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Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing Engineering
RSP Engineers provides mechanical, electrical and plumbing engineering through its own licensed staff, coordinated with civil, structural and site design.
MEP engineering through our own licensed staff
RSP Engineers provides mechanical, electrical and plumbing engineering through its own licensed staff. MEP design sits alongside our civil and site engineering work, so building systems and site infrastructure are developed together rather than reconciled late.
Where MEP meets civil and site engineering
Most coordination problems on a project happen where building systems meet site infrastructure. Because RSP performs both, those interfaces are designed as one problem: where the building’s water and sanitary connections meet the site’s utility network and the serving utility’s mains; where the electrical service enters the site, and how that routing coexists with drainage, easements and access; where roof and building drainage discharges into the site stormwater system; and where mechanical equipment locations affect grading, screening, access and maintenance routes.
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What MEP engineering covers
Mechanical, electrical and plumbing engineering is the design of the building systems that make a facility habitable and operable.
Mechanical
Heating, ventilation and air conditioning design, ventilation and exhaust, equipment selection and layout, and the coordination of mechanical spaces with the architecture.
Electrical
Power distribution design, lighting and lighting controls, panel and feeder layout, grounding, and the service connection to the incoming utility supply.
Plumbing
Domestic water distribution, sanitary drainage and venting, storm drainage within the building, and connections to the site utilities that serve them.
What RSP delivers, and what others deliver
Clear scope boundaries prevent gaps between disciplines. RSP performs mechanical, electrical and plumbing engineering, and civil and site engineering; our other published services are listed on the Services page. Delivered by other project participants: architecture; the owner’s operational requirements, standards and equipment decisions; the serving utilities’ capacity, connection terms and timelines; construction means and methods; and commissioning and ongoing operation.
Coordination, not substitution. Civil, structural, mechanical, electrical and plumbing engineering are separate disciplines with separate deliverables and separate professional responsibility. RSP coordinates its MEP and civil work with the owner, the architect, the structural engineer, the utilities, the contractor and the other participants on a project. Coordination does not transfer any discipline’s responsibility to RSP, or RSP’s to anyone else.
On performance. How a completed facility performs, its energy use, the redundancy of its systems and its availability in service, depends on the owner’s requirements, the equipment selected, the serving utilities, the construction and how the facility is operated. It is not determined by any single discipline’s design.
Licensure
RSP performs MEP engineering through its own licensed staff. Professional engineering licensure is granted by individual state boards and is discipline-specific and jurisdiction-specific.
Which jurisdictions and disciplines apply
Professional engineering licensure is granted by individual state boards and is discipline-specific and jurisdiction-specific. Ask us which jurisdictions and disciplines apply to your project. We will confirm before proposing scope.
Discuss a project
Tell us the facility type, the site, and where the project stands. We will confirm scope, applicable jurisdictions and the disciplines involved before proposing work.
Discuss a project
Tell us the facility type, the site, and where the project stands. We will confirm scope, applicable jurisdictions and the disciplines involved before proposing work.
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What does RSP Engineers do on the mechanical, electrical and plumbing side?
Mechanical, electrical and plumbing engineering for buildings, performed in-house and coordinated with the civil, structural and site design rather than handed to a separate firm and reconciled later.
Why does it matter that MEP and civil are done by the same firm?
Because most coordination problems happen where building systems meet site infrastructure. When both are performed in-house those interfaces are designed as one problem instead of being discovered during construction.
Which interfaces are you talking about?
Where the building's water and sanitary connections meet the site's utility network and the serving utility's mains; where the electrical service enters the site and how that routing coexists with drainage, easements and access; where roof and building drainage discharges into the site stormwater system; and where mechanical equipment locations affect grading, screening, access and maintenance routes.
Is RSP authorized to do this work in my state?
Ask us about the specific location. Professional licensure is granted per state board, per discipline and per jurisdiction, so the answer depends on where the project is rather than on a blanket statement.
What do you need from me to start?
The building type and size, the stage the project is at, any architectural drawings or site plans that exist, and the location - because the applicable codes and the utility connection requirements both follow from it.
Discuss MEP scope for your project
Tell us the site, schedule and jurisdiction and we will confirm which disciplines and licences apply before proposing scope.