Value Engineered Solutions
Designed & Detailed
Designed & Detailed is a small and responsive Construction Engineering consultancy founded by Craig Horsley with the intention of providing a tier 1 consultant level service to SME contractors and DIY enthusiasts.
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Our team are all chartered engineers with either the Institute of Civil Engineers or Institute of Structural Engineers and all have experience working in the design office for major contractors. This ensures the design you receive considers buildability at all stages of construction.
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To enable us to remain competitive, we specialise in a limited range of permanent and temporary works. We have developed our own in-house software and spreadsheets that automate the design process keeping our costs low whilst maintaining a high quality output.
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We provide solutions to Principal Contractors, Subcontractors, Hoarding Contractors, Fabricators, Builders, Structural Engineers, DIY Enthusiasts, Asset Owners or anybody else seeking Value Engineered Solutions.
Craig Horsley, Principal Engineer
With 16 years of experience in the civil engineering industry, Craig has honed his expertise primarily in the design of temporary works. A Chartered Engineer with the Institution of Civil Engineers since 2016, he graduated with a first-class degree in Civil Engineering from Loughborough University in 2009. While his main focus is on temporary works, Craig thrives on the unique challenges presented by designing extensions and loft conversions in the residential sector. His multidisciplinary expertise includes Reinforced Concrete, Structural Steel, Structural Timber, and Geotechnics.
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Significant projects Craig has been involved with include:
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​​Luton Direct Air to Rail (DART) – Leading the delivery of temporary works designs for the VolkerFitzpatrick Kier JV including hoardings, sheet piled retaining walls, runway beams, elevated working platforms, cofferdams, checks on services subject to construction surcharges, slope stability assessments, temporary piled foundations for bridge construction and works associated with safely moving the Gateway bridge into position using SPMTs.
Hinkley Point C – Leading the delivery of temporary works designs for the KierBAM Earthworks JV. Design work included excavation supports, slope stability assessments, earth dams for ground water retention ponds, foundations, working platforms and deep concrete pours.
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Crossrail Farringdon Station – Leading the delivery of temporary and contractor design permanent works for the Bam Ferrovial Kier JV. Design work included assessing formwork and falsework designs, assessing the cofferdam sequence to assist construction programme, designing runway beams and assessing temporary stability of steelwork erection. A significant temporary works brief Craig carried out was the design of a temporary deck to support the 450te pre-cast APSE ceiling at a 20 degree incline above the escalator entrance 12m above the SSL whilst its supporting steelwork above was erected. Craig also designed 250+ cast-in plates which enabled the oversight development steelwork to be connected to the concrete cores. The philosophy Craig developed for designing these plates formed the basis of SCI publication P416.
Crossrail Tottenham Court Road Station – Lead engineer for the propping frame within the North box of the Western Ticket Hall, the box is 22.3 m x 26.5 m in plan with a depth of 13.0 m. This project used the Observational Method to reduce the propping requirements to one level of propping rather than the two originally specified.
