What HNT CONSULTING ENGINEERS LTD does

HNT Consulting Engineers Ltd is a chartered structural engineering practice incorporated in 2023 (Company No. 14754733) and headquartered in Long Eaton, Nottingham, within the East Midlands. The firm offers four linked services — structural inspection, assessment, design, and construction-stage consultancy — to private homeowners, housing developers, commercial property owners, and clients in the commercial, retail, public, industrial, and historic-building sectors. Pricing is bespoke and project-based, with a sales-led, direct go-to-market model.

The firm's distinctive technical capability is more than 15 years of practitioner experience in Insulated Concrete Formwork (ICF) for Passivhaus-standard construction, a low-energy-building niche with a thin UK practitioner base. Its stated geographic footprint spans the East Midlands (Nottingham, Leicester, Derby) and extends UK-wide from Preston to London. Service delivery is human-led, conventional structural engineering — there is no disclosed use of proprietary software platforms, AI tooling, or data assets.

The business model is that of a small private limited consultancy: fees are generated per project via bespoke quotations, with no recurring SaaS, retainer, or licensing component. The firm holds chartered engineer status, which is a regulated professional credential rather than a separately monetised asset, and there are no disclosed partnerships, M&A activity, or external funding rounds. As a result, growth is entirely organic and constrained by the billable capacity of its chartered engineers.

Name

HNT CONSULTING ENGINEERS LTD

Legal name

HNT Consulting Engineers Ltd

Website

https://hntconsulting.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2023

Operating status

Operating

Short description

HNT Consulting Engineers Ltd is a chartered structural engineering practice based in Long Eaton, Nottingham, providing inspection, assessment, design, and construction consultancy for residential, commercial, industrial, and historic-building clients across the UK, with a specialisation in ICF for Passivhaus projects.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Structural Engineering Services

NAICS

Engineering Services (541330), Engineering Services (54133)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Civil & Structural Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Construction Engineering & Constructability Consulting (BPAHAIAN)

Keywords

• Structural engineering services
• Building inspection consultancy
• ICF Passivhaus design
• Historic building restoration
• Structural design consultancy

Headquarters

HQ city

Long Eaton

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Structural Engineering Services: Professional engineering services including structural inspection, assessment, design, and construction consultancy for residential, commercial, and industrial projects. Revenue is generated through project-based professional service fees.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

HNT Consulting Engineers Ltd is a chartered structural engineering practice providing structural inspection, assessment, design, and construction consultancy for residential, commercial, retail, public, and industrial projects across the UK. The firm specialises in Insulated Concrete Formwork (ICF) for Passivhaus projects, drawing on over 15 years of pioneering work in this sustainable construction method, and also delivers inspection and remedial design for Grade I, II, and II* listed historic buildings.

Product overview

HNT Consulting Engineers is a chartered structural engineering practice offering a unified suite of professional engineering services. The company provides five interconnected service offerings: Structural Inspection (visual inspections and bespoke reports for homeowners and commercial property owners), Structural Design (for private homeowners and housing developers covering extensions, loft conversions, and new developments), Commercial Structural Engineering (for commercial, retail, public, and industrial sectors), Historic Building Services (inspection and remedial design for Grade I, II, and II* listed buildings), and Special Project Consultancy (complex engineering problem-solving combining academic research with practical application). The company also specializes in Insulated Concrete Formwork (ICF) for Passivhaus projects, representing over 15 years of pioneering sustainable and energy-efficient building practices.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Structural Inspection for Homeowners & Commercial Property Owners

Quantifiable outcome

• Bespoke structural reports ensuring properties meet current standards and are fit for intended purposes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• WSP: Major global engineering consultancy with structural engineering services in the UK. Comparable in domain but vastly larger and offering broader multidisciplinary services including buildings, transportation, and environment.
• Buro Happold: Large international engineering consultancy with strong structural engineering practice in the UK. Comparable in technical domain but significantly larger and broader, including MEP and sustainability specialisms.
• Arup: Global engineering and design firm with extensive UK structural engineering practice. Overlaps in residential, commercial, and heritage structural work but operates at a much larger scale with multidisciplinary offerings.

Direct peers

• Mann Williams: UK chartered structural engineering consultancy, similar size and service breadth. Comparable in residential, commercial, and conservation work with project-based fee model.
• Price & Myers: London-based structural engineering consultancy with similar service portfolio across residential, commercial, and heritage sectors. Comparable chartered practice profile and project-based professional services model.
• Heyne Tillett Steel: UK structural engineering consultancy of comparable size and age. Overlaps in residential extensions, commercial developments, and historic building services with a chartered engineering team.
• Elliott Wood Partnership: UK-based chartered structural engineering consultancy of similar small-to-mid size. Directly comparable as a specialist structural practice serving residential, commercial, and heritage projects across the UK.
• Foster Structures: Independent UK structural engineering consultancy. Directly comparable in scale, service portfolio, and chartered practice positioning for residential and commercial structural work.
• Integral Engineering Design: UK structural and civil engineering consultancy with comparable service offerings. Similar mid-sized chartered practice model serving residential, commercial, and industrial clients.
• Symmetrys: UK structural engineering practice providing design, inspection, and assessment for residential, commercial, and heritage projects. Comparable chartered consultancy with similar service-line breadth.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

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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