Planning and Development

Buildings: The Challenges

• Social awareness and desire to address the needs for climate change
  
• Meeting the commercial needs of the modern market
  
• Increased responsibility and demands at the planning stage

The performance of buildings in today’s built environment is ever greater as our social responsibility heightens. Commercial demands, in today’s market, make the contribution from the design team in the early stages of a project crucial to its success.

Factors affecting the performance of a Building are wide ranging, and span across common themes with the need to address considerations regarding sustainability, the environment, energy, infrastructure and transportation.

Our approach is to listen and engage with the client to understand their needs and work in partnership to develop the scheme. We recognise that solutions need to be tailored to suit the requirements of the client, and our range of services allows us to adopt a co-ordinated, flexible approach that is both pro-active and commercially aware.

Services

• Access Audits
• Asbestos Surveys and Management
• Building Control Approved Inspector services
• CDM Co-ordinator services
• Demolition Supervision
• Electrical Engineering
• Energy Performance Certificates
• Fire Risk Consultancy
• Geotechnical Consultancy and Design
• Mechanical Engineering
• Party Wall Surveying
• Plant / Riser Space Allocation
• Site Investigation
• Structural Condition Surveys and Assessments
• Structural Design
• Ventilation and Extraction Statements
• Value Engineering
• Acoustic Assessment
• Flood Risk Assessments
• Renewable Energy Studies
• SAP Calculations
• SBEM Calculations
• Servicing Strategy