About Smart Crosby – Facade Engineering Consultants

 

As Façade Design and Consulting Engineers the practice was formed to provide advice and to consult with other professional Engineers, Architects and Contractors

 

Overview

Smart Crosby International (SCI) is a specialist facade engineering consultancy, operating as facade engineering consultants and digital design specialists, delivering technically robust, buildable, and commercially intelligent solutions for complex building envelopes, supported by over 30 years of industry experience.

As facade engineering consultants, we exist to be a positive, value-adding partner within every design team — providing engineering clarity, technical confidence, and constructability-led solutions from concept through to delivery. Our role extends across the full building lifecycle, from foundation to external façade, ensuring that architectural ambition is translated into achievable, coordinated, and buildable reality.

With highly experienced Directors and principal staff, supported by professionally qualified engineers and technicians, SCI brings deep industry knowledge and technical leadership to every project, reinforcing our position as trusted facade engineering consultants for complex and high-value developments.

End to End Support

SCI supports projects across all RIBA stages, providing technical consultancy, engineering design, BIM modelling, and facade engineering consultancy services for schemes of any scale or complexity. As established facade engineering consultants, we also offer dedicated technical support services to architectural practices, supporting design development regardless of project ambition.

 

Professional Assurance

Smart Crosby International carries Professional Indemnity Insurance of up to £10 million, evidenced by insurer-issued certificates, providing clients with confidence when engaging facade engineering consultants on complex or technically demanding façade projects.

 

Façade Design and Engineering

As specialist facade engineering consultants, we provide façade design and engineering services across both traditional and advanced materials, including:

  • Glass Fibre Reinforced Concrete (GRC)

  • Brick, stone, terracotta, and precast concrete

  • Glass Fibre Reinforced Polymer (GRP)

  • Jesmonite and lightweight composite systems

Our expertise spans structural analysis, façade performance engineering, complex geometry development, and high-precision detailing — enabling us, as facade engineering consultants, to deliver fully coordinated façade systems that integrate seamlessly with the wider building structure and services.

 

Digital Engineering & BIM-Led Delivery

SCI operates a digital-first design approach, embedding BIM at the core of our workflows. As digitally enabled facade engineering consultants, our team produces highly detailed, information-rich 3D models using Revit, supported by FEA-simulated engineering solutions in SolidWorks, enabling:

  • Advanced coordination and clash avoidance

  • Parametric and complex geometry modelling

  • Digital rehearsal of construction sequencing

  • Precision-driven fabrication detailing

  • Integrated structural and façade modelling

  • Data-driven design decision-making

This BIM-led approach allows our facade engineering consultants to deliver design certainty, reduce risk, and ensure seamless coordination across disciplines, supply chains, and project teams.

 

How We Work

Each project is supported by dedicated engineers and technicians, ensuring technical continuity, accountability, and design integrity throughout the project lifecycle. Our multidisciplinary approach allows our facade engineering consultants to resolve complex architectural and engineering challenges through coordinated design, advanced modelling, and performance-led engineering.

We specialise in:

  • Buildability and constructability strategies

  • Interface engineering (structure / façade / services)

  • Manufacturing-led design development

  • Sequencing and installation logic

  • Risk-managed façade systems

  • Performance and compliance engineering

  

Pre-Construction and Design Strategy

As experienced facade engineering consultants, our deep understanding of construction methodology enables us to contribute meaningfully at early design and pre-construction stages. We provide informed guidance on:

  • Material selection strategies

  • Buildability and sequencing

  • System rationalisation

  • Cost efficiency through intelligent design

  • Risk mitigation through engineering-led solutions

  • Realistic and achievable delivery strategies

This ensures that design ambition is matched by technical reality, commercial awareness, and construction viability.