Structa

What Structa does

Structa LLP is a privately-held UK engineering consultancy founded in 2004 and headquartered in Hemel Hempstead, with additional offices in London, Swindon, and Warwick. The firm delivers a multi-disciplinary portfolio covering Structural Engineering, Civil Engineering, Geo-Environmental Engineering, and Due Diligence Services, providing investigations, surveys, design, and detailed engineering reporting for planning applications and construction delivery. Project scope ranges from bespoke residential homes through to major regeneration and new housing schemes, with named clients including Bellway Homes, Barratt Homes, A2 Dominion, Westminster Council, Kirkby Homes, B3 Living, Bournemouth & West Hampshire Water, Portsmouth Water, and London North West Healthcare NHS Trust.

The firm operates as an LLP controlled by its four founding partners (Michael Ibbeson, Geoff Vine, Tim Smith, Graham White), each with 25-40+ years of sector experience, and employs 40+ engineers, technicians, and business support staff. Its technical stack centres on mainstream BIM and structural-analysis tooling — BIM Level 2 (PAS 1192-2:2013, BS 1192:2007), Revit Structure, and Tekla — rather than proprietary or AI-driven systems. Structa positions its integrated, partner-led delivery model and people-first culture as the basis for an 80% repeat-business rate.

Structa monetises exclusively through project-based professional services fees for engineering design and advisory work, with no disclosed pricing, no external funding, no parent company, and no public listing. Customer acquisition is via direct enterprise engagement with private developers and public-sector clients, supported by a website, project case studies, careers content, and occasional industry commentary; there are no disclosed partnerships, channel arrangements, or technology integrations. The firm carries a single notable external accolade — the 2014 UK Property Awards "Best Architecture Multiple Residence London" for the Bentley Priory development with Barratt Homes — and reports ongoing operations including a 20-year anniversary in 2024 and the April 2024 hire of Associate Director Lee Westerman.

Name

Structa

Legal name

Structa LLP

Website

https://structa.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Structa LLP is a UK-based multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy (structural, civil, geo-environmental) founded in 2004, serving private developers and public-sector clients across housing, healthcare, water, and education projects from four offices with 40+ staff.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Engineering Consultancy Services

NAICS

Drafting Services (541340)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Civil & Structural Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Environmental & Permitting Compliance During Construction (Erosion Control, Wildlife Mitigation, Monitoring) (EUAMAFAM)

Keywords

• Structural engineering design
• Civil engineering consultancy
• Geo-environmental engineering
• Building services consulting
• Infrastructure design services

Headquarters

HQ city

Hemel Hempstead

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Engineering Consulting Services: Professional engineering consulting services providing structural, civil, and geo-environmental engineering design and support to the construction and building industry. Services include investigations, surveys, design, and detailed engineering reports for planning applications.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Structa is a multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy delivering Structural, Civil, and Geo-Environmental Engineering design and support services to the UK construction and building sector. The firm provides investigations, surveys, due diligence assessments, detailed design, and engineering reports for planning applications, working with private developers, housebuilders, local authorities, NHS trusts, and utilities on projects ranging from bespoke homes to major regeneration and housing schemes.

Product overview

Structa is a multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy offering a unified portfolio of integrated engineering services. The core offerings comprise Structural Engineering, Civil Engineering, Geo-Environmental Engineering, and Due Diligence Services. These services work together to provide holistic engineering solutions—from ground investigation and site assessment through to detailed structural and infrastructure design—serving private and public sector clients on projects ranging from bespoke homes to major regeneration and housing schemes.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Structural Engineering Services Comprehensive structural engineering design and analysis services for all building types and scales, from small investigations and surveys to high-rise buildings and multi-storey basements, utilizing advanced analysis tools and BIM-enabled processes for private developers, housebuilders, and public sector clients.
• Civil Engineering Services Infrastructure design services including ground modelling, highway and drainage design, delivered with coordinated and economic approaches to maximize land use efficiency and sustainability for residential, commercial, and public sector developments.
• Geo-Environmental Engineering Services Geotechnical and environmental engineering services including pre-purchase site appraisals, ground investigation, remediation and mitigation design, validation, and regulatory compliance to address contamination, brownfield conditions, and environmental constraints on development sites.
• Due Diligence Services Development potential assessment services combining constraints and opportunities analysis, from on-site investigations and desk-based research through to detailed planning application reporting for prospective development sites.

Quantifiable outcome

• 80% repeat business rate indicating exceptional client satisfaction and loyalty
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Buro Happold: Large international engineering consultancy providing structural, civil and environmental engineering among other disciplines. Operates in the same building and infrastructure space as Structa but at significantly greater scale and project size.
• WSP: Global professional services consultancy with structural, civil and environmental engineering across buildings, water and infrastructure. Same overall category as Structa and overlaps on UK housebuilder and public sector work, but at vastly larger scale.
• Mott MacDonald: Global engineering consultancy providing structural, civil and environmental services across buildings, water and infrastructure. Overlaps Structa's service portfolio but operates at much larger scale and with broader sector coverage.
• Arup: Global engineering consultancy offering structural, civil and geo-environmental engineering across buildings, transport and infrastructure. Competes for many of the same UK housebuilder, public sector and developer mandates as Structa but as a much broader, full-spectrum incumbent.

Direct peers

• Heyne Tillett Steel: London-headquartered structural and civil engineering consultancy with a comparable focus on residential, commercial and adaptive reuse projects across the UK. Closely matched on multi-disciplinary offering, repeat-client model and similar firm size.
• Curtins: UK structural and civil engineering consultancy serving building and infrastructure clients with a multi-disciplinary offering similar to Structa's. Comparable on discipline coverage (structural, civil, geo-environmental), repeat-client orientation and tier of project size.
• Hydrock (now Stantec): UK multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy historically of similar scale, combining structural, civil and geo-environmental engineering for developers and public clients. Directly comparable service portfolio pre-Stantec acquisition.
• Conisbee: UK structural and civil engineering consultancy with a comparable mix of conservation, residential and education work. Comparable on discipline breadth, mid-tier positioning and relationship-led GTM to private and public sector clients.
• Cundall: Multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy with structural, civil, geo-environmental and building services capabilities for similar UK and international developer and public sector clients. Comparable integrated model and project type mix.
• Webb Yates Engineers: UK-based structural and civil engineering consultancy of comparable scale, serving residential, commercial and education clients with a similar relationship-driven, multi-disciplinary delivery model. Directly comparable on project profile, headcount and integrated design ethos.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/structa-llp

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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