Smith Design Engineering

Sectors

Sectors we design MEP systems for

Each sector places different demands on building services. These pages set out what actually drives the design, and which statutory route applies.

  • Banking and financial services

    MEP design for branch networks and financial services offices, with resilience, security integration and out-of-hours delivery.

  • Commercial offices

    MEP design for new build and refurbished office buildings, from shell and core through to Cat A and Cat B fit-out.

  • Education

    MEP design for schools, colleges and university buildings, including ventilation, acoustics and laboratory services.

  • Funeral care

    MEP design for crematoria and funeral facilities — a public ceremonial building and a permitted combustion process under one roof, which have to be kept apart.

  • Healthcare

    MEP design for primary care, dental and clinical premises, designed to the relevant Health Technical Memoranda.

  • Hospitality

    MEP design for hotels, restaurants and leisure, including guest comfort, commercial kitchens and high hot water demand.

  • Industrial and logistics

    MEP design for warehouses, distribution centres and light industrial units, including process services and high bay lighting.

  • Listed buildings and heritage

    MEP design in listed and conservation area buildings, where the services strategy and the heritage consent are developed together rather than in sequence.

  • Residential

    MEP design for apartment buildings and housing, including heat networks, ventilation and overheating assessment.

  • Retail

    MEP design for stores, supermarkets and retail parks, including landlord shell provision and tenant fit-out to brand standards.

  • Science and laboratories

    MEP design for laboratory and research buildings — containment, fume cupboard ventilation, pressure regimes, resilience and the energy cost of once-through air.

  • Sport and leisure

    MEP design for pools, sports halls and gyms — pool hall humidity and corrosion, high ventilation loads, and lighting to the standard the sport requires.

  • Student accommodation

    MEP design for purpose-built student accommodation — hot water diversity, heat networks and metering, overheating, and a fire strategy for unfamiliar occupants.