Developer and contractor structural packages
Developers and contractors need structural engineering that fits a commercial programme, not just a set of calculations. We provide tender, design and build and construction stage packages sized to the way you procure and build, for developers and contractors across the UK.
What kind of structural packages do you provide developers?
Early tender schemes with budget quantities for pricing, full design and build packages for construction, and construction stage support on schemes already started. We size the package to your procurement route and programme.
Structural packages built around procurement
Developers and contractors work to programmes, budgets and procurement routes, so the structural engineering has to arrive in the right form at the right stage rather than as a single dump of calculations. We tailor the package to how you are procuring the work, an early tender scheme with budget quantities so you can price the job, a full design and build package once you are on site, or a construction stage service supporting a scheme someone else began.
For a contractor taking on a design and build contract, we can develop a consultant's outline scheme into a full construction design, value engineer where it saves money without compromising the structure, and carry the design responsibility that the contract passes down. For a developer, we provide the structural information that lets you price, plan and sell with confidence at each stage of the programme.
Value engineering and buildability
The cheapest structure on paper is not always the cheapest to build, so we design with the site team and the programme in mind. We look at whether a change of floor system, a simpler foundation, a repeatable steel connection or a different grid saves real money once labour, craneage and programme are counted, and we test the buildability of a detail before it is issued rather than after the site has queried it.
For repeated units on a development, small savings multiply, so we standardise details across house types and plots where the ground allows. For a one-off commercial or mixed use building, the value usually sits in the foundation, the frame choice and the transfer structures, and that is where we focus the effort. We also keep an eye on the steel tonnage and the connection count, since a scheme with fewer, simpler connections is quicker to fabricate and erect even where the tonnage is similar. The aim is a structure that is economical to build, not just economical to draw.
Construction stage support and coordination
Design does not end when the drawings are issued, because the site raises queries, the ground turns out different from the report, and other trades need the structure coordinated with their work. We stay involved through construction, answering technical queries, reviewing temporary works interfaces, inspecting foundations and key stages where needed, and issuing revisions promptly so the programme is not held up.
The calculations follow the Eurocodes, the relevant UK National Annex and the Building Regulations, and we coordinate with the architect, the M and E designer and the other consultants throughout. We aim to turn tender information and construction queries around to suit the programme, and we deliver packages to developers and contractors anywhere in the UK, with site visits arranged by region.
What we check.
The points our calculations resolve for a project like this.
- Packages tailored to tender, design and build or construction stage
- Developing a consultant's outline into full construction design
- Value engineering tested against real build cost and programme
- Buildability checked before details are issued
- Construction stage query support and foundation inspections
- Coordination with architect, services and other consultants
From enquiry to sign-off.
Enquiry
Send drawings or describe the problem. We confirm the scope, the deliverables and a target timescale.
Information
We agree the survey, drawings or data we need and any site access required.
Engineering
Design, calculation or assessment to the relevant Eurocodes and UK National Annex.
Issue
A clear, defensible report or set of calculations, with assumptions and limitations stated.
Common questions
What kind of structural packages do you provide developers?
Early tender schemes with budget quantities for pricing, full design and build packages for construction, and construction stage support on schemes already started. We size the package to your procurement route and programme.
Can you take on design and build responsibility?
Yes. For a contractor on a design and build contract we develop the consultant's outline into a full construction design, value engineer it and carry the design responsibility the contract passes down.
Do you value engineer the structure?
Yes, with buildability in mind. We look at whether a different floor system, foundation, connection or grid saves real money once labour, craneage and programme are counted, not just what is cheapest on the drawing.
Do you support the build once drawings are issued?
Yes. We answer site queries, review temporary works interfaces, inspect foundations and key stages, and issue revisions promptly so the programme is not held up.
Do you work to our programme?
We aim to turn tender information and construction queries around to suit your programme, and we coordinate with the architect, services and other consultants throughout the job.
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