In an apartment building the mechanical plant is what keeps people in their homes. Residents cannot live without heat, hot water, ventilation, and power. Scope is defined against the local building, mechanical, and fire-safety codes, the ventilation and habitability standards that apply, and the energy and emissions requirements the building must meet.
We acquire the installed plant, carry the replacement program across the term, and hold the availability risk against contracted standards. Work is phased around a fully occupied building under a written plan agreed with the owner. There will be no loss of heat, hot water, or life-safety while systems are replaced.
For new developments, we own and fund the plant from the design stage.
Assessment scope
Multifamily building
Group
Systems
CP
Heating plant, domestic hot water, chillers and cooling, pumping, and primary distribution
AIR
Ventilation, corridor and make-up air, and in-unit terminal units – fan coils, PTAC, and heat pumps
EPS
Emergency and standby power, fire pumps, and elevator and life-safety power
BAS
Building automation, controls, and resident-level sub-metering
GEN
On-site solar, storage, heat recovery, and ground-source conversion where site conditions permit
Defined
Per asset, in the agreement
Measured
Continuously
Reported
To the owner
Heating and hot-water reliability, ventilation, and the building’s energy and emissions obligations are specified at scope definition and reported continuously. Records are delivered to the owner as they are produced.
Central plant installed decades ago is reaching the end of its life just as energy and emissions rules tighten. The capital to replace it in full rarely sits on the owner’s balance sheet.
Most of our multifamily work is here.
Provided to the owner on completion.
