Structural Engineers in Peterborough
Local structural engineers in Peterborough for wall removals, extensions, lofts, surveys and Building Control drawings.
Your local structural engineers in Peterborough
Our Peterborough office is at the Allia Future Business Centre on London Road. From here our engineers visit homes and sites across Peterborough and the surrounding area to look at cracks, check walls before they come out, and design the beams, foundations and details that Building Control needs to see.
Planning an extension, opening up a kitchen, converting a loft, or buying a house with a crack that’s bothering you? We’ll tell you what’s going on and what it takes to put it right, in plain English.
What Peterborough clients ask us to help with
- Wall removals and knock-throughs. Steel beam calculations and padstone details for Building Control. How load-bearing wall removal works
- Extensions and loft conversions. Structural design for single and two-storey extensions, dormers and roof changes. Can your roof take a loft conversion?
- Structural surveys. Cracks, movement, bowing walls and issues flagged in a homebuyer report. What to do after your house survey
- Trees and subsidence. Peterborough’s clay soils move with the seasons, and nearby trees make it worse. How close is too close?
- Trial pits and foundations. Finding out what a house is really sitting on before you build. What a trial pit tells us
- Façade retention and temporary works. Propping, needling and keeping a frontage standing while the building behind it changes.
- Barn conversions and older buildings. Reading what an old structure can take before the planners ask. Barn conversion guide
Our structural engineering services
- Structural design and calculations – beams, foundations, extensions, lofts and new builds, with drawings ready for Building Control
- Structural surveys and investigations – cracks, movement, subsidence and pre-purchase concerns
- Temporary works design – propping, needling, excavation support and façade retention
- Party wall structural engineering – structural input where your project meets a neighbour’s wall
- Structural engineering consultancy – advice for architects, builders and developers from early design onwards
- Construction product research – materials and repair advice for older buildings: lime, solid masonry, timber frames and early concrete
How it works
- Tell us about the job. Send a short description, any drawings and a few photos through the contact form or by email.
- We take a look. Some jobs can be priced from drawings; others need a site visit so we can see the structure for ourselves.
- Calculations and drawings. You get clear calculations and details your builder can work from and Building Control can approve.
- Support on site. If something unexpected turns up once the walls are open, we’re a phone call away.
Visit or call our Peterborough office
Ora Labora Limited
Allia Future Business Centre, London Road, Peterborough PE2 8AN
Phone: 01733 602 844
Email: hello@oralabora.co.uk
More reading: Structural engineers in Peterborough: what homeowners and developers should know.
Working in London or Hertfordshire? See our London structural engineers page.