Local context
Reading sits at the heart of the Thames Valley corporate corridor, with a height safety estate concentrated in the technology and professional services sector that has built out along the M4 over the past three decades. The Thames Valley Park, Green Park, and central commercial estate include the UK headquarters of a substantial number of technology and pharmaceutical companies, each typically operating buildings constructed to current standards but now reaching their first or second annual recertification cycles for mansafe and eyebolt systems specified at construction. The University of Reading operates a substantial campus at Whiteknights with both academic and research buildings. Reading Borough Council and the surrounding unitary authorities across Berkshire add a significant public sector estate.
Reading station and the wider transport infrastructure (now serving Crossrail Elizabeth Line services) bring rail-context height safety considerations to the central commercial area. Engineers cover Reading and the wider Thames Valley from the London office, with travel along the M4 keeping response times short.
Building types we serve in Reading
- Thames Valley corporate offices at Thames Valley Park and Green Park
- City centre commercial including Forbury Square and surrounds
- University of Reading Whiteknights campus
- NHS estate across Royal Berkshire Hospital
- Reading Borough Council and wider Berkshire unitary authority estate
- Rail and transport infrastructure including Reading station