We are a company of structural and civil engineers.
We provide honest but ambitious engineering to make buildings work brilliantly.
Existing, natural, then everything else.
That’s our approach. We always start a project with something. An empty site, a building, a material. We’ll investigate and exhaust whatever we have first, then look at how we can support or build on this naturally, before we move on to new materials and greater intervention. It’s how we make the most of whatever we have - your building, your budget, materials, the planet.
“We like working with B&Co, because they share in our passion for positive people focussed architecture…The outcomes are always considered and often surprising.”
- D- James Christian, Director and Co-Founder, Projects Office Architects
Within all those parameters, we love brilliant design - that’s what gets us out of bed in the mornings. We will be as ambitious as your vision for the project, and love collaborating on ideas to enhance it.
“We appreciated that you are very much hands-on: really getting to know the existing building, how it was made and uncovering its history through your investigations ”
- David Eland, Director OEB Architects
The world doesn’t always need new structures. We look for ways to limit environmental impact, carefully select materials, and if we don’t believe a structure or part of a structure is needed at all, we will tell you exactly that. We love working on projects that make the best of existing structures, finding clever ways to reinvent what already exists.
“John is a great communicator, able to talk school clients through pros and cons of different approaches in an easy to understand way. [We] have ended up recommending him for several different project types.”
- Chris Kennedy, Kennedy Woods Architects
Teams function best when advice can be given directly and clearly. We gain trust with our clients that makes them return to us again and again, because they know we will give them honest, considered advice that will help them achieve their vision.
“…they [are] always responsive to what I am trying to achieve as an architect. I trust them absolutely to give frank and straight forward advice and to work with me to resolve problems and produce an elegant structure for each project.”
- Sam Tisdall, Sam Tisdall Architects
We will always tell our clients if something can’t be done - but we’ll immediately be looking for an alternative solution. Projects always have constraints, but those are just guardrails for us to problem-solve better.
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