SAP/EPC Assessment, Energy Performance Certificates, Air Testing, Sound Testing and Sustainability Reports, Bespoke Compliance Report, Stock Condition Surveys, Infrared Testing
Rural Architecture, New Build Dwellings Architects, Engineers & Surveyors.
More than just an energy assessor, Energise Energy Assessors in Bath partner with Western Building Consultants to provide complete energy assessments, advice, site testing, sustainability reports for planning and building regulations compliance reports and much more.
Sustainability is at the forefront of building design, planning departments including BANES & Bristol City Council have decided to improve new buildings by imposing strict energy quotas that go beyond Building regulations compliance, many new dwellings, commercial buildings or conversions require complex energy calculations and energy strategies to even be granted planning permission.
Western Building Consultants & Energise Energy Assessors through their hub office in Bath can provide SAP, SBEM & U-value calculations.
Western Building Consultants have also carried out large scale stock condition surveys including R&D development of surveying tools to meet individual client briefs. We have partnered in the past with firms to tender for local authority and educational stock condition surveys that require an element of building fabric expertise and energy efficiency improvements. One such example is where WBC partnered with VERCO energy management and carried out a stock condition survey of most of BANES educational buildings, to establish and measure where energy efficiency improvements could be made.
We arrange specialist InfraRed surveys where required these are useful when detecting damp ingress issues with large flat roofs. A thermographic survey is an effective method of diagnosing flat roof leaks. Surveys are carried out on the roof itself and no intrusive inspection of the roof is required. By looking at the thermal profile of the roof we can fully identify the exact cause of the leak.
When roofs suffer a leak, it is often spread by capillary action across the roof surface making a visible leak within the building a significant distance from the actual failure of the roof. An IR survey of a flat roof is an extremely effective method of pinpointing the origin of the leak. Often misdiagnosis by contractors can result in costly and unneeded repairs to roofs or even worse the complete replacement off finishes. Our service is a completely independent survey. We do not carry out repair work, meaning you receive independent and sound advice from an RICS regulated company.
Please contact our office on 01225 789307, to discuss or email enquiries@westernbuildingconsultants.co.uk.
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.
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Priory Drive
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2 Rush Hill
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28 Cathedral Road
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Lydiard Fields
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31 Berkeley Square
0117 3294290
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