Multidisciplinary civil, structural, environmental, and infrastructure engineering consultancy delivering sustainable outcomes across the UK. Headquartered at Livery Place, Birmingham, with delivery hubs nationwide.
International CAF Group Member Since 2017
From early site feasibility and statutory planning consents to complex structural physics and digital reality capture, our in-house disciplines de-risk every stage of the built environment lifecycle.
Structural engineering, adaptive reuse, seismic & vibration analysis, building physics, and embodied carbon reduction for commercial and civic spaces.
Specialist environmental stewardship navigating statutory planning regimes, Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) mandates, and air quality modeling.
Geotechnical and geo-environmental engineering de-risking heavily contaminated brownfield sites, former mining liabilities, and unstable foundation strata.
Civil engineering for strategic highway corridors, major bridge replacements, Section 38/278/104 agreements, and active travel segregation routes.
Harnessing spatial data science, reality capture laser scanning, and predictive digital twins to de-risk investments and optimise asset operational lifecycles.
Specialist hydrology, 1D/2D hydraulic catchment modeling, SuDS blue-green drainage infrastructure, and river restoration protecting urban communities.
Eliminate inter-discipline disconnects and conflicting contractor interfaces. At BWB, every commission is led by a dedicated Chartered Project Lead who acts as your direct commercial and technical partner from feasibility through planning consent to physical asset handover.
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Our integrated engineering disciplines provide specialist insight across 11 key infrastructure and built environment markets across the UK.
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Livery Place, 35 Livery Street, Birmingham, B3 2PB
Dave Hollingsworth (MD) & Anthony Hart (Healthcare Lead)
Birmingham City Council, West Midlands Combined Authority, Solihull MBC
Midlands Connect Strategic Framework, PROSPER Consortium, ESPO 500-23
The BBC Tea Factory, Birmingham (84,000 sq ft broadcast facility - IStructE 2026 Nominee)
Selected multidisciplinary achievements demonstrating technical rigour, commercial viability, and verified low-carbon outcomes across the UK.
Delivering comprehensive civil, structural, flood risk, and environmental engineering for a 500-home low-carbon waterfront community along the River Trent, pioneering smart local energy systems.
Complex structural replacement of a life-expired road bridge spanning the River Soar. BWB engineered temporary works, hydraulic scour alleviation, and fabricated steel deck structures with zero river pollution.
Comprehensive permanent-way track realignment, lineside geotechnical investigations, and heavy depot structural engineering to service West Midlands Trains' modern fleet.
Transforming central civic public realm, high-street connectivity, and active pedestrian routes backed by Deetu digital consultation to capture thousands of resident responses.
BWB's operational model is built upon four interconnected commitments that ensure commercial performance, social value, and environmental responsibility on every commission.
Delivering agile, precision-engineered, value-driven outcomes across nationally significant infrastructure schemes, healthcare estates, and urban extensions.
Nurturing technical excellence, psychological safety, and diverse talent under the UK engineering sector's only Investors in People Platinum benchmark.
Enhancing community health through Health Impact Assessments (HIAs), active travel, biodiversity net gain, and inclusive digital consultation via Deetu.
Advancing low-carbon, climate-resilient engineering aligned with our verified commitment to reach Net Zero carbon emissions by 2050.
Verified feedback from Tier 1 developers, contractors, and local planning authorities who rely on BWB's multidisciplinary engineering excellence.
"BWB’s multidisciplinary team demonstrated exceptional technical agility across complex highways, drainage, and rail terminal interfaces on our £500m Strategic Rail Freight Interchange."
"The Single Project Lead model delivered huge commercial clarity on Sugar House Island. Having civil, structural, and environmental expertise under one cohesive lead de-risked our planning hurdles."
"Their proactive work with Birmingham City Council on The BBC Tea Factory overcame extraordinary structural heritage constraints, securing our consents while honouring the historic building."
A structured 4-stage engineering methodology designed to minimise commercial risk, streamline statutory approvals, and accelerate on-site delivery.
Early Phase 1 desk studies, intrusive ground investigations, flood risk modeling, and utility radar searches to identify liabilities prior to land commitment.
Interactive 3D massing, traffic micro-simulation (VISSIM), and SuDS drainage layouts tested digitally to maximise developable footprint and BNG metrics.
Full civil and structural engineering drawings, Section 38/278 highways agreements, Environmental Statements, and technical assurance with statutory consultees.
On-site resident engineering assurance, clash resolution, material carbon auditing, and digital as-built BIM record delivery for asset lifecycle management.
Direct, factual answers regarding procurement framework access, multidisciplinary project management, and planning approvals.
Rather than forcing clients to coordinate across disparate civil, structural, environmental, and mobility sub-consultants, BWB assigns a dedicated Chartered Project Lead. Your Single Project Lead manages commercial milestones, coordinates multidisciplinary technical hand-offs, ensures statutory planning compliance, and eliminates contractor interface friction on site.
BWB holds pre-qualified appointments across premier national and regional frameworks including ESPO 500-23, ESPO 664-21, Midlands Connect Strategic Transport, PROSPER, Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM), Innovation Chain North (ICN), and GCA Construction Professional Services 2 (CPS2). Local authorities and public bodies can engage our multidisciplinary teams via compliant direct-award or mini-competition call-offs.
Our in-house environmentalists and civil engineers prepare comprehensive Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs), National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) Flood Risk Assessments, Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) metrics, acoustic soundscaping, and transport statements. We liaise directly with planning authorities, the Environment Agency, and National Highways to de-risk planning approvals.
BWB has formally pledged to achieve Net Zero carbon emissions by 2050, publishing annual Carbon Reduction Plans compliant with the UK Procurement Act 2023. We embed embodied carbon auditing into civil infrastructure design and deliver low-carbon schemes such as Trent Basin in Nottingham, which features the UK's largest community battery energy storage installation.
Our five core hubs in Birmingham (Headquarters), Nottingham, Leeds, London, and Manchester operate on a unified digital BIM and technical knowledge platform. This combines deep local planning authority familiarity with the comprehensive multidisciplinary resources of a Top 150 UK engineering consultancy backed by the international CAF Group.
Discuss your site constraints, planning appeal timelines, or multidisciplinary tender requirements directly with our senior directors.
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Our Chartered Civil and Structural Engineers mobilize immediately for critical planning appeals, Environment Agency queries, or urgent site inspections.
