MEP design services

MECHANICAL

Mechanical services design

Heating, ventilation, cooling and controls design for commercial, retail, education and industrial buildings across the UK.

BMS and controls design
Building management system and controls design, including control philosophy, points schedules and commissioning requirements.
Domestic water services design
Domestic water services design with calculated demand, sized storage and generation, and legionella risk designed out at layout stage.
Drainage design
Above and below ground drainage design to BS EN 12056 and BS EN 752, including stack sizing, gradients and adoption requirements.
Gas services design
Natural gas and LPG installation design — supply capacity, pipe sizing, ventilation and the safety requirements of IGEM standards.
Heating and cooling design
Heating and cooling design — HVAC loads, plant selection and a control philosophy that can be commissioned.
Ventilation design
Natural, mechanical and mixed-mode ventilation design to Approved Document F or Technical Handbook Section 3, with calculated rates.

ELECTRICAL

Electrical services design

LV distribution, lighting, small power, fire alarm and life safety design to BS 7671:2018+A4:2026 for buildings across the UK.

Fire alarm and detection design
Fire detection and alarm system design to BS 5839-1:2025, with the system category agreed against the fire strategy.
LV distribution design
Low voltage distribution design including maximum demand, cable sizing, volt drop, earth fault loop impedance and discrimination.
Lighting and emergency lighting design
Interior, exterior and emergency lighting design to BS EN 12464-1:2021 and BS 5266-1:2025, with calculated illuminance, glare and uniformity.
Security systems design
Access control, intruder alarm and CCTV design — zoning, containment and interfaces resolved with the fire and escape strategy.
Small power and data design
Small power layouts and structured cabling design — final circuits, containment, comms rooms and the loads a fit-out actually draws.
Utilities and renewables design
Incoming supply applications, substation and metering requirements, and PV, battery storage and EV charging design and connection.

SUSTAINABILITY

Sustainability and net zero design

Part L and Section 6 compliance, energy modelling, heat decarbonisation and Passivhaus design for buildings across the UK.

BREEAM MEP design and credit support
Building services design and evidence for the BREEAM credits the MEP engineer controls — energy, water, health and wellbeing, and pollution.
Dynamic thermal modelling and overheating assessment
Dynamic simulation for overheating risk, comfort and energy — TM52, TM59, Approved Document O and TM54 — run while the facade can still change.
Heat pump and low carbon heat design
Heat pump design for new build and retrofit — flow temperature and emitter sizing, hot water and legionella control, electrical capacity and acoustics.
Net zero and energy strategy
Energy strategy for planning and for real performance — the hierarchy, the options appraisal, and the gap between the compliance model and the meter.
Non-domestic EPCs and energy assessment
Level 3, 4 and 5 non-domestic EPCs, lodged by an accredited assessor, with the recommendation report and the Scottish Section 63 action plan where it applies.
Part L compliance modelling, England and Wales
Non-domestic Part L compliance modelling and BRUKL reporting at design and as-built stage, run early enough to change the design rather than to report on it.
Passivhaus building services design
Building services design for Passivhaus certification, including PHPP input, ventilation strategy and the low-load plant selection it requires.
Section 6 energy compliance, Scotland
SBEM and dynamic simulation modelling for Section 6 compliance in Scotland, produced as part of the building warrant application rather than after it.
TM65 embodied carbon assessment
Embodied carbon of MEP systems to CIBSE TM65, for whole life carbon assessments and for choosing between plant on more than capital cost.

DIGITAL AND BIM

BIM and digital delivery

Revit modelling, clash detection and information management to BS EN ISO 19650 for MEP design and coordination.

BIM modelling at every level of detail
MEP models produced at the level of information need the stage requires, from LOD 100 massing to LOD 500 as-installed record.
COBie data delivery
COBie deliverables to BS 1192-4, with asset data structured, populated and validated against the employer information requirements.
Full BIM services and information management
The BS EN ISO 19650 information management role: BIM Execution Plan, information requirements, common data environment, federation and delivery reporting.
MEP coordination workshops
Chaired workshops that resolve MEP clashes against the architectural and structural models, with every decision recorded, assigned and closed out.
Revit MEP modelling, RIBA Stages 0 to 7
Revit MEP modelling through every RIBA stage — concept space reservation, spatial coordination, technical design and record model.
Stage 5 contractor design
MEP design for contractors and design-and-build appointments: Stage 4 taken to installation information, or the contractor design portion produced outright.

SURVEYS AND COMPLIANCE

Building services surveys and compliance

Condition surveys, electrical periodic inspection reporting and statutory compliance audits for existing buildings.

M&E dilapidations surveys
Mechanical and electrical input to schedules of dilapidations, for landlords and tenants — what the lease actually requires, costed, and defensible.