Insights
Technical thinking, industry commentary and project stories from our engineers — published here and shared on LinkedIn.
BS 7671 Amendment 4: the transition deadline is approaching this week. What does it mean for your projects? From 15 October 2026, BS 7671:2018+A4:2026 becomes the edition to use as the previous…
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Net Zero Retrofit Is an Engineering Exercise, Not a Plant Replacement Exercise The easiest way to sell building decarbonisation is to talk about what gets bolted to the floor. Gas boilers become heat…
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The upcoming World Green Building Week 2026 is a useful reminder that the next challenge for the built environment is not simply designing more sustainable buildings. It is delivering buildings that…
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When Procurement Innovation Creates MEP Risk: Who Owns the Interfaces? A lower MEP package price is not necessarily a lower project cost. That distinction has become a critical battleground as…
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Construction activity and material availability aren't necessarily moving in the same direction. New UK government statistics provide an interesting snapshot of the current market. In June 2026,…
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For years, much of the discussion around AI in construction has focused on documentation, information retrieval and administrative efficiency. That is changing. Platforms such as Endra are now…
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Bridging the Gap between MEP and QS: The Secret to Successful Tender Pricing 📐 MEP systems can represent a significant proportion of a building’s capital cost, yet the connection between engineering…
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Grid Capacity Is Becoming a Development Constraint: The Changing Role of MEP Engineering The UK electricity network is becoming an increasingly important factor in the viability, programme and design…
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The Draft London Plan, published in July 2026, introduces a much more measurable approach to building performance. And for MEP engineers, this could be one of the most important changes to understand…
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Healthcare construction is undergoing a massive operational transformation. As recent market insights from medical infrastructure reports outline, health systems are moving aggressively to balance…
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For years, the property sector has operated in a confusing fog of conflicting environmental claims, leaving project teams to guess what a genuine net-zero building actually looked like. That…
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The scale of the UK’s £60bn New Hospital Programme (spanning 46 schemes extending into the 2040s) naturally catches headlines. But looking past the financial figure reveals a much more profound…
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When contractors receive a Request for Proposal for a Design & Build project, the immediate pressure is simply to turn around a competitive cost proposal. It’s easy to treat the tender package purely…
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In the construction and engineering world, projects are often slowed down by fragmented communication. When clients, consultants, and project stakeholders operate in separate silos, the results are…
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The EvaE Advantage: Streamlined Tier-1 Good Practice: We’ve taken heavy corporate workflows and made them lightweight and agile. You get the same ironclad project tracking, clear stakeholder…
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