Our story began with a single engineer who could not understand why engineering was not more accessible to the construction team. The outputs we were taught to produce were 200 page reports, unreadable calculation packs, and drawings that left people saying "are you sure?".
Our philosophy is to cut the beurocracy. No rubbish. Just information that you, the Client, can understand. We write differently. Let us show you how it should be done.
Who actually reads these?
[Placeholder paragraph one.] The founding moment. Where the company came from. The frustration that started it. Be specific — a project, a deliverable, a phone call. Use plain language and short sentences, then a longer one when it earns its keep.
[Placeholder paragraph two.] What you tried first. What didn't work. What you learned from the first three or four projects that made you commit to a new way of working. This is where credibility lives, so name names where you can.
[Placeholder paragraph three.] The shape of the studio today — how many of you, where, the kinds of buildings and clients you tend to work with. A sentence on what you say no to (every studio's "no" is more useful than its "yes").
[Placeholder paragraph four.] Where it's going. One sentence about what the next year looks like — Clear Education, new sectors, a hire, a publication. End with a line that sounds like you.
Things we say out loud in the studio. They guide what we take on, how we deliver it, and what we won't compromise on.
If a reviewer can't find the assumption in one click, the calculation isn't finished. Every number on a CLEA dashboard has a chain of custody.
We model embodied CO₂ the same way we model loads — at every stage, against the live model. It's reported next to tonnage, not in an appendix.
Lean design before novel material. We size things accurately, not conservatively, and we tell you when a wall doesn't need to come down.
[Placeholder — replace with real photos and bios.] No layers, no account managers. The engineer who designed your scheme is the engineer who answers the phone.
[Placeholder bio.] One sentence on background, one on what they specifically own at CLEA.
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[Placeholder] First four lessons go live; library opens to the public, free forever.
[Placeholder] The 32 Aldgate frame is delivered as a URL, not a PDF.
[Placeholder] Studio opens in [London], with [N] engineers from [previous firm].
[Placeholder] Where the founders worked, what they built, what they refused to build.
We answer our own emails. No forms, no qualifying questions — send a sketch, an address, or a paragraph, and one of the engineers above will reply.