Gold CSR Accreditation Renewal
October 28, 2024BSP Consulting is thrilled to have recently been awarded gold CSR accreditation in testament of the company’s commitment to social responsibility. BSP scored 89% – an increase on the company’s previous score of 81% three years ago. Gold CSR accreditation is the highest level award by CSR Accreditation, which delivers the standard for social responsibility. […]
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Completion of new homes
October 24, 2024Partners involved in the completion of new homes in North East Derbyshire recently met to celebrate the opening of Ellen Gardens in Holmewood. BSP Consulting was the civil and structural engineer on the affordable housing development which has provided a mix of high-quality shared ownership homes and supported living accommodation. Ellen Gardens was delivered by […]
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Nottinghamshire social housing scheme
October 24, 2024BSP was part of the team which developed a Nottinghamshire social housing scheme that has won an award. The site in Blidworth has been named as the Best Small Social Housing Development at the East Midlands LABC Building Excellence Awards. Featuring six new homes on the site of a former garage in the village, the […]
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NCHA mixed-use development
October 24, 2024Key parts of the new NCHA mixed-use development at Clifton near Nottingham have been completed. BSP Consulting is the civil and structural engineer for the scheme, working alongside GEDA. NCHA (Nottingham Community Housing Association) is creating the mixed-use scheme in Farnborough Road on the former college site. Recently the new headquarters for NCHA has been […]
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Town square regeneration project
October 24, 2024A town square regeneration project in Leicestershire has been completed following a £2.8m investment. The new-look Marlborough Square in Coalville was officially launched in a ribbon-cutting ceremony by the chairman of North West Leicestershire District Council, Councillor Ray Morris. BSP Consulting was appointed by the council to undertake the civil and structural engineering aspects of […]
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New purpose-built children’s home
October 24, 2024Work on a new purpose-built children’s home in Leicester is underway. The City Mayor, Peter Soulsby and Deputy City Mayor for social care Cllr Sarah Russell, joined Scope Construction Ltd back in August to break ground on Leicester City Council’s first new purpose-built children’s home for several years. BSP Consulting is the civil and structural […]
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ProCon Leicestershire Award Shortlisting
September 25, 2024A housing scheme involving BSP Consulting has received a ProCon Leicestershire Award shortlisting. The Villers at Whetstone near Blaby, just outside Leicester, has been named as a finalist in the Large Residential Scheme of the Year category in the 2024 awards. BSP was the civil and structural engineer on the development, delivered by emh and […]
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Graduate engineer Uganda trip
August 22, 2024Graduate engineer Finlay East spent two weeks in Uganda earlier this year, with support from BSP Consulting. Finlay, who joined us in 2022, hopes, in time, to use his skills as a civil engineer to support water projects in Africa and other under-developed areas of the world. He has been going to Cameroon with his […]
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Award shortlisting for Castleward
August 1, 2024BSP Consulting is delighted to hear of an award shortlisting for Castleward – the long-term regeneration scheme in Derby. BSP has been involved in the development since concept. The £100m regeneration of the Castleward area is being delivered in a number of phases over 15-20 years. Once completed, it will provide 800 new homes, 35,000 […]
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Training facilities in Leicestershire
July 18, 2024Schlüter-Systems has formally opened new training facilities in Leicestershire. BSP Consulting was the civil and structural engineer on the project to develop the new training facilities and gallery at the company’s Coalville headquarters. The scheme marked the end of a four-year development programme for Schlüter-Systems, a German-based tile installations products supplier. It features a 980m2 extension, […]
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Hospital mental health unit
July 18, 2024Hybrid planning permission has been granted for a new hospital mental health unit and associated infrastructure. BSP Consulting undertook the transport planning work for proposals for the new state-of-the-art Mental Health Unit at Glenfield Hospital in Leicester. Unanimously approved by Blaby District Council’s Planning Committee, the development will replace outdated facilities with a modern unit […]
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Leicester low-carbon homes
July 18, 2024BSP Consulting is undertaking the civil and structural engineering design work on a scheme to deliver more Leicester low-carbon homes. Lovell Partnership has been awarded a contract by Leicester City Council, which will bring forward the 38 new low-carbon and energy efficient homes on the site of the city’s former velodrome. The vital brownfield regeneration […]
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Expansion for Frank Key
July 18, 2024BSP Consulting was part of the team involved in a development which delivered an expansion for Frank Key at its Mansfield Road premises in Daybrook, Nottingham. The company provided civil and structural engineering services for the project, which was undertaken on a tight, challenging and live site. It involved converting the existing two-storey houses into […]
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Rural site near Oakham
July 18, 2024Planning permission has been granted for a rural site near Oakham to allow a furniture manufacturer to relocate and expand. BSP Consulting was part of the team led by HSSP Architects which secured planning permission for the development. BSP undertook transport planning, the flood risk and drainage strategy, and noise assessment work for the scheme […]
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BSP Consulting appoints two new associate directors
June 10, 2024East Midlands civil and structural engineering firm BSP Consulting has made internal promotions to create two new associate directors. Civil engineer Carol Ell, who has a leadership role in BSP’s Leicester office, has been with the company 20 years next month. Finance manager James Payne, who is based in the Nottingham office, working across the […]
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