Enter the realm of Western Building Consultants, your go-to destination for outstanding engineering and civil solutions in Gloucestershire and its neighbouring regions.
Our team of Chartered Building Engineers is committed to delivering exceptional services tailored precisely to your requirements. When it comes to engineering, consider it taken care of.
At Western Building Consultants, we specialise in a diverse range of Gloucestershire engineering services and solutions to meet your unique needs. Our experienced engineers have contributed to numerous projects throughout the South West of England, ranging from contemporary new builds to modest extensions and remodels.
Our expertise extends to advanced fabrication techniques, allowing us to craft intricate designs with minimal effort. Using cutting-edge methods like 3D printing and laser cutting, we swiftly and accurately bring models and prototypes to life.
Our Civil Engineering services cover a broad spectrum of projects, including infrastructure development and meticulous site planning. From roads and bridges to drainage systems, we excel in designing and managing projects that adhere to safety standards, environmental regulations, and budgetary considerations.
Moreover, we offer support for the following:
Structural Engineering is at the core of our proficiency. We provide meticulous calculations and designs for various structures, including buildings, bridges, and industrial facilities. Our focus is on ensuring structural integrity, safety, and efficiency in every project. Count on us for innovative and cost-effective solutions tailored to your needs.
Choosing us for your structural engineering needs brings benefits such as fast turnaround times, a collaborative design approach, extensive experience, customised workflow, and much more.
Our team delivers precise structural calculations for various beam types, including steel, timber, and glulam beams. Whether creating openings between rooms or planning a domestic extension, we possess the expertise to bring your vision to life. Open-plan layouts are a popular trend, and our cost-effective service includes a site visit and transparent pricing per beam.
Residential and commercial projects alike benefit from our team’s accurate and reliable calculations, covering a range of structural needs.
Energy Assessments and Site Testing are integral for optimising energy efficiency and ensuring compliance with environmental standards. Our comprehensive assessments evaluate energy consumption, identify improvements, and enhance sustainability. Site testing services guarantee your project meets environmental and regulatory requirements, minimising its impact on the environment.
Our affiliate, Cook & Edwards Ltd, specialises in consultant services for corporate-approved inspectors, acting as Chartered delegated inspectors for plan checks and site inspections to secure Building Regulations approvals.
Western Building Consultants can guide you through the building control approval process, offering technical specifications and plans. We excel at transforming conceptual planning drawings into technically feasible solutions, incorporating sustainability enhancements and innovative technologies.
For example, we’ve seamlessly integrated specialist building methods like ICF, straw bale, and SIPS panels in various new build projects. Should your project lack Building Regulations approval, rely on us for strategic advice and necessary evidence, such as structural calculations or U-value assessments, to demonstrate compliance.
Whether you’re initiating a project, tackling drainage challenges, or navigating intricate regulations, Western Building Consultants is your partner to ensure a smooth and successful journey.
Contact us today to discuss your specific needs or for a detailed quotation.
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
