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Design capabilities, training and support

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Introduction

Introduction

Design capabilities, Design capability training and support WHP provide a full range of civil, structural and geotechnical design services for a national and international client base, on projects fees ranging from £500 to £1m+

Temporary and permanent works design Tender support to main and subcontractors Category 3 independent checking Highways and railways asset protection WHP utilise a wide range of software packages, giving us the appropriate tools for the tasks being undertaken We have a commitment to support the construction industry, including authoring CIRIA Guides, participation/leading the Temporary Works Forum, preparation of British Standards, sitting on ICE editorial panels and judging for BCI & Ground Engineering awards

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Wentworth House Partnership employs over 70 staff from four regional offices: – Esher (Head Office) – Bristol (South West) – Leeds (North England) – Bathgate (Scotland)

Our workforce is more than 20% female

We are multinational, with more than fifteen nationalities

forming our workforce.

Our engineering team, with handson guidance from our managing directors, includes students on year-long industrial placements and undergraduate apprentices, through to the senior team of associates and technical directors.

We have an established graduate apprenticeship programme, where school leavers join the business and we support them through day-release University courses in Civil Engineering. The students bolster their University learning with on-the-job experience and gain accredited degrees, ready to progress toward chartership with professional institutions. WHP has an established & successful training programme for The Institution of Civil Engineers and Institution of Structural Engineers, and mentoring of staff to chartership in one or both bodies.

The engineers’ design output is supported by our team of technicians who produce the design deliverables using BIM or 2D & 3D modelling as appropriate.

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