Western Building Consultants are RIBA Chartered Architects based in Bath, delivering commercial and residential architecture across the South West and M4 corridor. As Commercial Architects in Bath, we deliver projects across education, healthcare, leisure, office and mixed-use developments, alongside high-quality residential schemes.
As a multi-disciplinary practice, we combine architectural, engineering and surveying expertise under one roof. Our Bath team includes RIBA Chartered Architects, CIAT Chartered Architectural Technologists, RICS Chartered Building Surveyors, CABE Chartered Building Engineers, MICE registered Structural Engineers, building conservation specialists, interior architectural designers, CDM Principal Designers, FPWS Party Wall Surveyors, building control surveyors and Energy Assessors. This integrated structure enables us to provide technically robust, fully coordinated solutions from concept through to completion.
Our award-winning team has been recognised as Bath Property Awards Best Consultant in both 2021 and 2023, reflecting our continued commitment to delivering high-quality, commercially robust architecture and consultancy services.
We have also been shortlisted for the Bristol & Bath Life Property Awards and the CABE National Prestigious New Build Awards (2017 & 2018), alongside receiving Gold and Silver Fairtrade awards for our commitment to sustainable purchasing.
We provide a fully integrated concept-to-completion service for commercial and residential construction projects across Bath and the South West. From initial architectural design and planning strategy through to technical detailing, project administration and final sign-off, our team delivers coordinated, commercially robust solutions at every stage.
Our multi-disciplinary structure enables us to house architectural, engineering and surveying expertise in-house, reducing risk, improving efficiency and ensuring seamless project delivery under one contract.
Beyond completion, we support clients with ongoing building consultancy services, including building maintenance schedules, building surveys, stock condition surveys and single fault diagnosis. We utilise advanced technologies such as 3D modelling, drone surveys and infrared scanning to provide accurate, data-driven insight across both new-build and existing commercial property portfolios.
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Being socially responsible and promoting excellent ethics is at the forefront of our business. Our staff are happy and content and this is shown through our positive approach to your project. We work to the highest professional standards as required by both the RICS and CIAT. You can rest assured that when you employ WBC you will be supporting an organisation that champions local, national and international projects through schemes such as FairTrade, Mentoring Plus and the Bath percent club. This is backed up by a rigorous Corporate Social Responsibility Policy. We sponsor many grass roots sports clubs such as Combe Down Rugby Club, Frome Park Bowls Club & Cardiff Harlequins.
We are realistic with timescales and honest about what you will receive. Most people underestimate the time involved with a building project, but we are upfront about what is involved and will be clear about how long a project might take. Throughout the project we will continue to update you about progress and will advise you if there will be a disruption in the timetable.
We have vast planning experience and are adaptable to most architectural styles and ages of buildings. We are perfectly able to adapt to the style of your property from contemporary to traditional, urban to rural. We have designed projects in most styles and can use our broad experience to help design the best solution for your property, using whatever construction technology best suits your needs. Whether you plan a modest alteration or something spectacular WBC can help you achieve your project goals.
We employ qualified professionals with a variety of skill sets and the latest training. many of our employees have specialist post graduate qualifications. We also train selected staff through university programmes and professional qualifications to ensure our clients get the best trained surveyors and up to date advice. You will receive a professional, comprehensive and cohesive consultation and guidance throughout the project, ensuring that your development is handled with a consultant level of knowledge.
We are here for you when you need us, with our survey to completion guarantee. You won’t be left alone, we will fit in wherever you need us in the project or guide you through the whole process. You will have the knowledge that someone is always at hand whatever level of service you need.
Whilst offering exceptional value for money we also bring a positive, approachable, pragmatic, realistic and well rounded attitude to your project. You will feel at ease discussing issues with your project, our pragmatic approach to design and refurbishment means that we can often deliver built in VALUE. One example of this is recognising where cost savings can be made in the design without compromising the overall scheme and offering a higher standard of technical specification over many of our competitors, this reduces the need for outside engineering input and ultimately saves you money in fees. We are grounded which means that we can deliver a build in a cost conscious manner in order to make sure our projects are buildable.
Where we do not have the in house skills to tackle an element of a project we are well networked locally to utilise outside consultants that we have built up relationships with over many years. You will get the best of local knowledge and be introduced to like minded trusted suppliers with excellent professional services.
We can provide the majority of services required for a small project in house, making us practically a one stop shop. Having most services in house means that we are often fully accountable for the professional services on your project, this ensures simplicity, communication and efficiency. By utilising a multi-disciplinary approach we are able to keep professional costs for the project extremely competitive and hassle free, essentially you only pay for one set of overheads.
We have unparalleled technical knowledge and produce comprehensive architectural designs and surveys. You will be getting market-leading technical advice that has been approached with imaginative problem-solving techniques. This helps us to identify potential problems with a build before they arise.
Our knowledge adds value, an example of this is that most architects do not provide any advice on the structure of a building during the building regulations approval stage, relying on a structural engineer to produce all work relating to the super structure. At Western Building Consultants we provide structural advice on many areas, such as timber design for floors and roofs, limiting the scope of the engineers work and saving you money.
Having a large team of surveyors means that your project is unlikely to be held up due to other circumstances, there will always be at least two surveyors familiar with the project therefore continuity and a personal service will be retained. On larger schemes a bigger team will be assembled with the required specialist knowledge to fully support your project.
