Does a retaining wall on my Wicklow site need an engineer?

If it holds back more than a garden bed, yes. A wall retaining ground, a driveway or a house above it carries loads that grow quickly with its height, and one that fails takes what is behind it with it. It needs designing for the ground and the water behind it, and the design is what the building regulations and an insurer will ask for.

Do you cover the whole of Wicklow?

Yes, from Blessington and Baltinglass in the west to Bray, Greystones and Arklow on the coast. The first call is free, and on it we will say whether the job needs a visit.

Areas we cover

Structural Engineers in Wicklow

Structural and civil engineering across Co. Wicklow, from Blessington and the west of the county to Bray, Greystones and the coast.

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West Wicklow is closer to Newbridge than most people expect: Blessington and Baltinglass are a short drive across the county boundary. The coast, from Bray to Arklow, is reached over the M50 and the N11. Either way, the engineer who visits is the one who designs the job and signs for it.

Wicklow sites are rarely flat. A house on a slope needs its retaining walls and its foundations designed for the hill, and a site on the coast or by a river needs its flood risk understood before the layout is fixed.

What we do in Wicklow

Structural Calculations

Extensions, openings and retaining walls on sloping sites, with a site visit and a fixed fee quoted first.

Surveys and Reports

Pre purchase surveys, condition reports and crack and subsidence reports.

Building Regulations Compliance

Opinions on Compliance, and design and assigned certification under BCAR.

Flood Risk Assessments

For sites on the coast and by the rivers that run off the mountains.

SuDS and Drainage Design

Surface water on sites that are rarely flat, held back before it leaves.

Uisce Éireann Connections

Connection applications for housing developments, made as your agent.

Roads Design

Estate roads, entrances and footpaths for housing developments.

Planning and building control

Planning applications in the county go to Wicklow County Council, at County Buildings in Wicklow town, which is also the building control authority. Much of the county is upland or coast, and a planning application there is often asked about visual impact, drainage and flood risk as much as about the building itself.

Towns we cover

Blessington, Baltinglass, Dunlavin, Bray, Greystones, Kilcoole, Newtownmountkennedy, Wicklow, Rathdrum and Arklow, and the countryside between them.

Send us the project.

Drawings, a specification, or the site address and the programme dates: whatever you have is enough to start. We come back inside two working days, and a written fee proposal against a defined scope follows within three working days of that.

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