What Whitby Wood does

Whitby Wood is an independent, international engineering design and advisory consultancy founded in 2016 by Mark Whitby (Past President of the Institution of Civil Engineers and Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering) and Sebastian Wood. The firm operates as a single international practice organized as a group of companies with hubs in London (UK headquarters), Mumbai (Whitby Wood Pritamdasani), Belgrade (Whitby Wood Popovic), and Dubai, and has delivered projects across the UK, India, UAE, Serbia, Egypt, Qatar, and the United States. It serves developers, contractors, architects, government bodies, and educational institutions on projects ranging from bespoke houses and footbridges to major international developments, including Tate Modern Switch House, Mall of Egypt, Lodha Luxuria, and the Tottenham Hale Regeneration (1,000 new homes, £350m project). Core engineering capabilities span structural, civil, and geotechnical engineering, with documented specializations in seismic design, heritage retrofit, timber and CLT construction, high-rise structures, and low-carbon construction supported by SBTi-validated climate targets and Anti-Greenwash Charter signatory status. The firm is ISO 9001 certified, LRQA BIM certified to ISO 19650:2018, Cyber Essentials certified, and a Constructionline Gold member.

The firm's offering is anchored in fee-based professional services on project-by-project engagements (structural, civil, and geotechnical engineering plus consultancy), priced through competitive tendering and direct client relationships typical of B2B engineering consultancies. Distribution is direct, enterprise field sales with no channel intermediaries; the firm reaches clients through industry reputation, referrals, and tendering. As a differentiator, Whitby Wood publishes open-source digital tools for the structural engineering community (ACE Column Designer, SCaFFOLD) and uses BIM-based project coordination. Go-to-market is reinforced by an extensive award record (NCE Awards 2026, AJ Architecture Awards 2025, Housing Design Awards 2025, Brick Awards 2024, and others) and a content-marketing footprint via website, LinkedIn, and Instagram. The firm is privately held, founder-controlled, with no external investment or parent company identified.

Name

Whitby Wood

Legal name

Whitby Wood

Website

https://whitbywood.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Whitby Wood is an independent engineering design consultancy founded in 2016 that provides structural, civil, and geotechnical engineering services for buildings and urban infrastructure to developers, contractors, architects, and government bodies across the UK, India, Serbia, UAE, and select international markets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Engineering Design Consultancy: Professional consulting services for engineering design and advisory work on construction projects. Services include structural engineering, civil engineering, geotechnical engineering, and multidisciplinary engineering coordination. Revenue is generated through project-based professional service fees for clients working in all sectors.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Whitby Wood is an independent, international engineering design and advisory consultancy providing structural, civil, and geotechnical engineering services for buildings and urban infrastructure. The firm serves clients across all sectors — residential, commercial, education, hospitality, transport, and heritage — from bespoke projects to large-scale international developments. It also publishes open-source digital engineering tools (ACE Column Designer, SCaFFOLD) supporting column and scaffolding design.

Product overview

Whitby Wood is an independent, international engineering design and advisory consultancy operating as a single practice organized as a group of companies in the UK, India, Serbia, and UAE. Their offering consists of core engineering consultancy services (structural engineering, civil engineering, geotechnical engineering) supplemented by proprietary digital tools including ACE Column Designer and SCaFFOLD. All digital tools are open source. The company focuses on sustainable, low-carbon construction and provides professional services across all building sectors, working on projects from initial concept through to construction delivery.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Around 30% savings on materials volumes for Godrej City Panvel Phase 5 compared with traditional concrete slab/beam system
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• OptoppenminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization mentioned on Whitby Wood website. Optoppen appears to be a related initiative or collaborative partner in the engineering/construction space.
• The Engineers Reuse Collective (TERC)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization. TERC focuses on engineering reuse and sustainability in the construction industry.
• CODEPminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerConstruction industry-led development charity. Whitby Wood founders were founding trustees. CODEP worked closely with the community in Waterloo, Sierra Leone.
• REDR UKminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProfessional institution membership and partnership in the engineering/construction development sector.
• Wood ThilstedcoreTechnology or IntegrationGeotechnical engineering collaborator on multiple projects including Building C1 at Greenwich Design District, The Boiler House, and Design District Canteen. Provides specialized geotechnical expertise for foundation design on challenging sites.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Mott MacDonald: Large international engineering consultancy delivering structural, civil, and infrastructure design across buildings, transport, and urban regeneration — directly comparable on project types and client base.
• WSP: Global professional services consultancy with structural, civil and geotechnical engineering practices serving developers, contractors, and governments on buildings and infrastructure — overlapping service mix and clients.
• Ramboll: International engineering, design and consultancy firm, and Whitby Wood founder Mark Whitby's former firm post-whitbybird merger; competes for the same structural and sustainability-led building projects globally.
• Arup: Global engineering design consultancy with structural, civil, geotechnical and multi-disciplinary expertise; the dominant incumbent Whitby Wood competes against for major building and infrastructure commissions.

Direct peers

• Eckersley O'Callaghan: Independent structural and facade engineering consultancy delivering high-profile cultural, residential, and commercial projects with a design-led ethos — a direct mid-sized peer in the same space.
• AKT II: London-headquartered structural and civil engineering consultancy serving high-profile residential, cultural, and commercial projects with a focus on design quality — a direct mid-sized peer.
• Expedition Engineering: Independent UK structural and civil engineering consultancy founded by former Arup engineers, working on complex buildings and infrastructure with a research-driven, sustainability-led approach — closely comparable in size and positioning.
• Buro Happold: Independent, multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy known for structural, civil, and sustainability-led design on cultural, residential, and commercial buildings — a closely comparable mid-to-large peer.
• Wood Thilsted: Independent structural and geotechnical engineering consultancy with deep timber/CLT and offshore-wind expertise; identified in Whitby Wood's own partnerships as a collaborator on Greenwich Design District and other projects.

Emerging players

• StructureCraft: Specialist timber/CLT and mass-timber structural engineering and fabrication firm; highly comparable on the engineered-timber design niche that Whitby Wood emphasises in its portfolio.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/whitby-wood-engineers
• Instagraminstagram.com/whitbywood

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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