Start-Up Flexibility, Big Company Expertise
As a UK-based start-up, we combine the energy and flexibility of a small, agile team with direct access to senior engineering expertise. We’re responsive, collaborative, and free from rigid processes, allowing us to tailor our approach to each client and project. Our size means we stay close to the work, ensuring quality, efficiency, and genuine commitment on every brief.
From new builds to heritage refurbishments, adaptive reuse, industrial units, data centres, hotels, commercial spaces, residential developments, and fit-outs, our combined experience spans a broad range of construction projects. Our commitment is simple: to deliver tailored advice and specialist services, whatever the nature or scale of your project.
Support Throughout Every Project Phase
We support our clients through every stage of the project lifecycle. From audits and feasibility assessments, to pre-planning support, design, delivery, site support and Client monitoring. Our team offers comprehensive expertise across all stages to ensure a successful outcome. We offer a holistic understanding of each project, regardless of our role, to ensure we meet the project's objectives with precision and care.Efficient, Responsible, Resilient
Minimise intervention. We promote lean design, modern materials and construction techniques, and using them as efficiently as possible. It is our objective to maintain sustainability at the forefront of the discussion, and we will bring our expertise from the pre-planning stage to avoid missed opportunities. We look after our environmental and social impact, operating under the IStructE Structural Plan of Work and our processes follow the IStructE sustainability checklist and resource map.Shaped by Context
Our shared experience working between London and Paris means that we understand the challenges and complexities associated with working in major city centres. We work closely together with our Clients, Project Managers and design teams to develop highly detailed constraints plans, and we lead the discussion with asset owners, promoting early engagement.Led by Design
Placing creativity and innovation at the forefront, we believe in true collaboration with architects, designers and other stakeholders, to achieve a seamless integration of the structural aspect with the aesthetic and functional goals. Design Box promotes technical expertise, effective communication, attention to detail and flexibility to navigate the dynamic nature of design-led projects and respond to their evolving requirements.Competent
We have the skills, knowledge and experience. We are chartered engineers with the Institution of Structural Engineers with a demonstrable track record of work on higher risk buildings, and collaboration with complex design teams working alongside Architects and Fire Engineers. We adhere to a rigorous quality assurance and change management process, and we are committed to the continuous improvement, auditing, and review of our internal procedures to ensure alignment with the ‘Golden Thread’ approach.
Consultancy
At its core, our practice is built on consultancy. We see structural engineering not just as technical design, but as expert guidance rooted in a deep understanding of structures and how they interface with other specialisms. We focus on delivering clear, considered advice that helps our clients make informed, confident decisions throughout the life of a project.
Clear deliverables
Clarity is at the core of successful collaboration. We define project deliverables early on through open discussions with clients and stakeholders, setting clear expectations from the start. Internally, we follow structured templates and procedures to ensure consistency, quality, and coordination across every stage of the project.
Appropriate tools
We design and deliver using industry-standard tools, but also embracing innovation. However, our most valuable assets are sound judgement and practical experience. We keep things simple when they can be, and get sophisticated when we have to. Above all, we maintain a critical and thoughtful approach to ensure each solution is fit for purpose.
Sustainability
Every construction project carries an environmental cost, through the use of materials, disruption of ecosystems, and GHG emissions. As structural engineers, we play a direct role in shaping that impact: structure alone can account for up to 50% of a building’s embodied carbon footprint. We take this responsibility seriously. Our team stays up to date with low-carbon materials, circular design principles, and evolving best practices. We benchmark our designs, favour lean, efficient solutions, and work closely with clients and architects to reduce embodied carbon wherever possible.
Confidentiality
We understand that some projects require the highest level of discretion. Whether due to commercial sensitivity, client requirements, or regulatory obligations, we ensure your information is handled with strict confidentiality. Our systems and processes safeguard your data, and we rigorously adhere to non-disclosure agreements to protect your interests. Alongside confidentiality, we implement robust data management practices to ensure your information is securely stored, backed up, and accessible only to authorised team members. Our approach complies with GDPR and industry best practices.
Engagement
We believe empathy and genuine collaboration are at the heart of every successful project. By adopting a holistic approach to the built environment, we foster open communication and mutual understanding among all stakeholders. This ensures we grasp the brief clearly from the outset and work closely together to develop solutions that truly hit the mark.