Consulting Engineers

Bridging between theoretical cutting-edge technology and the practical application of innovative concepts, OPUS consulting engineers is an electro-mechanical consultancy with a particular focus on sustainable engineering and green design.

We deliver high efficiency buildings and provide our clients with the necessary tools to achieve more with less.

We serve the construction industry as a whole and our experience includes the residential, commercial, educational, healthcare, hospitality, leisure, institutional, infrastructural, and industrial sectors.

Quite simply, OPUS consulting engineers is your engineering partner for a better built environment.

OPUS consulting engineers provides Mechanical and Electrical design services to the highest standards.

Our deliverables include high-end Drawings, Tailored Specifications, BOQs and various engineering reports.

We produce sustainable and distinguished designs as we pay particular attention to:

• Properly interpreting and scoping the Client’s requirements and preparing concept proposals.
• Developing innovative solutions and identifying constraints on potential solutions.
• Implementing planning and design process that involves coordination between all trades.
• Continuously reviewing the design to achieve internal acceptance and Client satisfaction.

The concept of a Sustainable / Green building design involves the use of techniques that are in conformity with nature, rather than against it.

At OPUS consulting engineers, Sustainable Design is at the very heart of our culture and the concept of Green Buildings is intrinsic to the various processes that we develop including lighting, ventilation, air-conditioning, water collection and recycling, free energy use, etc.

We thus aim at making the most efficient use of resources such as energy, water, and materials, and to ensure that the building maintenance activities do not burden the environment.

LEED is an internationally recognized green building certification system developed by the US Green Building Council and providing third-party verification that a building or community was designed and built using strategies aimed at improving performance across all the metrics that matter most: energy savings, water efficiency, CO2 emissions reduction, improved indoor environmental quality, and stewardship of resources and sensitivity to their impacts.

OPUS consulting engineers has on board professionals that specialize in the facilitation, administration, interpretation, and application of the LEED Rating System.

OPUS utilizes LEED as a framework to identify and implement practical and measurable green building design, construction, operations, and maintenance strategies.

We combine our knowledge and resources gained from our past experience with the LEED Rating System with our technical expertise in the areas of energy conservation, water efficiency, emissions reduction, and indoor environmental quality to provide services that are holistic and technically sound with tangible solutions, rather than simple general LEED support.

Value Engineering (VE) is the systematic application of recognized techniques by a multi-disciplinary team to seek out optimum value for both initial and long-term investments on a certain project.

OPUS consulting engineers has successfully applied VE to landmark projects which resulted in stunning outcomes to the benefit of project developers and end-users.

We exert a creative, organized effort and analyze the requirements of your project for the purpose of achieving the essential functions at the lowest total costs (capital, energy, maintenance) over the life of the project.

We can apply VE at any point in a project, whether at planning, design or even construction phase. However, the earlier it is applied the higher the return on the time and effort invested.

We believe that our VE workshops are not only beneficial, but essential because:

• An independent team can bring a fresh outside view of alternate solutions from other similar projects.
• The functionality of the project is often improved, and tremendous savings are generated to both initial and Life-Cycle Costs
• The best value will be obtained over the life of the building.

At OPUS consulting engineers we help the Architects create buildings that excel in terms of payback, and life cycle cost.

Whether you wish to demonstrate that your facility meets certain standard requirements for energy performance or whether you wish to exceed them, OPUS consulting engineers provides you with a comprehensive building energy performance study allowing you to determine the individual and overall energy performance of your facility.

Using modeling tools early in the design process, we help you understand the real impact of design decisions. This results in substantial energy and cost savings.

Good daylighting is not something that can easily be retrofitted into an existing building. Unless daylight is paid attention to from the early design stages, just like structural and thermal considerations, the building will most likely not develop its full potential for optimal daylighting performance. A number of different design tools are available, ranging from crude hand calculations to sophisticated computer visualizations.

OPUS energy provides you with enlightened solutions using computer simulation models for daylighting analysis and ensures accurate end-results. We went the extra mile and took light level readings in our office and then modeled the same space using computer software and compared the two. We concluded that we were able to accurately simulate the daylight levels as actually measured.

OPUS consulting engineers brings its clients this added value of accompanying their projects post design, making sure they are executed as specified and according to budget.

We can step in at the bidding stage to evaluate the technical and commercial bids and to recommend the mechanical & electrical contractors for award. From there onward, we can supervise the project execution, assuring at all times that the contractors are complying with the provisions of the contract by:

• Reviewing & approving the shop-drawings, the as-built drawings as well as the equipment and material submittals.
• Checking and ensuring proper site installations and execution.
• Assuring and approving the testing and commissioning of all systems.
• Attending site meetings to assist in resolving problems on the spot, in the presence of the project management / client representative and the contractors.
• OPUS hence becomes the active interface between the Client / Architect and the mechanical and electrical sub-contractors, from day one till final handing over.

Owners are often making investments in their buildings based upon targeted performance expectations. The many components of a building that impact an owner’s utility costs, comfort, indoor air quality, and operational performance are complex and frequently do not perform as intended.

OPUS consulting engineers’ building commissioning services facilitate and validate that building systems function according to criteria set forth in the project documents to satisfy the owner’s operational needs.

We commission both our own projects and also act as a third-party commissioning agent for others.

Hence, we can intervene as:

• Fundamental or LEED enhanced commissioning Agent.
• Independent 3rd Party Commissioning Agent.
• 3rd Party preparing Operation & Maintenance Manuals.