BSP involved in £10m housing scheme
April 7, 2020Work is due to start in the spring on a £10m housing development in Leicester which will provide 82 new homes. BSP Consulting is undertaking the design work for the post planning to construction phase of the scheme, which will be built on a 4.8-acre site at Abbey Meadows. Leicester-based developer GS Developments has partnered […]
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Final phase of regeneration scheme involving BSP
March 31, 2020The fourth and final phase of a regeneration scheme in Cotgrave, Nottinghamshire, is getting under way. BSP Consulting has been part of the team involved in the project throughout the whole development, providing civil and structural engineering services. This final phase involves building a food store and three additional retail units in a single-storey block […]
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Heritage project involving BSP under way
March 24, 2020BSP Consulting is providing civil and structural engineering services for the redevelopment and refurbishment of a Grade II listed building owned by Grantham College. Dating back to 1858, Stonebridge House was originally a private residence and its potted history includes use as a school and police offices, before Grantham College purchased the site in 2012. […]
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Framework appointment for BSP Consulting
March 17, 2020BSP Consulting has been appointed to Derby Homes Framework in an agreement that runs for four years. The company will be providing civil and structural engineering design services for new build properties within the city of Derby for Derby Homes – an (ALMO) arm’s length management organisation created by Derby City Council to manage, maintain […]
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Two dementia care homes approved
March 10, 2020BSP Consulting was part of the team behind two landmark dementia care facilities that have received planning permission. The company undertook the flood risk assessment, drainage strategy and traffic plan for a scheme that will expand Church Farm at Skylarks in West Bridgford, Nottingham. The development will create extensions to both the ground floor and […]
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Promotions at BSP Consulting
March 3, 2020Four members of the BSP team have been promoted from January 2020. Paul Hammersley, who joined BSP 13 years ago, and Steve Hardman, who has been with the company since 2016, become associates of the company, having previously been principal engineers. Craig Noonan, who has worked at BSP for six years, has moved from senior […]
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Altitude44 triumphs at the Greater Lincolnshire Construction and Property Awards 2020
February 11, 2020Urban high wire attraction Altitude44 has been named as Construction Project of the Year under £5m at the Greater Lincolnshire Construction and Property Awards 2020. Jointly nominated by BSP Consulting and architects and sports business consultants LK2, the Skegness scheme is the tallest urban high wire attraction in the UK and opened to the public […]
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BSP affordable homes project
January 26, 2020BSP affordable homes project, planning permission has been granted for a scheme of 32 affordable homes being built by emh group. The development is on brownfield land at Warwick Road, Littlethorpe, which was previously the site of Blaby District Council’s Neighbourhood Services depot before it relocated to Whetstone in 2016. A mix of rented and […]
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BSP Consulting’s expert witness service
January 21, 2020Did you know that BSP offers an expert witness service in a number of disciplines and areas? Director Carl Hilton is one member of the team who is currently working as an expert witness on cases, advising on many aspects of structural engineering. Carl, who has been a Chartered Member of the Institute of Structural […]
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BSP schools projects underway
January 14, 2020Engineers at BSP Consulting are currently involved in a string of schemes in the education sector. The Derby office of BSP is working on a total of six projects at sites in a number of different counties and cities including Birmingham, Bedfordshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Warwickshire. The company is providing civil, structural and transport engineering […]
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Retail scheme for BSP
January 6, 2020Engineers from BSP Consulting have been involved in the engineering aspects of a new mini retail park on Loughborough Road in West Bridgford. The scheme on the site of the former Sandicliffe Motor Group showroom involves refurbishing the existing building to create six ground floor units and one first floor unit, along with new car […]
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Conference facility on the agenda for BSP
December 18, 2019BSP is civil and structural engineer for a new £9m conference facility being built by global chemical corporation Lubrizol at the company’s site in Hazelwood, Derbyshire. Designed by Morrison Design, the high-tech conference centre is being partially built below ground – into the hillside – to create a split-level facility which will be used for […]
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Altitude44 named a finalist in the Greater Lincolnshire Construction and Property Awards 2020
December 16, 2019Urban high wire attraction Altitude44 has been shortlisted in the Greater Lincolnshire Construction and Property Awards 2020 after being jointly nominated by BSP Consulting and architects and sports business consultants LK2. The Skegness attraction has been named as a finalist in the construction projects under £5m category. In October, Altitude44 won the Non-Residential Project of […]
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Industrial park open for business
December 11, 2019A new £5.5m industrial park in Coalville that’s set to create 120 jobs has been officially opened. BSP Consulting provided geotechnical, civil and structural engineering services for Apollo Court Business Park, built by Willmott Dixon for Leicestershire County Council. It has created a range of high-spec industrial units ranging from 1,000 to 9,000 sq. ft. […]
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National Space Centre role for BSP takes off
December 9, 2019Work is almost complete on a project to create a new mezzanine floor at the National Space Centre in Leicester which will be used for teaching and development. BSP Consulting is engineer for the scheme, being built by Woodhead Group and procured through Scape Venture. Architect for the project is RG+P. The new space, working […]
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Multi-storey car park scheme for BSP
December 4, 2019BSP Consulting is undertaking its latest role in the expansion project being carried out at the headquarters of HR and payroll software experts MHR. The company is civil and structural engineer for a new £4.5 million multi-storey car park being built over four floors at MHR’s base at Ruddington Fields Business Park, near Nottingham. The […]
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BSP Consulting project wins fbe East Midlands Award 2019
October 29, 2019BSP is celebrating after a scheme jointly nominated with architects and sports business consultants LK2 won the Non-Residential Project of the Year Award at the fbe East Midlands Awards 2019. Urban high-wire attraction Altitude44 at Grand Parade, Skegness in Lincolnshire, took the title at the Chairman’s Awards Dinner held at the Albert Hall, Nottingham. The […]
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Phoenix project role for BSP Consulting
September 17, 2019BSP Consulting is delighted to hear that Phoenix in Leicester is to receive £4 million of National Lottery money invested by Arts Council England towards Phoenix 2020 – a scheme to expand its current building and become a four-screen independent cinema in 2020. BSP prepared a Transport Statement for the successful planning application for the […]
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Retirement living scheme for BSP Consulting
September 10, 2019BSP Consulting is civil and structural engineer for a new McCarthy & Stone Retirement Living complex being built in Burton Joyce, Bulcote, Nottinghamshire. Work is now under way on site for the development, which will feature 21 one-bedroom and 23 two-bedroom apartments for the over 60s, along with a homeowners’ lounge. It is the latest […]
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BSP Consulting involved in London super sewer scheme
September 3, 2019Engineers at BSP are taking a role in the £5 billion Thames Tideway Tunnel project which aims to help tackle the tens of millions of tonnes of sewage that pours into the River Thames each year. A 25km super sewer from west to east London, the Thames Tideway Tunnel currently has work underway at 24 […]
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Distribution centre involving BSP Consulting completed
August 27, 2019BSP has played a role in the refurbishment of a 30,000 square metre regional distribution centre for the Co-operative Group. The company was the civil and structural engineer for the project in Wellingborough, which also included the construction of a chilled and frozen section within the facility, along with new loading bay dock levellers. In […]
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Vulcan Works project now under way
August 20, 2019Work has started on site at the £14 million Vulcan Works project to create a new managed workspace facility for creative enterprises in Northampton. The Northampton Borough Council project will breathe new life into the Grade II listed former iron works factory and additionally create a new block for office, studio and managed workshops. BSP […]
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Demolition support provided by BSP Consulting
August 13, 2019Appointed by Coventry City Council and working with Pulse Associates, BSP Consulting provided structural engineering advice relating to two 12-storey towers earmarked for demolition. BSP supplied detailed reports on the structure, which were aided by a rigorous review of existing drawings held in archive. The work also involved specifying and overseeing intrusive investigations to confirm […]
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Prestigious Green Apple environment award for BSP Consulting
August 6, 2019East Midlands-based civil and structural engineering company BSP Consulting has been awarded a prestigious Green Apple Award for an innovative sustainable drainage system created at a Leicester school. The Green Apple Environment Awards recognise, reward and promote environmental best practice around the world. Launched in 1994 by The Green Organisation, they have become well established […]
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BSP Consulting sponsors boat used by promising young rowers
July 23, 2019East Midlands civil and structural engineering company BSP Consulting has sponsored a boat used by Nottingham and Union Rowing Club to help train hopefuls aiming to join the GB Rowing Team. The Nottingham-based business has made the donation as part of the firm’s 20th anniversary celebrations. The boat – named BSP Structural Support – is […]
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BSP Consulting makes senior appointments
April 23, 2019Two professionals who have spent all or the majority of their careers at East Midlands civil and structural engineering firm BSP Consulting have been promoted to senior roles at the company. Joanna Posnett and James Payne have both been appointed as associates at the Nottingham-based company, which also has branches in Derby, Leicester and Sheffield. […]
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BSP Consulting wins Professional Services Award
April 8, 2019Civil and structural engineering firm BSP Consulting has triumphed at the East Midlands Business Masters Awards, winning top slot in the Professional Services Award category. The Nottingham-based company, which also has offices in Derby, Leicester and Sheffield, was presented with the award at a ceremony in front of 270 guests from across the East Midlands […]
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BSP high-flying engineers
April 5, 2019BSP Consulting has completed the structural design elements of what is destined to become one of Britain’s highest urban high wire attractions. The company has been working on plans for Altitude44 in Skegness alongside the LK2 Group. At approximately 21m high, it will comprise four giant-sized platforms within which sit 44 fun obstacles of different […]
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BSP Consulting helps garden & home centre grow
March 26, 2019A new-build addition to the popular East Bridgford Garden & Home is currently being constructed. BSP provided infrastructure design for planning purposes, as well as the design for the junction at the entrance, at the Nottinghamshire site by the A46 when it was redeveloped prior to re-opening in 2018. The site is now the flagship […]
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BSP Consulting part of school expansion
March 19, 2019Work is under way on an expansion scheme at Middleton Primary and Nursery School in Wollaton, Nottingham. BSP is providing civil and structural engineering services for Nottingham City Council on the project which involves the demolition of an existing nursery block and the creation of a new early years building. An extension to create two […]
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BSP involved in college schemes
March 12, 2019BSP Consulting is continuing its ongoing relationship with Ratcliffe College by supporting the organisation as it boosts its sports and fitness facilities. The company previously provided structural and civil engineering for a £4.5m new building for Ratcliffe College Preparatory School, which was completed in 2014 and crowned Building of the Year by Charnwood Borough Council […]
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Mixed-use scheme
March 5, 2019Engineers at BSP Consulting undertook the design and detail for the infrastructure of a mixed-use development in Beeston near Nottingham which has now received full planning permission. The former Myford works site will feature 32 houses, 15 apartments and a convenience food store, run by Central England Co-op Food Store, in a joint project by […]
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Awards shortlisting for BSP Consulting schemes
February 25, 2019BSP Consulting is delighted with the news that a luxury hotel development that the company worked on has been shortlisted in the RICS Awards East Midlands 2019. St Martins Lodge, Leicester, has been named a finalist in the Tourism and Leisure category of the awards, which celebrate the most inspirational projects and achievements of property […]
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BSP Consulting part of award-winning team
February 20, 2019A scheme involving BSP Consulting took the Project of the Year Award at the EEM Building Communities Awards 2019. Newark and Sherwood Homes’ extra-care development, Gladstone House, received the accolade at the ceremony held at Athena in Leicester. The project was also runner-up in the Social Housing New Build category. BSP Consulting provided civil, structural […]
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BSP Consulting shortlisted in Business Masters Awards 2019
January 10, 2019BSP Consulting has been named as a finalist in the inaugural East Midlands Business Masters Awards. The company was shortlisted for the Professional Services Award. Sam Metcalf, editor of TheBusinessDesk.com, who chaired the judging panel, said: “This is the first year we have held the Masters in the East Midlands, and we were overwhelmed with […]
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BSP Consulting helps create open working space
December 20, 2018Engineers at BSP Consulting are helping to realise the flexible working vision at HR and payroll software experts MHR. The company was the civil and structural engineer on the firm’s new build Wellington House building at Ruddington Fields Business Park, near Nottingham. The new block was designed to maximise flexible working and develop a creative […]
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Independent living scheme involving BSP Consulting
December 19, 2018A Nottingham City Homes project to provide 37 independent living units in Strelley has been completed. BSP Consulting was the civil and structural engineer on the development, which also included a new library. Built by GEDA Construction, the complex features 37 apartments, two residents’ lounges and a residents’ private garden. The main building was designed […]
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Historic site contract for BSP Consulting
December 18, 2018BSP Consulting has been instructed to design the new visitors’ car park at Leeds Castle in Kent. One of the most visited historic buildings in Britain, the site has been a Norman stronghold, the private property of six of England’s medieval queens, a palace used by Henry VIII and his first wife Catherine of Aragon, […]
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More award success for BSP Consulting
November 19, 2018BSP Consulting notched up double success at the 2018 ProCon Leicestershire Awards – winning a special innovation prize for its nominated project and being part of the team that took the title of Small Non-Residential Scheme of the Year. The organisers awarded the SuDS scheme at Birkett House School in Wigston – an educational sustainable […]
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RICS award for Get Busy Living scheme supported by BSP Consulting
November 9, 2018The £1m Get Busy Living Centre has been named the 2018 winner of the Community Benefit category at the RICS Grand Final awards. BSP Consulting was part of the team that built the state-of-the-art rehabilitation facility at Burrough-on-the-Hill in Leicestershire, which is supporting those who have suffered life-changing injuries through sport. The brainchild of former […]
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BSP Consulting part of the team of two award-winning schemes at fbe East Midlands Awards 2018
October 9, 2018A project involving BSP Consulting as engineer on the scheme has been named as East Midlands Scheme of the Year at the fbe East Midlands Awards 2018. New Bolsover Model Village in Derbyshire – nominated by contractor Robert Woodhead Ltd – had also earlier taken the top slot in the Regeneration Award category, at the […]
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Finalists at fbe East Midlands Awards 2018
September 26, 2018Four schemes involving BSP Consulting have been named on the shortlist of this year’s fbe East Midlands Awards. The company’s joint nomination with Allan Joyce Architects for the retail refurbishment and business hub in Cotgrave, Nottinghamshire, is a finalist in the Regeneration Award. Another finalist in that category is New Bolsover Model Village in Derbyshire, […]
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BSP Consulting delighted at being part of three schemes named as ProCon Award finalists
September 10, 2018BSP Consulting is celebrating the news that a trio of projects involving the company have been announced as finalists in the ProCon Leicestershire Property and Construction Awards 2018. Learning with Water: SuDS at Birkett House School has been shortlisted in the Infrastructure Award category of the awards, after being nominated by BSP. A bold, inspiring, […]
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Housing scheme gains approval
August 3, 2018Planning permission has been granted for a development of new homes in the heart of historic Dronfield in Derbyshire. The old Manor Farm site on High Street will be brought back to life and transformed to create six apartments in the existing buildings and four new family homes on adjacent land in a scheme put […]
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BSP works on prestigious coastal apartments
July 27, 2018A luxurious development of 36 apartments in one of the most sought-after places to live in the UK has been completed. BSP was the structural, civil and geotechnical engineer for the project at Canford Cliffs in Dorset – close to Sandbanks and Poole. Built in four blocks by developer Shape Real Estate, Crosstrees is situated […]
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BSP Consulting celebrates win at LABC Building Excellence Awards 2018
July 24, 2018Great news….two schemes that BSP Consulting provided engineering services for have scored success at the East Midlands LABC Building Excellence Awards. Best Inclusive Building went to Gladstone House in Newark, built by a team including Henry Boot Construction, Studio-G Associates, and Newark and Sherwood Homes. The title of Best Social or Affordable New Housing Development […]
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BSP is engineer for school project
July 23, 2018Enabling works have begun to create a new two-storey block featuring 15 additional classrooms at a school in Derby. BSP is the civil, structural and transportation engineer for the scheme at Murray Park Community School, Mickleover, which has been designed by Lungfish Architects and is being delivered in partnership by Wates Construction and Scape Group. […]
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BSP involved in Rolls-Royce developments
July 20, 2018With more than 200 contracts completed for Spie UK over the past 10 years who work for Rolls-Royce on their UK sites, BSP Consulting is delighted to be involved in their most recent projects for the pre-eminent engineering company. Rolls-Royce is currently developing a new testbed in Derby, announced in June 2017 as part of […]
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BSP Consulting MD completes charity challenge to raise money for MS research
July 2, 2018Managing director of East Midlands-based civil and structural engineering firm BSP Consulting, David Sumner, has successfully completed a charity challenge to raise money for Multiple Sclerosis research. It was the third time he’d undertaken the 10in10 challenge – an annual walk/run which conquers ten peaks in ten hours in the Lake District. Partly walking, partly […]
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BSP Consulting completes Center Parcs project
June 18, 2018Civil and structural engineering firm BSP Consulting played a key role in the design and build of a new style of accommodation for family short break provider Center Parcs. The East Midlands-based company acted as the civil and structural engineer for the steel platforms of three new Waterside Lodges at Elveden Forest, Suffolk, which have […]
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