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06/01/20
It’s full time for Leeds engineering firm on major sport project Leeds based Adept Civil and Structural Consulting Engineers has completed work on a major new development in Scotland for Sports Direct that houses several of the company’s retail brands, as well as a state-of-the-art gym, all under one roof. Adept was appointed by construction […]
19/12/19
Our Managing Director on his predictions for 2020 It’s that time of year, when Business Link Magazine invites the region’s business leaders to offer up their predictions for the year ahead. It has become something of a tradition, given that we’ve been doing this now for over 30 years. While none of us possess a crystal […]
12/12/19
Adept Civil and Structural Consulting Engineers has won its biggest contract to date on the second phase of a £180m retail and leisure scheme. The company, which was awarded the contract by Henry Boot Construction, will provide civil and structural engineering services on the second phase of The Glass Works in Barnsley. Leeds-based Adept is […]
09/09/19
The Adept Social Committee have recently visited their chosen charity’s community support centre in Leeds. It was a fantastic opportunity to see St Vincent’s activities in action. The support centre has a charity shop to help raise funds, but it also provides invaluable support services to the local community. Their core services include educational training […]
04/09/19
A team of engineers from a Leeds based firm have volunteered to help with a conservation project on llkley Moor. 20 members of staff from Adept Civil and Structural Consulting Engineers spent two days volunteering with The Friends of Ilkley Moor (FoIM) – a registered charity that works closely with Bradford Metropolitan Borough Council and […]
03/09/19
We are very proud to launch our brand new corporate social responsibility and ethics branding logo, ‘Engineering Ethics’. Making a difference is very important to us and ‘Engineering Ethics’ embodies our approach and commitment to social responsibility. We are very aware of the wider impact of our business and giving something back to the community […]
21/08/19
TOUGH MUDDER TRIUMPH FOR ADEPT! On 31st July, 15 members of the Adept Team successfully completed the 10 mile, 25 obstacle Tough Mudder course at Broughton Hall, Skipton. They demonstrated exceptional team work and solidarity, sticking together and helping each other along the way, in relentless weather conditions. They tackled and completed each and every […]
08/07/19
On 27th July 2019, 17 members of the Adept team will be embarking on our latest fundraising challenge ‘Tough Mudder’ to raise money for the Leeds based charity St Vincent’s. TEAMWORK The Tough Mudder is notoriously difficult, spanning over 10 miles and consisting of 25 very challenging, very muddy obstacles. Each obstacle is designed to […]
22/05/19
Adept complete state of the art, £10 million Extra Care facility in Chorley Leeds companies Adept Civil and Structural Consulting Engineers and Brewster Bye Architects have completed work on a state of the art, £10million extra care facility in Chorley town centre. The development has 65 high quality, one and two bedroom, apartments, compete with […]
04/04/19
Leeds based Adept Civil and Structural Consulting Engineers has completed work on a major new development in Scotland for Sports Direct that will house several of the company’s retail brands, as well as a state of the art gym, all under one roof. Adept was appointed by construction giant ISG, to provide engineering services and […]
18/03/19
MIPIM AWARD WINNERS Last week, FUTURE PARK was announced as the Winner of the ‘Best Futura Mega Project’, at the MIPIM Awards 2019. Adept will be playing a key role in the development of Future Park – one of the UK’s most significant cultural and energy-efficient attractions to be built in the 21st Century. We […]
18/03/19
Adept have provided support to Love Lock Bridge in Birmingham Our surveyor Louis Weston produced a 3D perspective view of the bridge using our Faro 3D laser point-cloud scanner, and then modelled it in Revit. The bridge known as Love Lock Bridge is next to the Cube and The Mailbox developments and crosses the Worcester & […]
18/03/19
National Apprenticeship Week 2019 Celebrating our Apprentices during National Apprenticeship Week. One of our first apprentices is now a senior engineer, having graduated from a university degree funded by Adept, and is now running his own complex schemes. A number of other Adept apprentices are currently studying at University. We are proud to support the engineers […]
21/01/19
IStructE Awards 2017 Adept won a prestigious industry award at Yorkshire’s Structural Engineering Awards for our work on Rudding Park’s state of the art £9.5million spa. Adept are winners of the ‘medium sized structure for a medium sized firm’ award for its innovative engineering design on the spa, which opened in May 2017, at the […]
04/12/18
Work is underway on a brand new, innovative sports hall at Bradford Grammar School that has been specifically designed to be aesthetically appealing externally and will be clad in modern timber and steel, as part of a £4million investment in the school’s sports provision. Leeds-based Adept Civil and Structural Consulting Engineers is providing engineering services […]
05/11/18
Adept is playing a key role in two major new industrial units that are now under construction in the city that will feature a highly complex piling system, and consist of almost 400 tonnes of steel. The site, within Cross Green Industrial Estate, has been named Towngate Link and is being developed speculatively by Yorkshire […]
02/08/18
WORK is now underway on a new state of the art £20 million student apartment scheme in Lincoln consisting of 138 luxury apartments that will completely transform the city centre’s student accommodation market. The scheme is being developed by the Parklane Group under its IconInc brand, which already operates several highly successful student accommodation developments […]
02/05/18
A new state of the art £12 million student apartment scheme in Leeds city centre that will be available for the 2018/2019 academic year is already benefiting students by offering them a detailed insight into the design, construction and engineering processes surrounding innovative, large-scale development projects. The Cookridge Street site is being developed into 96 […]
03/04/18
Park Here & Play project in Victoria Gardens https://vimeo.com/240174612/84f83edc04 Last Summer, Leeds City Council, Leeds Art Gallery and DLA Design teamed up to temporarily transform Victoria Gardens, outside of Leeds Art Gallery, between 12-28 August 2017. Adept collaborated as structural engineer to ensure a safe and secure build was achieved. Together we wanted to inspire […]
13/03/18
Adept is helping to engineer a sustainable future for a collection of buildings owned by the Joseph Roundtree Foundation in the garden village of New Earswick in York. Appointed by two of the registered housing association and care provider’s contractors, Wates Residential North and Strategic Team Group, Adept is providing a full range of engineering […]
26/02/18
ADEPT will once again be joining the London Stand delegation at MIPIM this year. Managing Director Erol Erturan and Associate Paul Gill will be in Cannes all week networking with global property people. Please get in touch with us if you would like to meet up. ON Y VA!!
08/02/18
Adept has made a significant investment in the very latest virtual reality technology to bring building designs to life and enable users to walk around, explore and fully immerse themselves in new developments, well before construction work starts. The system works by fully translating Building Information Modelling (BIM) plans into a fully immersive virtual reality […]
04/12/17
Adept has appointed three new apprentices in the tenth year of the firm’s apprenticeship scheme. Matthew McGarvey, Luke Whitaker and Lucy Abbott, who are all 17 years old, join just as Adept’s first ever apprentices complete university degrees in Civil Engineering and prepare to embark on the next stage of their careers at the firm. […]
04/12/17
Adept has expanded into new flagship premises within Sunny Bank Mills in Farsley, after signing a five-year lease on a 3,700 square foot office suite, making it one of the largest tenants within the business complex. We have relocated into a state of the art and newly refurbished office suite on the ground floor of […]
17/10/17
Adept Strengthens the future of Historic Beverley Arms Hotel Adept has won a prestigious contract to provide a full range of civil and structural engineering services on the multi-million pound restoration of a historic coaching inn, in Beverley town centre. The Beverley Arms dates back to the 1790s and sits in the North Bar Within […]
06/07/17
As we continue to grow, Adept are pleased to welcome three new members of staff to the Leeds practice. Amreet Notay, Pedro Goncalves and Jack Stokes are already proving to be valuable assets to our practice and valued members of our civil and structural departments. Amreet Notay A welcome addition […]
05/07/17
Adept have received certification for Cyber Essentials Plus. Cyber Essentials is a government-backed cyber security certification scheme that sets out a good baseline of cyber security suitable for all organisations in all sectors. The scheme addresses five key controls that, when implemented correctly, can prevent around 80% of cyber attacks.
19/05/17
CELEBRATE Adept celebrated last night at The Tetley Bar & Kitchen, at a party to mark it’s 10th Year in Business. Despite the rain showers, party guests were able to enjoy a BBQ on the terrace whilst being entertained by fabulous singer & guitarist Jonny Walker @jonnysongs. Managing Director, Erol Erturan expressed his thanks to […]
06/03/17
To celebrate NAW2017, we asked James Robinson for his thoughts on the Apprenticeship route into the industry. James began his Apprenticeship programme with Adept in 2014 and is currently studying for BTEC Level 4 Civil Engineering at Leeds College of Building. James Robinson, Civil Engineering Technician Adept Apprentice: 2014 – date Level 4 BTEC HNC Diploma […]
21/02/17
We will be at MIPIM next month, hoping to see many of you at the worlds leading international property market. This year, Adept are attending MIPIM as part of the London Club on Stand C15. Erol and Paul (from our London and Leeds offices) will be in Cannes all week from March 13th to 17th. […]
18/01/17
This month sees ten years since Adept business partners, Erol Erturan, Richard Parker and Matthew Ramsden first set up business in 2007. AFTER 10 YEARS ENGINEERS CONTINUE TO ‘ADEPT’ Leeds based Adept Civil and Structural Consulting Engineers is celebrating ten years in business this month. The firm, which started when three former colleagues set up […]
18/01/17
Welcome to Tom Cliffe, who joins Adept this month as Senior Structural Engineer, further strengthening our practice. Tom will join the structures team in Leeds, lead by Associate Director Paul Gill. Paul said “Tom is a skilled engineer with experience in cloud scanner surveys and using Robot structural analysis software. He is a welcome addition […]
14/09/16
Thrilled to be civil & structural engineers as well as receive our first drone commission for the new Next distribution centre in Doncaster. We really enjoyed working on a job of this scale (58,000 square meters) and modelled 800 tonnes of rebar without any issues on site. New Doncaster distribution, customer services and furniture manufacturing site is […]
04/08/16
Adept have been appointed by Sewell to deliver engineering design for Cranswick Convenience Foods’ Dry Good Store Extension at their site in Barnsley. The requirement for the Extension arises from Cranswick’s continued growth and the need for additional storage space during peak times such as Christmas. Josh Donnelly, Development Manager at Sewell said “In order to […]
26/07/16
Congratulations Team Adept. Summer 2016 is hotting up for Team Adept’s fundraising activities! Team Adept have raised over £600 for charity by taking part in: The JLL Property Triathlon North Relay on Friday 29th July at , Salford Quays. The Three Peaks Yorkshire Challenge on Saturday 30th July. JLL Property Triathlon Swim – Two laps of open water swim […]
04/07/16
FIBRWRAP AND ADEPT STRENGTHEN PARTNERSHIP TO DELIVER ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS ACROSS THE UK TWO YORKSHIRE businesses have started work reinforcing an iconic Yorkshire bridge and strengthening an 11-storey London building, using innovative carbon fibre technology. Adept Civil and Structural Consulting Engineers has carried out engineering designs for Fibrwrap UK to strengthen the deck of Scarborough’s iconic Peaseholm Glen […]
25/05/16
Adept is helping to build over £54million worth of retirement living apartments across Yorkshire and the North East. Our long-standing relationship with leading house builder McCarthy & Stone, has helped us to secure contracts to design the superstructures and foundations at 14 developments which will see almost 490 Retirement and Assisted Living apartments built over the next […]
24/05/16
Adept Consulting Engineers has been appointed to carry out specialist structural designs for Rudding Park’s new, state of the art, £9.5m spa expansion. Main contractors Henry Boot and Howard Civil Engineering started work on the project earlier this year, which will include a 17 metre swimming pool, a hydrotherapy suite, thermal rooms, treatment complex, restaurant […]
10/05/16
Adept have been recognised by Raising The Bar for being a Responsible Business. Adept supports various activities to meet it’s local Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) priorities. These include: 2 days optional volunteering for every member of staff This year we will be helping with various tasks to improve the conditions and environment at Lineham Farm Children’s […]
14/03/16
It’s National Apprenticeship Week 14 – 18th March 2016 Adept has been part of the Apprentice Scheme run by Leeds College of Building since 2009. Currently training it’s 9th Apprentice, Adept has found this vitally important to the success and growth of it’s business. Erol Erturan, Managing Director at Adept says “The scheme works for […]
29/02/16
Erol Erturan will represent Adept at MIPIM this year. It will be the first time we have had a presence in Cannes and Managing Director, Erol is looking forward to a busy schedule of seminars and meetings with many of our partners at the conference. Please get in touch if you’d like to meet up @AdeptCSCE #MIPIM2016 LinkedIn @Erol […]
10/02/16
BRE’s BIM expert Paul Oakley interviews Adept’s Erol Erturan and Balazs Trojak, about our recently awarded BRE Global BIM Business Systems Certification which demonstrates a company’s compliance with the requirements of BIM Level 2 and the benefits that BIM brings to ADEPT, its clients and the supply chain. 1. How long have you been using BIM in your […]
24/12/15
Alf Cooke’s Printworks The Alf Cooke complex (1894), Leeds is one of the largest and best-preserved of the city’s print works. Phase 2 of this development for Leeds City College, will see the original Grade II listed building refurbished for use as a student refectory, Learning Resource Centre, hair and beauty salons and administration facilities. […]
22/12/15
Adept have provided civil and structural engineering services for a new state of the art school in Cookridge. The Lighthouse School has opened following a £2.1m investment that has seen the Robert Arthington building, on the site of the former Cookridge Hospital, completely restored and redesigned to accommodate 50 pupils aged between 11 and 19. […]
24/11/15
ADEPT HAVE EXPANDED ACROSS THE PENNINES We are pleased to announce the opening of our new office in Manchester. Located in the Grade II listed Sevendale House, which is one of the most prominent buildings in Manchester’s Stevenson Square conservation area, close to Piccadilly Gardens, we are now centrally based to meet our growing customer […]
11/11/15
BRE BIM Level 2 We are celebrating becoming one of just four companies in the country, and the first practice of civil and structural consulting engineers, to be awarded with a coveted certification that will be mandatory in all public sector building projects from 2016. The Building Research Establishment (BRE) Building Information Modelling (BIM) Level […]
09/11/15
Adept are playing a key role in training the next generation of engineers, by appointing two new interns and an apprentice. Farah Khoury from Leeds University and Billy Kelham from Coventry University are both second year MEng Civil Engineering students. They will now support Adept’s team of 24 for up to a year, working on a […]
09/11/15
Adept Consulting Engineers is playing a key role in the refurbishment of Leeds Kirkgate Market after being appointed to provide a full range of structural engineering services on the project. More than £12m is being invested in the refurbishment of the historic Grade I-listed market, which is due to complete by autumn 2016, to ensure […]
09/09/15
WORK is underway on a brand new, state of the art community centre in New Wortley with the support of students from Leeds Beckett University. The building, which has received a grant of almost £687,000 from the Big Lottery Fund, is being developed as part of Leeds Beckett University’s Live Project Office (LPO), which is […]
01/09/15
Flight Lieutenant Ramsden has been piloting Adepts drone to capture progress at Next warehouse. Here are the latest stills taken on 26/08/15 from 120m, the maximum legal limit to fly a UAV. It certainly puts the sheer scale of this project into perspective!
30/08/15
Adept’s team of civil and structural engineers cross the Pennines to take part in a gruelling triathlon in order to raise money for two charities. On Friday 24th July, Erol Erturan, Matthew Ramsden and Chris Brown, formed a relay team to run, cycle and swim in the JLL Property Triathlon North at MediaCity in Manchester. […]
30/08/15
As an exciting initiative, Adept are venturing into the world of aerial photography. Already with its first commission, we believe this is a very valuable service that can be offered to clients.
30/08/15
Bowmer & Kirkland have started the earthworks at the Next, Westmoor Park 3 Site in Doncaster, Comprising 60,000m2 high bay warehouse plus 8500m2 office space, this is our largest project to date with contract value £55M.
30/08/15
Construction for the first phase of this project is due to commence at Rudding Park this month, where Adept are working with architects Enjoy Design on this £7.5M extension to the current hotel. The extension will include a spa facility with hydrotherapy pool, treatment suite, thermal rooms, guest swimming pool and an additional restaurant.
08/09/14
On the 4th of September Adept welcomed guests in to their new office to celebrate their expansion into the historic Sunny Bank Mills. The evening was a huge success where we were all able to enjoy excellent food and drink, great music and good company. Adept would like to thank everyone who came along to […]
01/09/14
A team from Adept successfully completed a challenge which involved kayaking the 21 miles around lake Windermere. Weather conditions were terrible at times but the team stuck to the task with grit and determination to make it round. Adept are proud to announce that over £2000 was raised from this event and this money was […]
10/07/14
STG’s first Land Inclusive Development for Home Group, comprising 46 homes has been awarded Best Affordable Housing Scheme at the West Yorkshire LABC (Local Authority Building Control) Awards. Adept CSCE were delighted to be the civil and structural engineers on this development.
05/06/14
Artists impression of Humber University Technical College which we are consulting engineers for. We are working on this project with Clugston, Stem Architects, and Ramboll MEP.
03/06/14
SEW Eurodrive UK Headquarters in Normanton has been named as Project of the Year at the RICS Pro Yorkshire Awards 2014. Forty-six of Yorkshire & the Humber’s best property schemes competed for eight awards. We are proud to be involved in this project as the Civil and Structural Consulting Engineer.
24/03/14
As part of Adept’s links with Leeds University, Matthew Ramsden, a Director of Adept spent half a day mentoring 2nd year students on their Structural Engineering assignment. The assignment consisted of a concrete framed building where the students had to provide structural layouts with the sizes of the main structural elements calculated, in addition to considering […]
24/02/14
The vibro-piling and foundations in the main is complete for most units on the scheme and so the steelwork has now commenced on unit 1 of the development. The scheme as a whole encompasses 115,000 ft2 of retail space and is anchored by a 50,000 ft2 M&S store with 450 car parking spaces. Other retailers on […]
24/01/14
We are proud to announce that Adept have now gained the “Investors in People accreditation”. This formalises our commitment to staff and their development which is part of the company’s ethos. An extract from the findings of our assessment below: Leadership; vision and strategy The vision for being cutting edge is now a reality with […]
03/12/13
In order to help offset our carbon footprint, Matthew took part in a tree planting day with Simons Group, who Adept are successfully working with on a number of projects currently. The event was part of the wider “Jubilee woods” project which was initiated in 2012 and aims to plant 60 new woods across the […]
30/08/13
Here are some photos and images from the building information model (BIM) we produced on a project we are working as civil and structural consulting engineers at the Liverpool International Business Park at Speke. The building consists of 13,000m2 of assembly areas as well as a two storey office to the front. Construction started in […]
20/08/13
Adept have successfully completed the Yorkshire 3 peak challenge and in the process raised over £1000 for the charity “Bliss” who provide vital support and care for premature babies. Thanks to everyone for their support.
01/07/13
We are the Engineers on a £3.3M, 4-storey, office development within an enterprise zone in Derby. Work has now begun on site with the piles successfully installed this week. More updates to follow as the building progresses.
08/01/13
We’re really happy to hear the good news on this scheme and are looking forward to starting work on this exciting development with Simons Developments in the near future http://www.thisisscunthorpe.co.uk/M-S-store-new-Scunthorpe-retail-park-ahead/story-17639766-detail/story.html
14/06/12
We attended the handover for this project on 1 June 2012, the project has been completed to the satisfaction of the client.
25/05/12
We are climbing a mountain to help bring water to disadvantaged communities. 7 of us from Adept are climbing Ingleborough as part of the WaterAid 200 Mountains, 2000 People challenge. This fund event raising is carried out across the UK to raise awareness and funds for the Wateraid Charity to help WaterAid bring clean water […]
24/12/11
These are the latest photos from the Accrington Academy Swimming Pool project for which we are appointed as Civil and Structural Consulting Engineers. The project value is approximately £1.5M and includes a 25m long, 6 lane pool. The swimming pool is constructed using a reinforced concrete shotcreting process http://www.accrington-academy.org/whats-on/view/494
16/11/11
Our MD Erol Erturan has been selected to represent Adept Consulting Engineers Ltd as a participant on the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses programme in Yorkshire. The Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses programme is designed to unlock the economic and job creation potential of small businesses and social enterprises operating in the United Kingdom. The […]
16/11/11
We have been awarded a new project at the John Leggott College in Scunthorpe – the new learning centre is an approximately £2M value steel framed building. http://www.leggott.ac.uk/news-and-events/news-archive/837-new-teaching-block-will-offer-world-class-learning-space.html We have also been appointed as civil and structural consulting engineers on the proposed extension to Aldwark Scout Activity Centre for a first floor extension over the […]