Design Solutions – Limiting the impact of our built environment on the wider environment.
Architecture & Design
- All Architectural Services from feasibility, through design, to completion (RIBA Stages 0 ‐ 7)
- Planning Applications/Building Regulations/Building Warrants
- Local, National & International Projects
- Construction Monitoring
Design to Sustainabilty Standards
- Design of new buildings and refurbishments to national and international standards
- BREEAM
- Passivhaus
- LEED
- UKNZCB (UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard)
- WELL
- DGNB (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Nachhaltiges Bauen)
Energy Consultancy and Building Physics
- Accurate prediction of building energy performance
- Including on-site renewable energy
- Analysis and advice on appropriate and cost effective improvements to existing and historic buildings
- Life cycle carbon analysis
- Hygrothermal and condensation risk analysis
- National & International Energy Consultancy
Project Management
A brief description of our Project Management Service:
- Preparing the Client’s Initial statement of project objectives and identifying constraints
- Establishing the requirement for professional skills, including development of the Brief, procedure and programme management, and legal insurance and financial services
- Identifying the roles of client representatives and stakeholders
- Managing the appointment of consultants and specialists
- Implementing of any feasibility studies and/or options appraisals required
- Developing and maintaining a project strategy
- Developing and maintaining a management structure and communications environment in which all consultants, contractors and other persons can perform effectively
- Change control procedures for programme, cost matters and contingency expenditure
- Risk management
Research
Research and innovation has always been an important aspect of our work.
Currently research is focused on the societal and technical changes required to meet global emissions reduction targets by 2050