Allcott Associates Heritage

Overview

Industry: Structural engineering

Benefits: FDC's re-branding and web design solutions and ongoing services

Number of staff: 2

Background: Allcotts Associates was set up by David Allcott in 1999 as a professional building consultancy, working on structural engineering and building surveying work for both large and small commercial ventures. Allcott Associates decided when their company continued to grow in size that they needed to split it into two divisions, one of them being the commercial side of the business and the other heritage. The heritage part of the website is aimed at clients looking for exclusive Grade I and Grade II listed buildings.

Need:

FDC developed a new website that incorporated both sides of the business, and although the commercial entity of the company is the larger, Allcott's Heritage continues to grow and all at Allcott felt it was about time that this was also focused on.

Allcott Associates had previously consulted two designers, but had faced problems with the overall design that both had offered. They struggled to find a company that could provide them with everything they wanted.

Partner and building surveyor Timothy Allcott, said: "After we had placed our details online, Dale called me. I really liked what he had to say. All of the staff were very professional right from the start. They're a young office full of fresh ideas. What I liked is that FDC didn't disguise things we wouldn't want to know with clever sales talk. It was all laid out to us plain and simple."

Solution:

Timothy had been worried that the exciting ideas FDC had to offer would be costly, particularly after he had paid so much in the past and been let down. FDC came through with coherent concepts for the Allcott website, and since the website and the brochure have gone to print Allcott's have received nothing but positive response.

Timothy Alcott said: "The whole process ran smoothly, and the move to separate the company into two parts has been nothing but a success. We are continuing to work with FDC in the future and our relationship is strong."

FDC's Managing Director, Dale Moreton, said: "Having spoken with Timothy at Allcott Associates, it was apparent that he had great aspirations for his business and required more than just web development work. As FDC is a full service design agency, we were able to do small print elements, brochures and business cards to continue the professional look and feel of Allcott Associates."