It ranges quite widely, from basement structures and retaining walls on redevelopment sites to multi-storey residential schemes where thermal performance and speed matter and commercial builds where a contractor wants fewer trades and stages on site. If you’ve got a specific structure in mind, we can usually tell you fairly quickly whether ICF is a good fit or not.

Yes, particularly on sites near the bay, the river corridors, or anywhere built on reclaimed land, where groundwater and variable bearing capacity both need factoring into the design. We work that into the reinforcement and drainage specification rather than applying a standard inland approach regardless of location.

Yes, this comes up more often than people expect, particularly on longer civil schemes where a detail changes after the initial approval. We can supply revised technical data quickly enough to keep a resubmission moving rather than stalling the programme.

Because the permanent formwork, structural core and insulation are effectively one build stage, contractors often find they need fewer separate trades on site compared with traditional masonry plus a later insulation fix. That tends to shorten the programme and reduce coordination between subcontractors.

Both. We regularly supply local authority and housing association projects alongside private commercial and residential schemes, and we’re used to the documentation those public sector approval routes usually require.