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From a single access junction to the infrastructure behind a new settlement, we help clients see the whole infrastructure picture and move confidently from strategy to delivery.
We work across highways, utilities, public realm and strategic infrastructure for developers, landowners, infrastructure providers, local authorities, contractors, investors and public sector organisations. Our experience spans new settlements, urban extensions, major highways, infrastructure corridors, flood alleviation, commercial and mixed-use developments and regeneration projects.
Why Choose Brookbanks for Infrastructure
Successful infrastructure balances capacity, resilience, sustainability, affordability and deliverability. It also needs to respond to planning and consenting requirements, existing networks and assets, utility capacity, environmental considerations, land ownership, stakeholder requirements and increasingly demanding carbon and energy objectives.
Our integrated approach means these considerations are addressed together rather than in isolation. From land acquisition, feasibility and infrastructure strategy through to planning, design, cost planning, procurement, technical approvals and construction, our specialists work as one business to understand constraints, coordinate solutions and keep projects moving, giving clients access to the right expertise at the right stage of their project.
Key Client Benefits
- One integrated infrastructure team brings together technical, environmental, commercial and development expertise, so clients can access the right specialists without coordinating multiple consultancies.
- We consider highways, drainage, utilities, structures, environment, planning, cost, programme and delivery as interconnected elements of the same project.
- Our specialists work from the earliest stages of land acquisition and feasibility to establish realistic infrastructure requirements before significant investment is committed.
- Infrastructure is considered alongside viability, cost, programme, procurement and long-term value, and our cost and commercial specialists have experience managing infrastructure and site-wide budgets on major developments.
- We can remain involved from strategy to delivery, providing the leadership and coordination needed to bring multiple infrastructure workstreams together.
How We Support Infrastructure Projects
Strategic Infrastructure Planning and Development
Understanding infrastructure requirements early helps establish whether a development opportunity is viable, deliverable and capable of achieving its full potential. Our specialists support clients from land acquisition and feasibility stage with infrastructure strategies and masterplanning, option appraisals, land technical appraisals and due diligence, and strategic planning advice.
Transport connectivity, highways capacity, utilities, water management, flood risk, ground conditions, land ownership and development economics all shape the right strategy. Our highways and transportation, utilities and hydrology specialists assess these together, testing options and setting out practical approaches to connection, capacity, phasing and delivery.
See how we shaped the utility and earthworks strategy at Godley Green Garden Village.
Highways, Structures and Earthworks Design
Our civil engineering specialists provide strategic and detailed highway design, access and junction design, and Section 38 and Section 278 highway works, taking schemes through technical approval and adoption. Earthworks and development platforms are designed to work with levels, drainage and structures from the outset.
Our structural engineering specialists design bridges, culverts and retaining structures as part of the wider infrastructure system. By combining these disciplines within one team, we identify interfaces early and produce solutions that are practical to construct, approve, adopt and maintain.
Read how we secured technical approval for the Miles Cross Section 278 roundabout.
Drainage, Flood Alleviation and Utilities
Our hydrology specialists design drainage and water infrastructure, Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS), pumping stations and flood alleviation schemes, using flood modelling to understand how water moves through a catchment and how proposals can reduce risk.
Our utilities specialists assess network capacity, diversions and reinforcement requirements, engage directly with network operators and coordinate new service infrastructure with roads and development plots. This early understanding helps protect programme, cost and developable land.
Discover our strategic flood alleviation work in Ashford, Kent.
Cost, Commercial and Sustainability
The scale and complexity of infrastructure can have a significant influence on viability, investment decisions and long-term value. Our cost and commercial specialists prepare infrastructure, abnormal and site-wide cost plans, viability and financial appraisals, procurement advice, value engineering, cash flow and funding advice, and development finance and fund monitoring.
Our sustainability specialists consider carbon reduction, energy and environmental assessment alongside cost and technical performance, supporting net zero and low-carbon infrastructure strategies. By weighing cost, programme risk and sustainability together, we help clients target investment where it adds the most value.
Find out how we are providing commercial certainty at Bourn Airfield.
Delivery, Management and Advisory
Successful infrastructure delivery depends on coordination as much as technical design. Our project delivery and management and development partner specialists provide project and programme management, stakeholder and authority management, planning and consenting support, and management of land and legal agreements, bonds and adoption agreements.
On site, we provide construction and environmental management, production management and site supervision, resident and visiting engineer services and contract administration, and act as Principal Designer under the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (CDM) where required. Technical due diligence, expert witness and dispute resolution services are also available.
See how we have led infrastructure delivery and adoption at Cranbrook New Settlement.
Our Experience
Our highways experience ranges from individual site access junctions to major schemes such as the new roundabout at Miles Cross on the A35 near Bridport, and the Walton on Trent bypass, which includes a 150 metre three-span bridge over the River Trent. In utilities, we have led strategies that resolve electrical capacity constraints, such as at Warrington Road, and coordinated diversions, reinforcement and new service infrastructure for garden villages and new settlements.
For strategic infrastructure, we have supported new settlements and urban extensions including Cranbrook, where we have led major infrastructure delivery and secured technical approval for Section 38, Section 104 and Section 278 agreements through to adoption, and flood alleviation proposals in Ashford that remove over 300 properties from risk of flooding. We also help shape public realm as part of regeneration schemes and new communities, coordinating the streets, spaces and connections that bring places together. Across every project, from a focused technical commission to a major development programme, we bring the same integrated, delivery-focused approach.
Talk to Our Infrastructure Specialists
Whatever the scale of your infrastructure project, contact a member of the team directly, or email hello@brookbanks.com and one of our experts will get back to you.
Technical Director, Land, Development and Communities
Richard Boyle
richard.boyle@brookbanks.com
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Group Director for Land, Development and Communities
Lee Witts
lee.witts@brookbanks.com
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Group Technical Director, Land, Development and Communities
Dean Swann
dean.swann@brookbanks.com
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FAQs
Do you only work on large infrastructure programmes?
No. We support infrastructure projects of all sizes, from focused tasks such as a single access junction design or drainage strategy through to the strategic infrastructure required for new settlements and major development programmes. You can engage us for an individual service or for integrated, multidisciplinary support.
At what stage should we involve you?
The earlier the better. Involving our specialists at land acquisition or feasibility stage helps establish infrastructure requirements, capacity and costs before major commitments are made. We can also join at any later stage, including design, technical approval, procurement or construction.
Can you support technical approvals and adoption?
Yes. Our specialists prepare designs for Section 38 and Section 278 highway works, support technical approval and adoption processes, and help manage the associated bonds and adoption agreements with adopting authorities and utility providers.
Can you provide support during construction?
Yes. We provide construction and delivery support including site supervision, resident and visiting engineer services, contract administration, construction and environmental management, and CDM Principal Designer services.