B T Partnership

The origins of H T Partnership go back to the 1960s with Steve Harkness, senior partner, joining the Sussex based practice in 1982. Key personnel have a wealth of experience in civil and structural engineering, both in the UK and overseas, and have Chartered Engineer status.

The consistent aim of H T Partnership is to provide a quality professional and friendly service which ensures cost conscious solutions to suit the needs of its clients both large and small. Achieving this has lead to the vast amount of our work coming from referral and recommendation.

Below are the prime sectors we service in Sussex, Kent, London and further afield:
Commercial / Industrial, Public Sector, Specialist structural advice and Residential Sector.
H T Partnership provides expert service to home owners, builders and housing developers with the majority of our work centered in the residential sector. We provide a full structural design service for all types of residential properties, from small extensions and alteration works in houses and flats through to major housing schemes, multi-storey flats, sheltered housing and estates.

List of services for residential projects:
Structural Design/Foundations, underpinning, retaining walls, Drainage Design – foul and surface water systems. Road, Roundabout, Junction Design. Structural Survey and Property Appraisal. Party Wall Surveys and Advice on Party Wall Act. Property Alteration, Conversion and Refurbishment. Subsidence and other Insurance Claims Advice. Construction Design Management (CDM) Co-coordinator and Health & Safety Advice. Contract Administration including detailed specification, tenders and stage valuations. Expert Witness Reports. Commercial and Industrial Sector.
H T Partnership has extensive experience in the commercial and industrial sector. This includes warehouses and industrial units, shops and offices, hotels, public houses, restaurants as well as display signs and advertising towers. H T Partnership can provide a full design service for steel and concrete frame structures.

H T Partnership is proud of its contribution to a wide variety of public sector projects. This includes structural and civil design work for countless schools, colleges, children's centres and nurseries throughout East and West Sussex, Kent, Surrey and London.

List of services for public sector projects:
Structural Design, Foundations, underpinning, retaining walls, Drainage Design – foul and surface water drainage including storm water storage and attenuation tanks, Car Parking, Road, Roundabout and Junction Design, Structural Survey and Property Appraisal, Party Wall Surveys and Advice on Party Wall Act, Property Alteration, Conversion and Refurbishment, Fire Escapes, Subsidence and other Insurance Claims Advice, Construction Design Management (CDM) Co-coordinator and Health & Safety Advice, Contract Administration including detailed specification, tenders and stage valuations.

H T Partnership carries out day-to-day surveys for the following clients:
Property Buyers and Sellers, Concerned Property Owners and Occupiers, Insurance Companies and Loss Adjusters, Property Developers, Estate Agents. H T Partnership has extensive experience in preparing professional Reports on all types of property. All Reports are prepared by a Chartered Structural or Civil Engineer. The Structural Survey service we offer is a visual inspection and assessment of the building condition followed by preparation of a Report which forms a Structural Appraisal or Evaluation.

H T Partnership has developed knowledge in specialist areas and provides professional advice and design to satisfy a diverse range of projects, including the following:
Indoor and Outdoor Swimming Pools, Barn Conversions, Temporary Works Design and Method Statements, Historic and Listed buildings – eg. refurbishment and extensions,Lakes and Dams, PV and Solar panel installations, LED and advertising display signs and towers, Expert Witness Reports, Party Wall Surveyor, CDM Co-coordinator.