Hoare Lea

For over 150 years, Hoare Lea LLP have been at the forefront of engineering design for the built environment. They are the largest firm of consulting engineers of the company kind in the UK, offering a full range of design services and specializing in mechanical, electrical and public health (MEP) engineering. They are focused on growth, both in the UK and overseas, and have an impressive project portfolio covering everything from simple feasibility studies to some of the biggest schemes in the world. They stick to what they are good at, and encourage all of their people to influence the way things are done. They are large enough to provide stability and opportunity, and small enough to recognize the company people as individuals; this has led to a culture of flexibility, individualism and organic growth. They have high levels of employee retention because their people like working for us, and many of them are the most skilled and experienced in the industry. The company long-established client relationships and reputation for quality mean that most of their business is repeat. They recently won the Building Services Consultancy of the Year Award in the 2016 CIBSE Building Performance Awards, and have been voted one of the top building services engineers to work with by Building Design for the last two years.