Local context
Edinburgh has one of the most architecturally distinctive height safety estates in the UK, defined by the listed buildings of the Old Town and New Town, the financial district at St Andrew Square and George Street, and the substantial university and NHS portfolio. The Old Town tenement buildings, many dating from the 17th and 18th centuries, present particular retrofit challenges where any height safety installation must respect the conservation status and the structural specifics of stone-built buildings. The New Town’s Georgian terraces, also listed, require similarly sensitive approaches to facade and parapet retrofit. The financial district, by contrast, contains current-standard commercial buildings constructed since the 1980s with anchor systems specified at build.
The University of Edinburgh operates a particularly complex estate spanning the central Old College and George Square campuses, the King’s Buildings science campus, and the medical school at Little France. The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh at Little France, plus the wider NHS Lothian estate, add a substantial healthcare portfolio. Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh Napier University, and Queen Margaret University complete the higher education estate. Engineers cover Edinburgh from the London office.
Building types we serve in Edinburgh
- Old Town and New Town listed buildings
- Financial district commercial estate
- University of Edinburgh, Heriot-Watt, Edinburgh Napier, Queen Margaret campuses
- NHS Lothian estate including Royal Infirmary at Little France
- Edinburgh City Council and Lothian unitary authority estate
- Edinburgh Castle, Holyrood, and Scottish Government estate (where applicable)