Welcome to Surface

Civil Engineering Consultancy in Cheshire and the UK

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Surface are an engineering consultancy providing expert Flood Risk Assessment, Site Viability, Drainage Strategy, Detailed Roads & Drainage Infrastructure Design and Private Works Design services to the development sector. We are committed to providing support to our clients throughout the duration of a project from land bids through to technical approvals and commencement of construction with practical, design-led solutions tailored to each specific project. 

About Surface

Surface are an infrastructure and civil design engineering consultancy with over 20 years experiences working in a wide range of residential, leisure, industrial and commercial projects. Specialising in residential developments, our services encompass all stages of the design process from the flood risk assessment & viability stage through to detailed highways, drainage and private works design.

Based in Cheshire and working across the UK, your projects will be designed and looked after by a fully qualified Design Engineer right the way through to technical approval, we will also provide design support during construction. We believe in a strong communication link between ourselves and our clients and you will find our work to be cost effective, professional and immaculately presented.

The majority of our work is in housing developments but we can also offer our services for commercial and industrial projects. If you are seeking a civil engineering consultancy in Cheshire and throughout the UK, please get in touch with us and we will be happy to help…

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Our Services

Specialising in residential developments, our services encompass all stages of the design process from the flood risk assessment and viability stage through to detailed highways, drainage and private works design.

Practical, accurate and cost effective solutions for your project

    • Existing drainage assessment

    • Preliminary road levels

    • Preliminary Surface Water & Foul drainage design

    • Preliminary finished floor levels

    • Indicative underbuild & retention

  • Detailed FRAs incorporating robust Surface Water Drainage Strategies

    • Precise Impermeable areas take offs

    • Drainage modelling and calculations

    • Adoptable drainage layout

    • Longitudinal sections

    • Surface water & foul manhole schedules

    • 1:20 manhole schedules (if required)

    • Flood routing plan

    • Pump station compound layout (if required)

    • Submission of Section 104 design to relevant authority for Technical approval

    • Management of the S104 approval process

    • Road centrelines setting out

    • Road & kerb setting out

    • Longitudinal sections

    • Junctions setting out

    • Road construction details & specification to adoptable standard for relevant council

    • Section 38 layout and relevant drawings to form S38 submission and amendments carried out to technical approval

    • Road centrelines setting out

    • Road & kerb setting out

    • Longitudinal sections

    • Junctions setting out

    • Road construction details & specification to adoptable standard for relevant council

    • Section 278 General Arrangement and relevant drawings to form S278 submission and amendments carried out to technical approval

    • Setting Finished Floor Levels

    • Level accesses ensuring Part M

    • Underbuild identified and heights specified

    • Retention identified and heights specified

    • Drive gradients set

    • Private gully/ACO locations

    • Garden gradients set

    • Private car parks designed

    • Surface water & foul private drainage design

    • Cost effective design with appropriate cover based on external levels design

    • Cover levels and invert levels shown

    • Pick up points identified and noted

    • Drag out levels and setting out provided

    • Land Drainage Provided if required

  • Support to the client regarding their correspondence with the LLFA via the LPA

  • Preliminary and/ or Detailed Cut & Fill and Volumetric Assessments undertaken

    • Setting out coordinates provided on clearly marked layout for site use

    • AutoCAD files provided to assist with site setting out

Contact Us

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Telephone

Ben Palmer [Director]

07595022082

E-mail

ben.palmer@surfaceconsulting.co.uk

Location

Northwich, Cheshire