Civil & Structural Engineering

Pivotal International’s renowned Civil & Structural Engineering experts merge their ambition, innovation, and technical expertise to design and implement projects, all while providing personalised client-focused service. We collaborate with numerous esteemed academic institutions and partner with consulting firms worldwide to ensure that our management, IT, and quality systems are optimised to current industry developments.

Our unique team boasts multidisciplinary expertise in a variety of sectors, including Healthcare, Education, Airports, Retail and Industrial. We adhere to a standard of excellence throughout our projects across the globe, maintaining a flawless reputation with our many clients. With a focus on innovation and sustainability, we pride ourselves on a service comprehensive enough to transition even the most ambitious projects into optimised realities.

MEP Engineering

MEP Engineering: Pivotal International provides high-quality, innovative, electro-mechanical MEP Engineering service solutions throughout all sectors of development. Utilising ‘Integrated Environmental Simulation’, we can assess the HVAC, lighting and ventilation requirements of large-scale developments and innovate solutions accordingly. Our full MEP Engineering services are listed below.

Electrical Engineering

We are experts in the design and quality supervision of electrical services associated with buildings.

In addition to the traditional services of power distribution, lighting, data, fire alarm and security, we have specialist knowledge of UPS systems and electrical services designed for hazardous areas.

As energy costs have escalated more significantly than other fuels, the potential to achieve energy cost reduction is greatest where electrical consumption can be affected.  This has resulted in adjustments to the standard design solutions previously offered.

Many of our buildings are now incorporating combined heat and power (CHP) plants, as the base electrical load can be met more cost-effectively by site-generated electricity.

Intelligent dimming systems have been incorporated into the lighting design of many of our projects. This allows global or local reduction of lighting levels to reduce energy consumption. Occupancy sensors and daylighting sensors in lighting systems deliver demand-driven use of lighting and a consequential reduction in energy consumption.

The use of variable speed drives on pumped systems and fans has also been very successful in achieving reduced energy costs.

Mechanical Engineering

We are experts in the design and quality supervision of the core mechanical services associated with buildings. This includes heating, ventilation, air conditioning, water services and sprinkler systems in commercial buildings. We also have expertise in the design of steam, gas, high-purity water and CIP systems in industrial, production and healthcare facilities.

The single greatest change to the design of mechanical services systems has been brought about by the requirement to reduce building energy consumption and carbon emissions.

This calls for a more detailed design process and early interaction with the architect to maximise the passive design potential of the building. Many of our recent projects have achieved design solutions without the need for any ventilation or air conditioning. The size of heating systems has been reduced by increasing building insulation levels and improving the airtightness of the building envelope.

The drive to reduce energy costs has also led to the incorporation of new plant solutions for buildings. We are increasingly utilising biomass boiler plants, heat pumps, solar heating, open-loop geothermal systems, and combined heat and power solutions in the buildings we design.

In order to reduce water consumption in buildings we have incorporated rainwater harvesting and can provide solutions that involve the use of private water sources with water treatment, greywater schemes and other water conservation measures.