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Sylvania, Feock, Cornwall, Structural Engineer

ENTOS CONSULTING CIVIL AND STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS

Local knowledge. Broad experience

Entos is a civil and structural engineering company based in Cornwall.  

ABOUT US

The Entos team have over 40 years of combined experience within the industry.  We have provided our services for multi-award-winning projects and pride ourselves on our professional and reliable service.  

 

Entos was established by our senior engineer, Alex Laird.  He is a Chartered Civil and Structural Engineer.

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"Quality means doing it right when no one is looking"

Henry Ford

SERVICES

We provide a wide arrange of services and are always happy to talk though your specific project needs

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BUILDING REGULATION PACKAGE

Building regulations are frequently needed to get projects on-site.  From simple beam designs to the next big Grand Design show-stopper, we have provided an efficient, user-friendly service to many.  

 

Here are just some of the structures we can help with:

  • Load bearing wall removal beam calculations

  • Extensions

  • New dwellings

  • Steel frame buildings 

  • Residential developments

  • Commercial buildings

  • Insulated Concrete Form (ICF)

  • Timber frame design

  • Reinforced concrete structures

  • Historic buildings 

  • Barn conversions

  • Insurance

  • Foundation design Piles/raft foundations

  • Complex Engineering problems

  • Retaining walls

  • Drainage

STRUCTURAL INSPECTIONS

We provide a variety of structural inspections.  These range from a basic visual to a detailed invasive analysis.  If you require an inspection for mortgage applications, buying a house, cracking, subsidence and planning applications, we have outlined our standard services and costs here

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HISTORIC BUILDINGS

From grade 1 listed stately homes to Cornish tin mines, we have a wealth of experience in maintaining historic structures.   We can carry out structural surveys to support heritage impact statements, conservation, strengthening and barn conversions. 

DRAINAGE

Entos can assist you with foul and stormwater drainage design, flood risk assessments and drainage strategy

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RETAINING WALLS

A collapsed retaining wall? We can help.  Our reports can be used to support an insurance claim.   We provide full design service for replacement or new retaining walls

EDUCATION AND HEALTH

Entos has been involved in a number of schools and hospital projects.  This has included carrying out inspections, detailed design for extensions and swimming pools, plus strengthening schemes.

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WHY ENTOS?

Entos is a professional, reliable and friendly service.  We are proud Chartered members of the Institute of Structural Engineers and the Institute of Civil Engineers and we know our stuff! 

"Professional, punctual and precise"

Geoff

"Brilliant can't fault the service we received by Alex"

James

"Willingness to think differently and develop innovative and eye-catching solutions"

Nick

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RECENT PROJECTS

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 'SEA EDGE' - FEATURED IN THE GRAND DESIGNS MAGAZINE

2017

The existing two-storey house was demolished and replaced with this contemporary designed house by award-winning architects KAST.  We completed all the engineering for the project.

'SYLVANIA' -  BUILD IT AWARDS WINNER

2019

Formally a scrubland, this site was transformed into a cantilevering house.  Entos provided the engineering.  The stand-out piece of design is the inclined slender v-columns.  Kast Architects and Davey Construction.

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Insulated concrete form HOUSE

Current

Not a straight line in sight!  A beautiful house in Mevagissey which we are currently providing engineering services 

Entos Consulting, Coast Road, Porthtowan, Cornwall,
TR4 8AJ

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