Smart Design & Build

Our highly skilled professional team of architects and designers have the creativity, expertise and experience to benefit a wide range of architectural and interior design projects across London, Woking, Guildford, Farnham, Surrey and the South. We can assist you with concept designs, feasibility studies, planning permission, building regulations and CDM requirements. Guildford based builder delivering outstanding construction projects with professionalism from concept to delivery. From commercial and retail to residential, we are committed to delivering building work above and beyond the expectations of our clients.

We work with homeowners and developers through the south of England. With Smart DB Limited you can expect innovative designs from our creative architectural building designers along with an exceptional building service from our specialist on-site and project management workforce. Our design team and building team have extensive experience in domestic, commercial and retail building sectors from conversions, refurbishments and extensions to new builds. We deliver outstanding building projects with professionalism from concept to construction.

Building regulations were introduced by the government and are enforced by local authorities to provide the minimum standards required for safe building design and construction. The regulations focus on 13 main parts. The parts range from Part A to Part P firstly stating the legislation followed by a number of ways which are deemed to satisfy the regulations. The 13 building regulation parts cover the minimum requirements for a number of areas including structure, fire safety, conservation of fuel & power, ventilation, drainage, glazing and electrical safety.

If you need to submit for planning, have already submitted for planning and need further drawings or need a draughtsman to put your design ideas onto paper, our highly technical and professional surveying and draughting specialists can assist with all projects ranging from driveways and extensions to new builds. With surveying and drafting experience in technical design, domestic, commercial, education, hospitality, leisure and retail developments we take an experienced streamline approach to all projects.

Smart DB offers an integrated architectural and construction service to ensure the successful delivery of new build projects across residential, commercial and retail developments. We optimize value by making the best use of the project budget, both in the initial design, build and long-term maintenance. The final result will be a building which achieves the best possible financial, sustainable and operational performance. Small developments demand an approach every bit as meticulous and methodical as a large scale project.

Within Smart Design & Build, Chartered Structural Engineers ensure our vibrant designs are structurally possible and most importantly structurally safe to pass the requirements set out by building control / building regulations. Part A of the building regulations was created to ensure buildings are designed, constructed and altered to be structurally safe a robust. For submission to building control, our Chartered Structural Engineers provide full structural calculations and designs from foundation design to beam design.

Smart Design & Build takes a new stance on young innovative building design. Specialising in creative building projects of all shapes and sizes we take pride in our work and everything we do is executed with precision. We live and breathe space planning in almost every type of building, including restaurants, shops, cafes, colleges, apartments, offices and houses. We are familiar with all aspects of interior design and architectural detailing for local planning submissions along with highly detailed drawings and specifications for building regulation purposes.

Smart DB has the specialist knowledge and experience to convert spaces across residential, retail and commercial sectors. From the conversion of offices to flats, lofts to bedrooms or garages to bathrooms we can deliver a design and build solution to meet a variety of needs. With the average cost of moving home on the rise many homeowners are looking to sit tight and maximize the space within their current home. Loft conversions, garage conversions basement conversions are among the most popular property conversions to maximize your existing property and can prove to be more cost efficient than extensions.

Smart DB Limited offers its clients a fully integrated design manage and build service for residential, commercial and retail extensions. We provide extensive pre-construction planning and design services along with construction management and building services to ensure control is maintained on cost, quality and project duration. As local building contractors we have experience with small, large and complex extensions throughout Guildford, Godalming and Surrey across a number property types. Home extensions are less disruptive than conversions and refurbishments making them ideal for homeowners who would like to occupy their home whilst the construction works are undertaken.