Capability

How we work

From an architect's PDF to a coordinated, quantified mechanical, ventilation & plumbing design β€” built on our own in-house software.

Output is engineered and coordinated to RIBA Stage 4 Technical Design detail. Full installation-level design — exact fittings and final trade-by-trade clash coordination — typically sits with the appointed contractor's detailed/installation design at construction stage.

1

Import & Calibrate

The architect's PDF or DWG is dropped straight in and calibrated to true scale in seconds.

2

Populate & Link

Rooms auto-populate from the drawing; equipment, pipe and duct runs are placed and linked to live project data.

3

Auto-Size

Ducts and pipes size themselves against CIBSE-compliant rules the moment they're linked, flagging anything that won't fit.

4

Schedule & Take-off

Room schedules, duct/pipe schedules and a full Bill of Materials generate directly off the marked-up drawing.

5

Export & Issue

Drawings, schedules and BOM export together — same numbers throughout, no manual reconciliation.

In-house software

MEP Design Platform

Our production design engine — steady-state calculations, drawing markup, auto-sizing and full documentation output, all working from one live project model.

  • Room-by-room heat loss, heat gain & ventilation
  • Drawing viewer with calibrated markup & linked blocks
  • Auto-sized duct & pipe schedules, Bill of Materials
  • Coordinated drawing, schedule & export output
In-house software

MEP Dynamic Design

Our dynamic thermal simulation companion app — pulling the same real project data through to hour-by-hour performance analysis.

  • Hour-by-hour dynamic thermal simulation
  • Real EPW weather file analysis
  • Annual & peak heating/cooling, monthly energy charts
  • Live building massing & sun-path visualisation
For Estimating & Procurement

Quantities your estimating team can price from — fast

Because schedules and the Bill of Materials come straight off the coordinated, calibrated drawing rather than being built up by hand, your estimating or QS team gets reliable quantities early — often as soon as Stage 2/3 concept coordination is complete, well before a full detailed design exists. Faster budget pricing, fewer re-measures, and procurement decisions backed by numbers that match what's actually been drawn.

Early quantities

Take-off-ready schedules and BOM are available from Stage 2/3 concept coordination — no need to wait for full detailed design to start pricing.

Model-accurate

Quantities are generated directly from the linked drawing, not a manual take-off — so what's priced matches what's actually been designed.

Faster turnaround

Because the schedules update as the design does, re-pricing after a revision takes minutes, not a re-measure from scratch.

Want to see it on a real project?

Get in touch and we'll walk you through the workflow on your drawings.

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