The Wellington
Mechanical and electrical design for a passive-house apartment building
Building Systems engineering
Mechanical and electrical design that works on day one and day 10,000.
HVAC, plumbing, fire protection, controls, power, lighting, arc flash studies, energy audits, life safety testing and inspections for every building type.
Overview
Hospitals, nursing homes, schools, libraries, data rooms, heritage offices, pulp mills, passive houses: our mechanical and electrical engineers design the systems people never notice because they simply work.
We model in Revit to catch clashes before construction, inspect during installation, and test integrated fire and life safety systems before you occupy.
Tools we use: Autodesk Revit MEP · AutoCAD · Plant 3D · Fusion 360 · ReCap · Dynamo · Enscape
Mechanical
- Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) design and inspection
- Plumbing, hydronic and fire protection system design
- Controls, instrumentation and building management systems
- Refrigeration systems design and inspection
- On-site wastewater treatment design
- Indoor air quality assessments
- Building energy audits and energy modelling (Certified Energy Manager on staff)
Electrical
- Power distribution, lighting and communications design
- Arc flash studies and short circuit and coordination studies
- Power quality analysis (demand, power factor, harmonics)
- Fire alarm, security and CCTV design
- Emergency and standby power design
- Integrated fire protection and life safety systems testing
- Theatre lighting and power design
Assessment & oversight
- Property and building condition assessments
- Code compliance and design/build inspection services
- Project monitoring and quantity surveys for lenders
- Construction progress and installation inspections
- 3D building renderings and visualization
Building Systems in the field
Projects where this discipline led.
Kennebecasis Valley Library Expansion
Award-winning building systems for a growing community's library
Hollis Street Scotiabank
New heating, roofs and rooftop HVAC for a 1931 heritage bank
3.0 MW Generator Upgrade
Replacing backup power in a live data facility without ever losing backup
Kiwanis Nursing Home Expansion
Building systems for 65 new long-term care beds, modelled in Revit
CMHC On-Reserve Housing Inspection Services
1,200+ housing inspections across three regions of Canada
Saint John Energy Headquarters
From former brewery brownfield to a utility's new home
Common questions
Things clients ask our building systems team.
Do you design in Revit (BIM)?
Yes. Mechanical and electrical designs are modelled in Autodesk Revit MEP, which lets us resolve clashes with structure and architecture before they become site problems.
Can you handle heritage buildings?
We have designed modern heating, ventilation and electrical systems for 1870s and 1930s heritage buildings in Saint John and Halifax while preserving their character.
Do you do arc flash studies?
Yes. We complete short circuit, coordination and arc flash hazard studies and labelling for facilities across Atlantic Canada, including more than 30 sites for a national telecom carrier.
Insights
Read before you call.
7 min readArc flash studies explained: what facility managers in Canada need to know about CSA Z462
Arc flash study guide for Canadian facility managers: what CSA Z462 requires, what the labels mean, and when to update. Read this before your next safety audit.
7 min readEnergy audits, energy modelling and fuel conversions: where the payback actually is for Atlantic Canadian buildings
Building energy audit guide for Atlantic Canada: audit levels, what modelling adds, when a fuel conversion pays, and incentives. Find out where the savings are.
7 min readModern HVAC in heritage buildings: comfort and efficiency without losing the character
HVAC upgrades for heritage buildings: how to add modern heating, cooling and ventilation without losing an old building's character. See what works.