For decades, one of our key missions in this service area has been quality engineering simplifies construction. The practical impact of this philosophy is to provide detailed and coordinated drawings so that the extra effort on paper pays multiple dividends for the owner during construction. We have maintained a strong reputation with our clients by providing quality engineering design and consistent trouble-shooting; helping to solve even the smallest operational problems; and taking a 360-degree view of the facility to ensure our work integrates seamlessly with the campus master plan.

Our Chapel Hill, NC, office is dedicated to being healthcare engineering experts. Our professionals strive to remain current on codes that are relevant to healthcare engineering; and have multiple employees who are LEED Accredited Professionals and/or are members of the Certified Commissioning Authority (CxA), ASHRAE Technical Committee on Healthcare & Hospital Ventilation, and the NFPA 99 Committee for Electrical Codes.

In addition to design services, we provide study and analysis services, including analyzing design alternatives, troubleshooting mechanical and electrical systems, and evaluating energy conservation opportunities.  We maintain a wide variety of sophisticated testing and recording instruments which prove useful in our study work and in conducting the extensive fieldwork necessary for retrofit design.

Healthcare services at a glance:

• Healthcare mechanical, electrical, plumbing engineering system design
• Master planning, studies and system analyses
• Energy audits and commissioning
• Fire protection and medical gas design
• Specialized systems
• Construction administration

Experienced providing:

• Patient towers
• MRI installations and replacements
• Chiller systems
• Laboratories
• Cleanrooms
• Facility assessments
• Master planning
• Energy audits

Healthcare facilities engineering clients include:

• Cape Fear Valley Health System
• Carolina Medical Center (CHS)
• CarolinaEast Health System
• Dorothea Dix Hospital
• Duke University Health System
• Durham Regional Hospital
• East Carolina University
• East Carolina University - School of Medicine
• FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital
• FirstHealth Richmond Memorial Hospital
• GlaxoSmithKline Company
• High Point Regional Health System
• Highsmith-Rainey Memorial Hospital
• Nash Healthcare System
• Novant Health System
• Mercy Hospital (CHS)
• Mission Health System
• Moses Cone Health System
• Pineville Hospital (CHS)
• Siemens Medical Systems, Inc.
• Toshiba America Medical Systems
• WakeMed Health & Hospitals
• University of North Carolina Hospitals
• University of North Carolina School of Medicine

Portsmouth Naval Medical Center
Portsmouth, VA
Provided energy audit reports that include analysis of current building energy and water usage and the identification of improvement alternatives to reduce both energy and water consumption. These improvement alternatives are grouped in three types: Operational and Maintenance Alternatives (O&MA), Water Conservation Alternatives (WCA) and Energy Conservation Alternatives (ECA).

WakeMed Raleigh Hospital New Patient Tower and Parking Deck
Raleigh, NC

Provided engineering services for the construction of a new 170,000-square-foot 4 ½ story, Patient Tower adjacent and connected to the existing inpatient facility as well as the construction of a new 1,200 car Parking Deck.

FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital Emergency Department Expansion
Pinehurst, NC

Expanded and renovated emergency department with new waiting, reception, and treatment areas. Installed a data center with water cooled rack system. Constructed a new 175,000-square-foot heart hospital.

WakeMed North Emergency Department/Imaging Suite
Raleigh, NC

Renovated 30,000-square-foot emergency department, adding observation rooms and replacing CT and Angio imaging equipment. Constructed a new 150,000-square-foot radiology tower. This is the first 24-hour, full service, free-standing emergency and radiology department in North Carolina.

High Point Regional Medical Center/ Three Cath Labs
High Point, NC
Expanded and renovated emergency department. Offered assessment and replacement plan for engineering systems. Upgraded operating rooms. Constructed catheterization labs, isolation rooms and a health and fitness center.

Outpatient Center Renovation and Infrastructure, Cape Fear Valley Health System
Fayetteville, North Carolina
Constructed a 10-million-watt emergency power plant. Expanded chilled water plant. Replaced the emergency power distribution system. Constructed a pharmacy.

University of North Carolina Hospitals
Chapel Hill, NC

Installed linear accelerators and PET/CATH machines. Constructed isolation rooms, a cardiac critical care unit, a post anesthesia care unit and an oncology suite.

Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC

Constructed a high-tech pediatric neurosurgery unit, a pediatric intensive care unit, a bone marrow transplant unit and a children's health center. Completed a comprehensive chilled water assessment.