What Elvet Chartered Surveyors does

Revenue is generated through project-based professional fees, multi-year framework agreements with social housing providers and local authorities, and an e-commerce channel (Elvet Property Services) for private residential clients. The customer base is anchored in North East England, with named clients including Riverside, Karbon Homes, Home Group, livin, Thirteen Housing, Gateshead Housing, Durham County Council, York City Council, Sunderland City Council, Northumbrian Water, Galliford Try, Mears Group, Keepmoat and Mitie. The business maintains a B2B sales-led motion for enterprise contracts while operating direct-to-consumer e-commerce for private surveying services, and is recognised regionally through Constructing Excellence North East awards including SME of the Year (2019), Innovation (2018) and Retrofit Project of the Year (2025). The firm rebranded from Elvet Construction Consultants to Elvet Chartered Surveyors in 2021.

Name

Elvet Chartered Surveyors

Legal name

Elvet Construction Consultants Ltd

Website

https://elvetcharteredsurveyors.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Elvet Chartered Surveyors is an RICS-regulated, Durham-based chartered surveying consultancy founded in 2007, delivering building surveying, cost management, project management, measured surveys, EPCs and private residential services to social housing providers, local authorities, developers and homeowners across the UK.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Chartered Surveying & Property Consultancy

NAICS

Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services (54137), Building Inspection Services (541350), Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413)

SIC

Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700), Real Estate (6500)

akta.pro primary industry

Real Estate Valuation & Appraisal Advisory (FSAEAJAI)

Keywords

• Chartered surveying services
• Building surveying
• Quantity surveying
• Cost management consultancy
• Construction project management

Headquarters

HQ city

Durham

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Surveying Services: Chartered surveying consultancy services including building surveying, cost management, quantity surveying, project management, measured surveys, and energy performance certificates. Revenue generated through project-based fees, framework agreements, and service contracts with public and private sector clients.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Elvet Chartered Surveyors is an RICS-regulated chartered surveying consultancy offering professional services in Building Surveying, Cost Management, and Project Management across the UK property and construction industry. Core offerings include building surveying (defect diagnosis, stock condition surveys, party wall compliance, asset management, expert witness), cost management (quantity surveying, BIM 5D, bills of quantities, estimating), project management (NEC/JCT contract administration, employer's agent), measured surveys (3D scanning, Revit modelling), clerk of works/site supervision, energy performance certificates, and private residential surveying via a sister e-commerce brand.

Product overview

Elvet Chartered Surveyors is an award-winning RICS-regulated surveying consultancy offering a comprehensive suite of professional services organized into seven core service areas: Building Surveying, Measured Surveys, Energy Performance Certificates, Project Management, Clerk of Works, Cost Management, and Private Residential Services. The company operates a modular service architecture where each core area contains specialized sub-services that can be deployed individually or in combination. Building Surveying encompasses expert witness, defect diagnosis, stock condition surveys, party wall compliance, and asset management. Measured Surveys includes 3D digital scanning, Revit 3D modeling, and measured building surveys using Autodesk Revit and CAD. Cost Management services feature BIM 5D Cost Management integrating cost estimation within digital models. The Private Residential division provides RICS-standard surveys (Home Condition Reports, Home Buyers Surveys, Building Surveys, Valuations) for individual property buyers. A separate sub-brand, Elvet Property Services, serves private clients through an e-commerce platform for online ordering. The company also offers technology-enabled services including point cloud scanning, energy performance certifications across domestic, non-domestic, and on-construction categories, and NEC/JCT contract administration.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Building Surveying
• Measured Surveys
• Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs)
• Project Management
• Clerk of Works
• Cost Management
• Private Residential Services
• Elvet Property Services

Quantifiable outcome

• 60% reduction in running costs achieved through sustainable retrofit for Beamish Football Centre project
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers21 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

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Environment AgencycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on Chester-le-Street Flood Alleviation Scheme. The Environment Agency contributed £1.8 million through Grant in Aid and Local Levy funding toward the £6.2 million overall flood alleviation project. Elvet provided NEC3 Project Management and Site Supervisor services as part of the multi-party project team.
• Pell FrischmannminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerStructural and geotechnical engineering consultancy engaged as part of the design team for Chester-le-Street Flood Alleviation project alongside Durham County Council and Elvet Chartered Surveyors.
• Esh CivilscoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerPrincipal Contractor appointed for Chester-le-Street Flood Alleviation project. Elvet worked closely with Esh Civils during project delivery, with Esh demonstrating adaptability during COVID-19 pandemic to ensure project completion.
• Northumbrian WaterminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on HUSK Villa Street development where agreement was reached with Northumbrian Water to convert garages into bungalows without diverting the existing water main, enabling the development to proceed.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Turner & Townsend: Turner & Townsend is a major global cost management and project management consultancy serving real estate, infrastructure, and natural resources sectors. Overlaps with Elvet's cost management and project management services but operates at a vastly larger scale with broader sector coverage.
• Arcadis: Arcadis is a global design, engineering, and consultancy firm providing cost management, project management, and building surveying services. Overlaps with Elvet's core offerings but at much larger scale and broader sector coverage including infrastructure and environmental.
• Carter Jonas: Carter Jonas is a UK property consultancy providing building surveying, project management, cost consultancy, valuation, and estate management. Overlaps with most of Elvet's core services but operates nationally with a broader portfolio of real estate services.

Direct peers

• Fisher German: Fisher German is a UK chartered surveying consultancy providing building surveying, cost consultancy, project management, and rural property services. Comparable mid-size firm with similar RICS-regulated service mix and enterprise client base.
• Bidwells: Bidwells is a UK property consultancy offering building surveying, project management, cost consultancy, and real estate advisory services. Comparable regional-to-national chartered surveying practice with overlapping services and similar client profiles across residential, commercial, and public sectors.
• Gleeds: Gleeds is a UK-headquartered global cost management and project management consultancy offering quantity surveying, building surveying, and project management services. Closely comparable business model, service mix, and core customer base to Elvet, though at substantially larger scale.
• Rider Levett Bucknall (RLB): RLB is an international quantity surveying and construction consultancy firm offering cost management, project management, and building surveying services. Highly comparable professional services practice with overlapping service lines and client profiles (housing, commercial, infrastructure).
• Rapleys: Rapleys is a UK chartered surveying practice offering building surveying, cost management, project management, and property consultancy services. Comparable mid-sized firm with similar professional services positioning and client mix.
• Bruton Knowles: Bruton Knowles is a UK chartered surveying practice offering building surveying, quantity surveying, and project management across multiple regions. Similar size and mid-tier positioning to Elvet, with comparable service breadth and public/private client mix.
• Edwin Thompson: Edwin Thompson is a regional UK chartered surveying firm offering building surveying, quantity surveying, project management, and valuation services. Closely comparable size, geographic scope, and service mix to Elvet, with similar enterprise and private client mix.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ElvetConsult
• Facebookfacebook.com/ElvetConsult
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/elvet-chartered-surveyors

Compliance6 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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