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MEP consultants in Edinburgh
MEP consultants for Edinburgh, based in nearby Musselburgh. Mechanical, electrical and public health design for new buildings, conversions and refurbishments.
BUILDING SERVICES
M&E design and consultancy in Edinburgh
SDE supports Edinburgh projects from our Musselburgh office. Our building services work includes hotel conversions, retail and specialist facilities. On an existing building, we consider plant access and distribution routes alongside the architectural layout.
Tell us the site location, building use and design stage. We can discuss the surveys, drawings, calculations and coordination needed for your appointment.
PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Project experience in Edinburgh
Edinburgh
Mercedes-Benz and Toyota, Fort Kinnaird
Edinburgh and Glasgow
NHS MRI facilities, Edinburgh and Glasgow
Edinburgh
Royal Observatory Edinburgh — Villas Building
Edinburgh
St Colme Street hotel conversion, Edinburgh
BUILDING CONTROL
The statutory route here
Building warrants for projects in Edinburgh are processed by City of Edinburgh Council as verifier, under the Building (Scotland) Regulations 2004 and the Technical Handbooks.
Edinburgh adds a constraint that few other cities apply at the same density: a very large proportion of the central building stock is listed or within a conservation area, and much of the centre is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. For building services this affects almost every visible decision — where plant can be located, whether external condensers are acceptable, how flues and terminations are routed, and what can be done to a facade to accommodate ventilation.
The result is that services strategy and heritage consent have to be developed together. A ventilation strategy that assumes roof plant, or a heat pump strategy that assumes external units, can be undeliverable in a listed building and is better tested early.
HOW WE WORK
SDE is based in Musselburgh, seven miles east of Edinburgh, so Edinburgh projects are local. Site attendance is straightforward and surveys can usually be arranged at short notice.
AUTHORITIES
Local authorities in this area
QUESTIONS
Common questions
Who issues building warrants in Edinburgh?
City of Edinburgh Council acts as the verifier and processes building warrant applications for projects within the city, under the Building (Scotland) Regulations 2004.
How do listed building constraints affect MEP design in Edinburgh?
They constrain where plant can go and how services can terminate. External condensers, roof plant, flue terminations and facade penetrations may all require listed building consent or be refused outright in conservation areas. The services strategy needs to be developed alongside the heritage consent rather than after it.