A single coordinated service to support smoother project delivery

At SWJ Consulting, we understand that the infrastructure around a leisure or retail development is just as important as the building itself, whether it’s a sports centre, hotel, tourist attraction, or city centre development. Our civil engineering team works seamlessly alongside our structural engineers to deliver coordinated solutions for new structures and the supporting infrastructure, such as highways, drainage, utilities, and external works, ensuring every aspect of a project has been considered by both disciplines from the very beginning.

Time constraints are often critical in leisure and retail projects, particularly where businesses need to remain operational during construction. Our priority is to deliver designs that are efficient, practical, and optimise time, materials, and the value of the project – helping to minimise disruption and maintain business continuity.

By combining civil and structural engineering expertise under one roof, we provide clients with a single, coordinated service. From feasibility and master planning through outline and detailed design, we manage the infrastructure and building elements together, avoiding clashes, reducing risk, and supporting smoother project delivery.

Leisure in the education sector

Our engineers, both civil and structural have extensive experience in the education sector with Multi-Use-Games-Areas. Cost-effective, space-saving solutions featuring different line markings and sometimes integrated basketball hoops or goals, which are utilised by schools, universities, sports clubs, and community sports centres. MUGAs offer flexibility, allowing different sports to be played on the same surface at different times.

Our leisure projects have included remedial work on school sports halls and local authority leisure centres as well as commercial and privately run swimming pools, hotels and restaurants. The use of leading-edge technology and our collaborative approach enables us to deliver retail and leisure projects within tight deadlines.

Part of our ethos is to deliver sustainable solutions where possible within our designs; a big advantage for developers or retailers looking to minimise their projects’ environmental impact on the local area.

Why work with SWJ Consulting?

Retail and Leisure schemes often involve strategic planning, mixed-use developments, and city centre regeneration – all areas in which our engineers have extensive experience.

We will add value to your project with:

• Integrated civil and structural design for more efficient planning and design.
• Early input to improve efficiency and reduce costs.
• Coordinated technical reports to support robust planning submissions.
• A proactive and approachable team who work effectively with developers, councils, architects, and contractors.

By combining civil and structural engineering expertise for leisure and retail projects, we provide our clients with a comprehensive service that delivers practical, buildable designs – on time and with minimal disruption