Civil Engineering
Infrastructure that works with the development
Finitas Engineering provides civil engineering design and advice for developments of all types and scales, supporting projects from early feasibility and planning through to detailed design and construction.
We take a coordinated approach to civil engineering, considering drainage, flood risk, levels, access and site constraints together to develop practical solutions that work with the wider development.
Development Infrastructure
Good infrastructure starts with understanding the site.
We work with clients and project teams to identify constraints early, establish appropriate design strategies and develop coordinated civil engineering solutions as the project progresses.
Our civil engineering services include:
- Foul and surface water drainage
- Drainage strategies
- Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS)
- Flood Risk Assessments
- Site levels and external works
- Earthworks and cut-and-fill strategies
- Infiltration and soakaway design
- Attenuation and flow control
- Private drainage and sewer connections
- Pumped drainage systems
- Septic tanks and package treatment solutions
- Discharge to watercourses
- Development access and highways
- Infrastructure coordination
Drainage & SuDS
We design foul and surface water drainage systems that respond to the development, site conditions and available discharge routes.
Surface water solutions can incorporate infiltration, attenuation, flow control and Sustainable Drainage Systems, with the drainage strategy developed alongside site levels and the wider development layout.
From an initial planning strategy through to detailed construction information, our focus remains on producing drainage solutions that are compliant, coordinated and practical to build.
Flood Risk
We prepare Flood Risk Assessments and provide flood risk advice to support development and planning.
Our assessments are proportionate to the site and level of risk, ranging from straightforward assessments informed by Environment Agency standing advice through to detailed Flood Risk Assessments for larger or more constrained developments.
Where flood risk and drainage are closely linked, we consider them together rather than treating them as separate exercises.
Levels & External Works
Site levels influence almost every aspect of a development, from drainage and access to building thresholds and earthworks.
We develop levels and external works strategies that coordinate these requirements and help create practical, efficient sites while considering existing ground conditions, interfaces and constraints.
From Planning to Construction
Civil engineering requirements develop throughout the life of a project.
We can support a development from early feasibility and planning, establishing the principles needed to progress an application, before developing those principles into coordinated detailed design information for approval and construction.
Our aim throughout is simple: provide the civil engineering the development needs, at the level of detail it needs, when it needs it.