Structural calcs for fencing to support wind breaks

I'm posting this project on behalf of a local tennis club in the north east of Scotland. We have three outdoor tennis courts and we want to install wind breaks on the fencing surrounding these courts to reduce the wind on the courts and, therefore, improve the overall playing experience.

The fencing that is currently installed is not strong enough to support the forces that would be generated by wind breaks. We therefore need to upgrade the fencing so that it will be strong enough to withstand the anticpated loads.

We have been in contact with a couple of different fencing contractors. Both of them fed back that we need to employ the services of a structural engineer to carry out the necessary loading calculations so that the fencing contractor can then design the fence posts and other supporting structures accordingly.

The wind breaks themselves are just rolls of dense netting, 2 metres high, that would be tied onto the fencing along the entire lengths on all four sides of courts. So, the wind breaks in themselves are not that heavy. But I don't have a figure to hand at the moment as to how heavy the netting per unit length. But obviously the forces acting upon the wind breaks and, therefore, the fencing supports is the main concern. The total length of the fencing in question is approximately 135 metres.

I haven't shared any further technical details at this stage, as I'm not sure what information would be needed to properly scope this piece of work. I'm also not sure of a realistic budget for this work.

Please contact me if you are interested in this work.

Best Regards
Karl