Although the green agenda has been around for a couple of decades, the response has been piecemeal, discreet; some would say derisory.

As a result, we've done a feasibility study for abandoning the existing system and putting in several smaller plants.This would have multiple benefits, not least in saving on expensive pipe work to carry water long distances, because it's such a large site.

But also, the bigger the pipe loop, the more problems you have with water quality.We should be installing this new system soon..Converting offices to labs.

This is something else we’re looking at – or designing the mechanical and electrical engineering systems in new office buildings so that they are flexible enough to change usage later.Obviously, there’s a challenge in thinking about ceiling heights and so on, but mostly the complexity is around air exchange.

In an office, you aim for one and a half air changes per hour, whereas with laboratories, because they've got lots of safety cabinets and other devices, we have to look at 10, 15 or even 20 changes an hour in some places.

So the ductwork has to be 10 times as big, and the risers 10 times as big to carry the air up and down, and so on.Specialist subcontractors for facades, M&E prefabrication etc.

particularly on complex projects.Fabricators and suppliers of precast, GRC, GRG etc.. Clients who understand the benefits of special or modern methods of construction and want to guide their contractors to adopt them; especially clients with geometrically complex projects who want early proactive input to make sure that architectural ambition can be made practically deliverable for their contractors.

The key benefits we bring to contractors and projects are:.Adjust role to fit actual project needs (integration and gap filling).