What we do

Mechanical, Electrical And Public Health Engineering, Designed As One Practice.

Three disciplines from one team, coordinated from concept onwards. Not stitched together at the end.

Three Engineering Services, One Design Conversation.

Building services drawings under review
01

Mechanical Engineering

Comfort year-round, with running costs that stay predictable. Heating, cooling, ventilation and hot water sized to how the building will actually be used, not oversized to be safe.

  • Heating and cooling
  • Ventilation
  • Gas distribution
  • Heat pumps
  • BREEAM targets
Sharman Grimwade engineers reviewing a scheme
02

Electrical Engineering

Power and controls built to flex as the building evolves. Incoming supply, sub-mains, distribution routes, lighting, fire detection, data, security and access control.

  • Power and distribution
  • Photovoltaic arrays
  • Data and access control
  • Lighting controls
  • Fire detection
Design review around the drawing table
03

Public Health Engineering

Water systems coordinated from the brief, not bolted on at the end. Domestic water, process and specialist water, above ground drainage and condensate, integrated from concept onwards.

  • Potable and process water
  • Specialist systems
  • Above ground drainage
  • Reuse and recycling
  • Water efficiency
Our process

How We Work Alongside Your Project.

From the first feasibility conversation through to commissioning and handover, with the same team across every stage.

01RIBA Stage 2

Feasibility And Strategy

Setting the engineering approach early, while the design is still flexible. Sizing the brief honestly, working out the low-carbon strategy, and giving you cost guidance before the scope is fixed. The directors lead at this stage so the decisions that shape the rest of the project sit with the engineers who will see it through.

02RIBA Stages 3 to 4

Design And Coordination

Detailed mechanical, electrical and public health design, all drawn in-house. The three disciplines are coordinated between themselves and with the architect and structural team from the first model onwards, not stitched together at the end. Engineers lead, with the directors staying close through design reviews.

03RIBA Stage 5

Construction Support

On call for contractor queries, attending site coordination meetings, reviewing technical submittals and watching what gets installed against what was specified. The same engineers who designed the project are the ones answering the questions, so nothing gets lost in handover.

04RIBA Stage 6

Commissioning And Handover

Verifying the building services perform the way they were designed to. Witnessing commissioning, reviewing O&M documentation, and being there for the post-occupancy questions that surface in the first year of operation. The work doesn't end at handover.

How we work

One Team, Start To Finish.

01

In-House

We don’t outsource the electrical, we don’t subcontract the public health. All three disciplines live in the same Newmarket office.

02

Coordinated

Decisions made in one discipline inform the others from the first brief, between engineers who work in the same room.

03

End-To-End

The engineer who designs at Stage 2 is the engineer who watches commissioning at Stage 5. No handovers between teams. Meet the directors

04

BIM Coordination

All three disciplines designed in a single coordinated model from concept stage, so clashes are resolved on screen before they reach site. Compatible with the architect and structural team's BIM workflow.

05

Condition Surveys And Feasibility

Early-stage advice on existing buildings and proposed schemes. Condition surveys of existing services, feasibility studies for refurbishment or change of use, and option appraisals before the brief is fixed.

06

Post-Occupancy Evaluation

Returning after handover to measure how the building is actually performing in use. Where there's a gap between design intent and reality, we find it and put it right.

Sectors

See It Applied In Your Sector.

The same three disciplines, engineered around what each type of building actually has to do.

Clients

Who We Work With.

Healthcare trusts, veterinary groups and manufacturers among them, across new build, refurbishment and change of use.

For your next project

Talk To Us About Your Project.

We are happy to look at briefs early, before the engineering scope is fixed. The sooner we are involved, the more value the design tends to add.

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