building Control approval. Whilst Building Control will inspect during the build phase, you may wish to have your Engineer inspect construction to confirm that the strucutral design has been implemented correctly.

We have significant experience in the structural design of steel superstructures across a wide spectrum of sectors such as Oil & Gas, Power, Petrochemical, Industrial/Commercial, Nuclear, Residential, Retail, Healthcare, Education and Rail. The following list is a selection of the more common steel elements / structures that we are familiar with. 

Sway frames, Lintels, Beam and columns, Bracing systems, Floor supporting systems, Trusses, Crane girder/ runway beams, Steelwork connections, Portal frames, Cladding rails/ purlins, Mezzanine/ storage structures, Pipe bridges / Supports, Balustrades and Balconys.

The adoption of the most appropriate and economical foundation is to a significant extent governed by the ground conditions encountered and type of structure to be supported. Our design capability extends from the simplicity of trench fill or strip foundations adjacent trees, through various forms of reinforced concrete rafts/ slabs or ground beams, to the relative complexity of a piled solution or even a basement design.

We are also competent in the various methods of underpinning techniques to stabilise buildings that are suffering effects from differential settlement. Our underpinning designs may take various forms, from traditional mass concrete blocks, mass concrete pad and reinforced concrete beam/ slab,to piled solutions or further specialist techniques.