Specialist knowledge of complex industries
We have in-house experts with domain knowledge of complex industries such as food and beverage, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, and data centres.
Building services engineering
Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing (MEP) systems are essential for the functionality, comfort and safety of buildings. Our team delivers seamless integration of all the systems a building needs, allowing buildings to work as intended and enhancing the user experience.
A building’s systems can have a major impact on its overall design. Whether your project needs new systems installing or upgrading our building services engineers work with in-house or external project teams to design creative, sustainable and innovative MEP solutions fully integrated with the building’s architecture.
Specialist building services engineering
Certain elements of building system design such as fire safety and security or acoustics and building physics require highly specialist knowledge. A deep understanding of the latest regulations and how these might vary globally is essential.
Our building services engineering team has experience in designing and managing MEP systems across the full spectrum of specialities and in a range of complex industries. Whatever your technical or regulatory challenge, we can guide you through it.
MEP systems for complex buildings
When it comes to improving performance and sustainability, we embrace the latest technologies, using advanced modelling techniques and designing circular low energy building systems. Passive heating and lighting systems such as natural ventilation, external shading and thermal mass can be combined with active systems such as air conditioning.
For hospitals and research facilities, this might mean meeting or building certain hygiene classes, avoiding cross contamination, and ensuring patients can be cared for in a comfortable, healing environment. Court buildings must be secure, data centres cool and museums at the right humidity and lighting for both visitors and exhibits.
We work with the project team and all stakeholders to explore and define the programme of requirements within their budget for these complex projects.
Helping you to find balance
We understand that business can’t stop whilst you upgrade systems or renovate buildings. We help you manage a phased approach to minimise disruption and keep services running.
Sustainable systems fit for the future
Our team will work with you to design sustainable, flexible solutions that not only meet regulations but also support your overall environmental ambitions now and in the future.
International reach
Our MEP engineers bring experience where climate, codes and standards vary. Our team is ideally placed to navigate local regulations whilst also part of our global network.
Sustainable MEP systems
Sustainability is a key concern for any building owner or operator. Our approach is more than just meeting regulatory requirements. We work with you to find the best, most efficient and suitable MEP system to suit your environmental goals.
With extensive experience across all major sustainability programmes such as LEED and BREEAM, we can support you in setting your targets and deliver the design and specifications to help you meet them.
Retrofitting advanced MEP systems
Alongside new buildings is the need for MEP system upgrades to improve the comfort and sustainability of existing ones. We have extensive experience working with modern and historic buildings, bringing them up to date without compromising their aesthetic significance.
Balancing the need to keep a facility, hospital or office functioning whilst upgrade work to MEP systems is carried out is also something we are adept at managing. We liaise with all stakeholders to establish a work scheme that minimises disruption.
Digital technology to hone MEP systems
Harnessing the power of digital technology and tools is the key to streamlined designs that give you early insights into budget, quality and project lead time. We use automated engineering and parametric modelling to support design decisions. BIM and our own digital tools ensure we design MEP systems fully integrated into architectural plans. Additionally, we use digital twins where appropriate to test and improve system functionality. Using monitoring and digital analysis allows us to identify how users affect a building’s energy consumption. We can adjust MEP control systems to accommodate, e.g. adjusting cooling and heating systems or lighting to react to user requirements.
Integrating other systems with MEP controls allows us to help you maximise the potential of your building. Recent projects with our colleagues at NACO have seen us combine air traffic management information with MEP control systems. The result? The alignment of terminal services such as lighting and cooling with the arrival of passengers off flights.
Making your building work
Comfort levels, safety, a net zero energy building and functionality can all make the difference between a good building and a great one. Get in touch to see how we can help your project.
