Heritage Works.
Improve the building without erasing what makes it important.
Heritage work requires more than good general building skills. Hi-Tech combines traditional Building Fabric capability, careful surveying, project management and specialist trades to repair listed buildings and historic structures with respect for the existing fabric.
Preserve the character of the building while solving the problem in front of it.
Heritage work requires a different approach from standard Building Fabric repairs. Existing materials, historic detailing, neighbouring fabric and consent requirements all influence how the work should be planned and delivered.
Our teams have experience across listed and historic properties, including lime repointing, leadwork, roofing, masonry repairs, timber restoration and associated access works.
Where historic fabric can be retained, the aim is to preserve it and use appropriate methods and materials rather than automatically replacing it.
Heritage capability.
Lime Repointing & Plaster
Traditional breathable finishes for appropriate historic fabric.
Masonry & Stone
Repair and reinstatement of historic brick and stone details.
Leadwork
Traditional roof and weathering details repaired or replaced sensitively.
Historic Roofing
Slate, tile and roof repairs integrated with wider restoration.
Joinery
Bespoke timber repair and replacement where standard components are unsuitable.
Scaffolding & Access
Managed access solutions around sensitive structures and façades.
Historic buildings reward a careful approach.
Restoration work needs to respect what is already there. Our teams consider the original construction, the condition of surrounding elements and the impact each intervention may have on neighbouring historic fabric.
Professional supervision and clear planning help ensure the work follows the requirements of listed-building or scheduled-monument consents where these apply.
From requirement to completed work.
Understand Consent
Review listed-building, monument or project requirements.
Survey
Assess condition, materials, access and neighbouring historic fabric.
Specify
Agree appropriate repair methods and price the works clearly.
Deliver Carefully
Supervise the works around the building's heritage significance.
Understand the building before deciding how to intervene.
Before work begins, the property and proposed scope need to be understood properly. Depending on the project, this may include a site survey, review of existing specifications and consideration of consent or heritage requirements.
Our estimating and contracts teams can then develop the scope around the actual condition of the property and the standards the work needs to meet.
Respect for what is already there.
See the service in the real world.
Our case studies show how this service performs when it is part of a real commercial-property requirement.
Traditional workmanship with modern project control.
Heritage projects can involve specialist materials, access arrangements, multiple trades and strict requirements around how the work is carried out. Our contracts team coordinates those elements while maintaining the care the building demands.
The result is a controlled route from survey and estimating through to restoration, inspection and handover.
Planning repair or restoration work to a historic property?
Tell us what is happening at the property and we will help put the right technical and trade capability around it.