📍 External Works Design & Specification – Paddick Engineering
External works design is a critical component of any residential, commercial, or industrial development, ensuring that all external features and infrastructure function efficiently and comply with UK Building Regulations, local authority standards, and site-specific requirements.
At Paddick Engineering, we specialise in delivering cost-effective, compliant, and practical external works designs for:
- ✅ New build housing developments.
- ✅ Commercial sites and industrial estates.
- ✅ Public spaces, parking areas, and access roads.
- ✅ Hard landscaping.
Our external works design service covers everything from retaining wall heights and type, under build heights and lengths and identification of falls with confirmation of the gradients required to tie into the boundaries of the development — ensuring your project can be costed and constructed without any surprises.
🏗 What Are External Works in Construction?
External works refer to any construction, infrastructure, or installation that takes place outside of the main building structure. This typically includes:
- Garden retaining walls
- Site boundary retaining walls
- Batters to a boundary
- Under build on a buildings elevation to help with the proposed topography
🌳 Landscaping & External Works Finishes
We design and specify all external landscaping elements, including:
- ✅ Soft landscaping (planting, green spaces, gardens).
- ✅ Hard landscaping (paving, pathways, patios).
- ✅ Boundary treatments (fencing, walls, retaining walls).
All designs comply with local authority building control standards.
📊 Why Is External Works Design Important?
Poorly designed external works can lead to:
- 🚨 Flooding and surface water pooling.
- 🚨 Insufficient parking space or poor access.
- 🚨 Compliance failure with Building Control or local authorities.
- 🚨 Unnecessary retaining features.
By engaging Paddick Engineering, you receive a fully compliant, cost-effective external works design that maximizes space usage, ensures effective falls to accommodate drainage, and enhances accessibility across your site.
💡 Our External Works Design Services
We offer a comprehensive range of external works design services, including:
✅ 1. External Works Layout Design
We provide detailed external works layouts that cover:
- 📜 Roads, footpaths, and driveways.
- 📜 Parking spaces and car parks.
- 📜 Drainage infrastructure.
- 📜 Landscaping and boundary treatments.
All designs are compliant with:
✅ 3. Surface Water Drainage Design
We design efficient designs to assist the flows for surface water to find its way into the site wide drainage systems to manage runoff and prevent flooding.
✅ 4. Landscaping & Boundary Treatments
Our team also provides full landscaping and boundary treatment designs, including:
- ✅ Boundary fencing and walls detail and spec.
- ✅ Green space levels and features.
- ✅ Retaining walls and embankments.
We ensure your external works meet both aesthetic and practical design standards.
📞 Get Professional External Works Design Today
Whether you’re building:
- ✅ A new residential development.
- ✅ A commercial site.
- ✅ Highway access or parking areas.
- ✅ Drainage and utility infrastructure.
Paddick Engineering provides professional external works design that meets all Building Control, Highways, and Local Authority standards.
👉 Contact us today for a FREE consultation and quote.
📞 0113 831 3645
📧 info@paddick.online
🌐 www.paddick.online
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