INDEPENDENT MEP BUILDING SERVICES 
ENGINEERING
CONSULTANCY

We focus on providing clear, independent and impartial technical advice and expert opinion on mechanical, electrical and public health (MEP) building services engineering matters.

Our MEP experts draw on extensive expertise in design, installation, commissioning and maintenance of MEP building services across a wide range of international and UK projects.

Our clients include international and UK contractors, consultants, developers, employers, local authorities and healthcare trusts. We receive instructions from leading international law firms.

Services we provide

We provide impartial, objective and considered MEP building services technical advice and expert opinion across a wide range of international and UK projects.

We understand that resolving disputes in a timely and cost-effective manner is key to our clients, therefore we provide considered and pragmatic advice on the strengths and weaknesses of positions to assist in the earliest resolution of a dispute.

We deliver advisory and expert witness services with MEP building services engineering at its core, including:

  • Technical advice, design reviews and troubleshooting.
  • The investigation of design and installation defects, and remediation.
  • Technical support for delay and quantum claims.
  • Expert advisor.
  • Expert witness.

Our MEP experts have extensive experience in litigation, mediation, adjudication and arbitration, the requirements of the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) Part 35, and the experts’ overriding duty to the Court and Tribunal.

We work in collaboration with experts in the disciplines of architecture, building surveying, structural engineering, fire, quantum and delay, metallurgy and water treatment specialists.

We also collaborate with MEP design and sustainability engineers, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Modelling and Building Information Modelling (BIM) specialists, MEP specialist sub-contractors, fire engineers and MEP surveyors.

MEP Expert witness

MEP Expert witness

MEP Expert advisor

MEP Expert advisor

The common matters we investigate

Our MEP experts have been instructed on a wide range of international and UK projects to opine on matters including:

  • Design responsibilities to RIBA and/or BSRIA design stages.
  • Design adequacy and level of detail.
  • Space planning and coordination of the MEP services.
  • Design and specification defects.
  • Scope gap and impact on the MEP design, installation and/or commissioning.
  • Impact of design changes and variations.
  • Assessing design, installation and/or commissioning in project extension of time and delay.
  • Contractor and/or specialist sub-contractor duties.
  • Installation and workmanship defects.
  • Passive fire protection defects.
  • Pre-Commissioning and Commissioning responsibilities and defects.
  • Maintenance responsibilities and defects.

The sectors we work

Our MEP experts have been instructed on a wide range of international and UK projects in the following sectors:

Airports

Commercial/Office and Workspace

Civic Buildings

Education

Healthcare

Hotels

Leisure

Motor Racing Circuits

Railways

Residential and Housing

Retail

Sports Stadia