How to grow your payments app with structural engineers
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Structural engineers check that buildings will stand up. For homeowners and builders, that often means calculations for a wall removal, a beam for a loft conversion, or a report after cracks appear. Fees are usually fixed per job or charged for a site visit and report, and small practices often wait weeks for invoices to be paid. A payments app that makes fees simple to collect can win engineers, and every homeowner and builder who pays them sees your app.
Talk to structural engineers
Ask local structural engineers:
- Do you charge a fixed fee or by the visit?
- Do clients pay before or after the report?
- Do homeowners or builders usually pay you?
- How long do invoices take to be paid?
Take payment when the visit is booked
A link sent when the site visit is booked lets the client pay the fee or a deposit straight away, so the engineer isn't chasing it later.
Get paid when the report is sent
A link sent with the calculations or report lets the client pay the balance by card in a minute, instead of by bank transfer weeks later.
Grow through building trades
Structural engineers work alongside architects, surveyors and builders. When those businesses take payments through your app, each engineer can bring more of them onto it.
Build it
Create your own financial platform.
Pick a template, name it, brand it, preview every page before you pay. Your brand, your users, your fees.
Build my platform →Questions people ask
What about architects?
The architects and surveyors guide covers fees charged in stages, from first drawings to planning and sign-off.
Architects and surveyors →What about the builder?
The builders and bricklayers guide covers deposits for materials and staged payments as extensions and walls go up.
Builders and bricklayers →Can I call it a bank?
In most countries "bank" is a protected word you can only use with a banking licence. Call it an account, a wallet, an app or a platform. The accounts and payments behind a SendPay Business platform are powered by licensed partners.
Is there a step-by-step plan I can follow?
Yes. The free launch checklist takes you from picking your people and naming your app to setting fees, going live and winning your first ten customers.
Digital bank app launch checklist →How do I start?
Pick a template, name it and preview every page before you pay. Your platform can be live on your own domain within 24 hours of confirmation.
Build my platform →Read next
This guide is general information, not legal or financial advice. SendPay Business is a technology company, not a bank, and does not take deposits; regulated services on the platforms are provided by licensed partners. PayPal, Patreon and Substack are named as reference points only and are not affiliated with SendPay Business.