Building Services

At ABUK, we strive to deliver excellence in engineered building services solutions, including low energy design to reduce carbon emissions. We seek to achieve outstanding results for our clients by providing practical engineering advice, supported by a strong belief in the importance of design and inspired by a spirit of constant innovation. ABUK provides MEP engineering consultancy across mechanical, electrical, public health, heat networks and sustainability for residential and commercial projects. 

Building services are the systems that make a building work and the largest single variable in whether a project delivers on its energy, compliance and cost targets.  ABUK provides full mechanical, electrical and public health (MEP) engineering consultancy across new-build, refurbishment and retrofit projects. Our scope covers everything from heat pump and district heating strategies to electrical distribution, fire detection, domestic water, drainage, and BMS controls designed to perform, not just to comply. A defining feature of our approach is how we integrate MEP engineering with design management, BRPD and sustainability thinking from the earliest project stages. Technical decisions are never made in isolation. Every system we specify is considered in the context of programme, buildability, maintenance and long-term operational efficiency. 

 We use BIM-enabled workflows and disciplined information management to reduce clashes, improve coordination, and support the Golden Thread so that what is designed, what is approved, and what is built are always aligned. 



Our Services Include:



  • Mechanical Services

    • Heating systems
    • Heat pump systems
    • District Heating systems
    • Ambient loop heating systems
    • Cooling & air conditioning systems
    • Ventilation systems
    • BMS and controls
    • Fire Suppression systems 
    • Smoke Clearance system
  • Electrical services

    • Low and high voltage distribution systems
    • Lighting design
    • Small power design
    • Fire detection & alarm systems
    • CCTV systems
    • Data systems
    • Telephone systems
    • Door entry systems
    • Lightning protection systems
    • Intruder alarm systems
  • Public health

    • Above ground drainage design
    • Rainwater systems
    • Rainwater harvesting
    • Domestic cold water services 
    • Domestic hot water services 
  • Heat Network Design

    • Fourth and Fifth Generation Heat Network 
    • Optimization of existing Heat Networks
    • HNTAS - Validation of Heat Network
    • CIBSE - CP1 HN compliance 
    • Decarbonisation 
  • Infrastructure and Utilities

    • Utility due diligence services
    • Incoming utility services design
    • Disconnection and diversion of utility services
    • District heating distribution systems
    • Site wide electrical distribution design
    • Telephone and data infrastructure
    • Site wide CCTV system design
    • External lighting design 
    • EVC Design
  • Sustainability

    • Energy strategy 
    • Sustainability statement
    • Thermal modelling
    • TM59 and ADO overheating assessment 
    • BREEAM 
    • HQM
    • Whole life carbon analysis 
    • NABERS assessments 
    • WELL assessments
  • Land and Planning

    • Utility due diligence services
    • Utility infrastructure capacity checks
    • Ventilation statement 
    • Air quality assessment
    • Acoustic and vibration services
    • Condition survey
    • Energy statement
    • Sustainability statement
    • Overheating analysis