Unlock the power of exceptional engineering and civil solutions in Bristol and beyond. At Western Building Consultants, our expertise delivers innovative results for your project.
Our team of Chartered Building Engineers is committed to delivering top-quality services tailored to your unique requirements. When it comes to civil solutions and structural engineering in Bristol, we have many years of experience working on a wide range of projects across the city.
With a distinguished history and a nomination for Consultancy Team of the Year at the South West Property Awards, we’ve solidified our reputation as a trusted partner for our Bristol clients over the past two decades. Take a look at our diverse portfolio which boasts over 1000 successful projects annually across the South West region.
At Western Building Consultants, Structural Engineering isn’t just a service, it’s our foundation. We deliver precise calculations and designs for buildings, bridges, and industrial facilities, ensuring the structural integrity, safety, and efficiency of your project. Our team thrives on innovation, crafting solutions tailored to your unique needs. Count on us to bring your vision to life with confidence.
Leveraging their unrivalled expertise, our Bristol-based structural engineers deliver precise and dependable calculations for steel, timber, and glulam beams, ensuring they’re the perfect fit for your specific application. This comprehensive service includes everything you need – from room openings to domestic extensions – with a site visit and transparent per-beam pricing.
We keep things clear and convenient, so you can focus on bringing your vision to life.
For residential projects, our expertise encompasses:
Our Civil Engineering services cover a wide range of projects in Bristol, from infrastructure development to site planning. We excel in designing and managing roads, bridges, and drainage system projects.
Throughout the process, our team will ensure that your civil engineering project not only meets safety standards and environmental regulations but also remains within your budgetary constraints.
In a city like Bristol, which is renowned for its commitment to sustainability, Energy and Site Testing Assessments become even more crucial. These assessments are pivotal for optimising your project’s energy efficiency and ensuring compliance with environmental standards.
We offer thorough assessments to identify areas for improvement and develop a clear roadmap to enhance the sustainability of your project. These services ensure that your project complies with environmental and regulatory requirements, reducing its impact on Bristol’s environment.
Streamline your journey to Building Regulation approval with Cook & Edwards Ltd, our trusted sister company. Their team of chartered delegated inspectors, authorised by corporations, provides expert consulting services – including plan checks and site inspections – for a smooth and efficient process.
At Western Building Consultants, we excel at transforming conceptual planning drawings, often from planning consultants, into technically feasible solutions. We incorporate sustainability enhancements and innovative technologies, bringing your vision to life while exceeding building regulations.
For instance, we’ve incorporated specialist building methods like ICF, straw bale, and SIPS panels in various new build projects in Bristol. If your project lacks Building Regulations approval in Bristol, we can provide strategic advice and necessary evidence, such as structural calculations or U-value assessments, to demonstrate compliance.
Our experienced professionals can help you address the approval process in Bristol, whether it arises during a property sale or due to neighbour complaints, drawing on their extensive knowledge of both private and public sector building control requirements in Bristol.
Whether you require expert guidance for a new build or assistance navigating complex structural and civil engineering challenges, Western Building Consultants is your trusted partner.
Contact us today to find out how we can help you.
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.
Merlin House
No 1 Langstone Business Park,
Priory Drive
01633982588
Commerce Park, Unit R17, Marshall Way
01373488566
Western House,
2 Rush Hill
01225789307
Sophia House,
28 Cathedral Road
02922679366
Kingston House,
Lydiard Fields
01793234516
Studio 1a,
31 Berkeley Square
0117 3294290
Unit 2, Byre Workshops, Winterbourne Court Farm Barn, Church Lane, Winterbourne
0117 3294290
