Romsey: Expanding WFBA enhances its virtual-reality offering

Romsey-based consulting civil and structural engineering company WFBA has launched a new website and has enhanced the image of the company’s corporate literature and presentations having realised its anticipated 12-month expansion programme. WFBA director Nick Groves, who founded the company in 1995 with managing director Bill Brown, said that their target to increase their professional team from 18 to 26 had been achieved.

“Our professional team now contains a first-class group of people with wide-ranging experience and has the skills to utilise the latest technology employed by the architects, developers and planning authorities who we support across the UK. Our new website, created in house under the guidance of technical director Steve Hollick, is proud to portray the people who make WFBA very capable of competing successfully within the different sectors of the construction industry. Using BIM (Building Information Modelling) and the latest virtual-reality systems our people can really add value to the core project skills we have amassed.”

The scale of projects can vary from a £15,000 private home extension to a £35 million commercial development. Projects include Travelodge Hotels, retirement homes across the south for McCarthy and Stone, ABP engineering projects, housing developments, complex refurbishments and unusual projects including rollercoaster rides at Paultons Family Theme Park.

Demand for the WFBA team’s services has also increased over the past 12 months seeing turnover grow from £900,000 to £1.35 million.

“Our growth has been based on a steady increase in repeat business from satisfied clients and referrals from fellow professionals who recognise the advantages we bring to a project team. We are now expanding our premises to cater for the next phase of growth we expect over the next 12 months,” said Groves.