Structural and Civil Engineering Consultancy Services

SWP are pleased to be recently accredited with SMAS Worksafe, as our new SSIP health and safety and competency auditor. We find that the suits our needs perfectly as a SME business and as design consultants.

Following the successful completion of the East Block at the above site, SWP are pleased to be working on the next phase, which is known as the Quad, to the west of the site, with Accel, RiverOak Homes, and RCR Architecture. This apartment buildings and underground car park area are reinforced concrete frames on piled foundations and retaining walls, to suit the poor ground, close to the river and fill material on the site...

The Hospice`s is complete and it looks really great ! Working alongside the design team and Sunninghill Contractors, all who have turned out a quality product for the Hospice. The project involved some demolition of parts of the original building, new two storey wings are being constructed for additional bedrooms...

SWP are pleased to announce that Craig Searle has officially become a member of the Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation (CIHT). With almost 5 years of experience at SWP, Craig has been involved in numerous projects focused on a range of schemes. He has worked on several challenging highways projects, balancing road safety, cost, and buildability...

SWP were so pleased to be listed in 3 awards, 2 in the Commercial award & 1 in the Large Scale Residential awards. The Commercial entries being Compton Place, Eastbourne & Sleep Eco Hotel, Worthing and the Large Scale Residential entry being Tate Residences, Hove...

Site work is going well and the Library project is nearing completion. SWP have enjoyed working with the team, OSP Architecture and Sunninghill Construction. This hybrid building was part steel framed superstructure with high and raking columns and curtain walling to the upper floor level, with a reinforced concrete frame for the remaining upper floor and lower floor arrangement. The steelwork is visible in one of the progress photographs as are the fair faced polished concrete columns. Nice to see some of the structure unclad...

SWP are delighted to be working on another prestigious project with Roffey Homes. An amazing residential and commercial scheme up to eleven storeys high, in the heart of Worthing. This is both a technically challenging and interesting project to be involved with. Working alongside ECE Architects’ planning team and Allies & Morrison Architects’ design team, the Structural and Civil Engineering designs are progressing well...

SWP are pleased to be working with Pentland Homes on a site in Kent for 76 houses. These are a variety of two and three storey properties with various elevational treatments, constructed traditionally. The ground conditions varied on the site with fill over clay head deposits, over chalk at depth. It was agreed for consistency and a definitive foundation solution that piles and ground beams would be used for the full site area...

SWP are pleased to be working with Pentland Homes on a site in Kent for 8 bespoke houses. These are Kent barn type in appearance with a variety of internal layouts, plot sizes and roof variants with full height glazing and vaulted ceilings. Although traditionally constructed, each plot was different with many complex junctions and details particularly at roof and eaves level...

SWP are pleased to be working two small separate apartment buildings for wheelchair access M4(3) in the London area. Willow Avenue is on a small disused car park, close to Beverley Brook and the Thames and has flood zone requirements, setting the FFL`s slightly higher than the original ground level and squeezing ramped access into the site area has been tricky...

SWP are pleased to be working on a local historic building dating back to the early 1700`s. Privately owned and being used as a school, the building was required to remain operational and safe during any proposed works. During a recent refurbishment, it was noted that the roof details and leadwork required attention and that some decaying timber was noted in the parapet gutters. On further investigation, the main timber roof frames had also decayed on the bearing, some of which appeared to have rot throughout with little or no support remaining. Urgent remedial works was required, therefore...

The Directors and staff at SWP would like to wish all our clients, business partners, suppliers and colleagues the very best wishes for the festive season. We hope you have a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. We are open up to Friday 22nd December, and return to work on Tuesday 2nd January 2024.