About

We are a multi-disciplinary practice established in 1978. Our building & quantity surveyors, civil & structural engineers and architects operate across the UK from 10 offices in Rutland, London, Exeter, Nottingham, Reading, North Wales, Chester, Manchester, Leeds and Newcastle

Smithers Purslow’s teams specialise in solving complex building, construction and property issues for commercial and private clients, the public sector and the insurance claims market. We are proud to hold an LR ISO 9001 certified Quality Managed System and we are Investors in People Platinum.

History

The practice was established in 1978 when Norman Smithers and Graham Purslow opened an office in Oakham, Rutland providing civil and structural engineering services to UK and overseas clients.

Throughout the 1980s it earned a reputation as subsidence experts which led to contracts from major insurers and loss adjusters and the firm began to diversify by employing building surveyors. In 1999 Smithers Purslow was selected to be one of eight regional firms providing subsidence services to Royal and Sun Alliance and this gradually led to work for insurer clients nationwide.

From this base the firm has been able to secure general perils work for insurers covering the likes of fires, floods and also liability claims. We are now seen as one of the ‘go to’ practices in the UK that can provide independent professional expertise on challenging building losses and complicated liability matters. We service projects from regional offices throughout the UK. We have stayed true to our roots and still provide traditional engineering design to clients, but also building surveying, cost consultancy and architectural and planning services.

In Oct 2019 Smithers Purslow acquired northern based practice Byrom Clark Roberts increasing our national presence and adding further services and skills to our firm. We truly believe we can provide expertise to clients through the whole UK on virtually any property, construction and insurance matter.

Anti-Slavery Statement

Smithers Purslow is opposed to all forms of human trafficking and slavery and takes all necessary steps to ensure the promotion of sound, moral and ethical practices throughout the whole of its business.

We are committed to ensuring that there is no modern slavery or human trafficking within any part of our business and require that our sub-contractors and consultants adhere to the requirements of the Modern Slavery Act 2015.

Synergy

Smithers Purslow’s Autumn Company Day Theme Despite not been able to meet up in person, due to Coronavirus restrictions, we successfully engaged nearly 100 staff across the firm via Zoom for our Company Day. Using a theme of ‘Synergy’ departmental managers talked about how their teams are structured and gave examples of the work they…