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Street Lighting Design

Here at Nick Smith Associates, we are experts at street lighting design, street lighting design is a specialist area of the construction industry, our core business is providing a street lighting design service to other organisations within the construction industry. Recent research has shown that Projects that require a more sensitive approach in lighting design are often characterized by a greater appreciation of the importance of this. Numerous new sites have an existing ecology that needs to be preserved. Considered at an early stage of the project, with liaison with registered bat workers, ecologists and planning departments are all within the scope of the councils.

Currently, we have clients within housing developers, property developers, lighting manufacturers, local authorities, civil engineering consultants and lighting and civil contractors, for all our clients we include a complete lighting design service which includes. Production of drawing of client's road or are layout drawings, lighting calculations in the large paper format up to A0, electrical calculations and ducting layouts, supply service connection details, equipment specifications and pictures, production of standard documents package including bill of quantities, cable network and feeder pillar details, electrical schematics, installation details, equipment schedule and numbering, standard detail drawings and liaison with the adoptable highway authority.

Nick smith associates were founded by Nick Smith in July 2004, we are based in Chesterfield but we operate all over the UK. We principally carry our street lighting design, highway lighting design and sports floodlighting. We aim to provide a professional efficient service to all our clients, with every project we do lighting impact assessment to form part of an environmental impact assessment or as a separate lighting impact assessment for new and existing installations which means we look at how the lighting and lighting design impact on the surroundings, we carry out work for local authorities, developers, consultants, architectural practices and manufactures who require the expertise offered by us.

We use all the latest equipment from the latest computer design techniques like Auto CAD 2022, Keylights, AG132, Dialux, Autolux and lighting reality to prepare the design in three dimensions with three-Dimensional masking being applied to show the actual effect buildings will have on the distribution of modern exterior lighting equipment.

If you would like to use our services, please go to our contact us page on the navigation bar and either call, email or fill out the contact form and we will get back to you as soon as we can, so we can get started on your project.

Nick Smith Associates can provide street and road lighting design for private and adopted roads

Nick Smith Associates can provide lighting and electrical design…

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 Who are we?


Nick Smith Associates is a specialist exterior lighting consultancy set up by founder Nick Smith in July 2004. The company is based in Chesterfield but operates all over the UK. Nick Smith Associates principally carries out street lighting design, highway lighting design and sports floodlighting for clients who require a lighting designer or lighting consultant to deal with the lighting requirements associated with their project, be it to either private, secured by design, BS5489 or to adoptable section 38 lighting design standards. Nick Smith Associates has good working relations with most local authorities within the UK. 

We continue to provide lighting impact assessments to form part of an environmental impact assessment (EIA) or as a separate lighting impact assessment for new and existing installations, looking at how the lighting and lighting design impact on the surroundings. We carry out work for local authorities, developers, consultants, architectural practices and manufacturers who require the expertise offered by an Exterior Lighting Consultant. We use the latest computer design techniques offered within AutoCAD 2022, KeyLights, AGI32, Dialux, Autolux and Lighting Reality to prepare our designs, with three dimensional masking being applied to show the actual effect buildings will have on the distribution of modern exterior lighting equipment. At Nick Smith Associates, we offer the complete lighting design solution.

Please send us your project enquiry for a quote in the first instance to website@nicksmithassociates.com

Why Choose Us…

✓ Lighting Design

Our Lighting Consultants and Lighting Engineers have been involved in the lighting industry carrying out street lighting design and road lighting design for over 30 years. They have experience in most disciplines within the lighting industry within the UK. At Nick Smith Associates we offer the complete lighting design solution.

✓ Training

Nick Smith Associates can provide CPD accredited training courses. We offer training courses in all forms of lighting design and theory, but specifically covering exterior lighting design. We also tailor training courses to your specific needs. For more information, please contact Nick Smith.

✓ Exterior Lighting

We commit ourselves to complete all projects within the timeline set with our clients. We use the best of technology and tools to ensure that all jobs are done quickly but we also give attention to details and ensure everything is done correctly.

At Nick Smith Associates we offer the complete lighting design solution.

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