Building Engineering

At the core of our smart building designs is a dedicated team of instrumentation and controls engineers. We understand the nuances of an ever changing industry and the attention to detail required to integrate all the systems throughout a facility to a single operator interface. The control strategies we develop operate our clients’ facilities in a holistic manner, ensuring that all mechanical systems operate in concert to optimize energy efficiency year-around.

Our diverse skills and backgrounds on a wide variety of asset-types offers a blended perspective on how best to engage a wide array of stakeholders, manage risk, develop creative design solutions and foster a safe work and patient-care environment.

We look forward to bringing our diverse specialties together to best serve our clients; this ranges from code consulting, CMS/life safety compliance support, fire suppression system design, fire alarm and emergency communication system design, hazardous materials consulting, fire/smoke modeling, smoke management system design, regulatory enforcement and insurance design coordination, and emergency response and fire safety planning.

We have experience in commissioning a wide range of building types. Our experience includes initial commissioning and retro-commissioning of new construction and renovations of office buildings, teaching facilities, research laboratories and hospitals. In the last six years we have completed, or are currently executing, over 150 commissioning and retro-commissioning assignments totaling 10 million square feet of facilities, and over 30 projects for which we are providing test, adjust and balance services. Commissioning Operations

Our building energy modeling approach is integrated into the sustainable design process. From pre-design through final design, we provide and evaluate energy efficiency measures, and ensure those EEMs are correctly designed and implemented. Our team influences our architects and designers by challenging them at an early stage to exceed minimum energy targets. The goal is to improve energy efficiency and indoor environmental quality to meet Federal and local mandates, and achieve LEED certification.

Data-driven design strategies have become the norm in the architectural-engineering industry. Today, we use predictive analytics, advanced simulation software and modeling in conjunction with big-data to make better design decisions for our clients.

Computational fluid dynamics modeling is an integral part of our data driven design capabilities. The analysis uses a three dimensional building model with a mathematical unitized grid to generate the discrete movement of fluid temperature, moisture, contaminant and velocity over time. Used properly, this analysis helps our clients explore valuable options, in early design stages, that improve the effectiveness and efficiency of building systems.

Now more than ever, our communities are faced with increasing threats to our natural resources and infrastructure systems due to a myriad of hazards, both old and new. Risks such as extreme storm events, climate change and variability and seismic activity challenge our livelihood. With this in mind, never has the need for long term resiliency and reliability been greater. We’ve crafted a holistic approach for considering long-term community and environmental resiliency. Viewing resiliency actions through this model of human-environmental-infrastructure governance systems gives our clients an effective strategic tool for taking action. Resiliency

Cybersecurity is something that most people know they should care about. However, because of the complexity of the topic and the ever-changing nature of both the threats and security requirements, it can quickly become overwhelming. 

Cybersecurity is mostly associated with protecting important data on information technology systems or the Internet. However, industrial control systems including process control, distributed control, and building control systems — also known as operational technology systems — are vulnerable too. These systems have become a vital component to operating critical infrastructure, industrial manufacturing and buildings, however they are increasingly at risk of cyber-attack with reported incidents on the rise.

Light is the lens through which our environment is experienced. Light brings architecture to life, evoking both emotional and physical responses. Our designs give form and character to spaces while promoting a sense of security, accommodating maintenance needs and forming sustainable environments that are respectful of their surroundings and our natural resources.

We create beautiful spaces that also carefully consider visual performance, energy efficiency, environmental sustainability, maintainability and safety. We understand both the art and science of illumination, and are at the forefront of emerging technologies and daylighting strategies. As lighting designers, we have a responsibility to create spaces that are functional and enduring, while representing the local heritage and connecting the community through our designs. Lighting Design

Sustainable solutions offer many opportunities, not only to achieve compliance with new legislation, but also to reduce future building operational costs, provide greater resilience, and be a part of creating a better world.

Our industry leading sustainability consultancy services cover the lifecycle of assets and we adopt the triple-bottom accounting framework which considers environmental, social and economic impacts. Taking a holistic approach means sustainability solutions are integrated the moment we engage with you — from acquisition and due-diligence, through concept, planning, design, construction, occupation, and operation, to end-of-life dismantling and decommissioning. Sustainability