Utilities engineering

Energy and utility infrastructure is an important aspect of any land development or masterplanning process. The present day utility services package has grown into a very open but demanding engineering discipline to provide a mechanism for bringing all aspects of development together.

Land development schemes today must embrace a dedicated approach to utility provisions to facilitate a quality approach to sustainable engineering. With significant legislative change in the energy and utility markets – and a need to deliver greater performance from increased levels of capital expenditure – the provision of utility and physical infrastructure has become a very complex discipline.

Buro Happold’s extensive worldwide experience of utility provision enables us to design the optimum utility infrastructure plant and apparatus configuration with due consideration for development phasing, sustainability and adoptable standards. We have experience of developments requiring the full range of utility services to meet the needs of the full spectrum of land development uses.

Utility planning has a key role in providing best value, innovation and continuity through all development stages and delivering programme and cost advantages to our clients.

By maintaining a client focused relationship – and providing a single portal to a broad range of expert knowledge and competitive markets – we deliver maximum technical and financial benefits. This extends to our relationships with both land developers and utility providers, ensuring a winning end result.

Related disciplines

  • Bridges & civil structures

    The bridges and civil engineering structures team at Buro Happold are experts in the design, construction and maintenance of bridges, tunnels and complex highway structures.

  • Coastal and marine

    Key to all aspects of engineering coastal sites is consideration of the environmental aspects from materials, sustainability and ecology to low impact construction techniques and long-term maintenance requirements.

  • Drainage and storm water management

    Water Resource Management (WRM) is the process by which all elements of the water cycle are considered within a project. It is increasingly important that water is considered as a single, finite resource.

  • Earthworks

    Our team is highly experienced in investigating, analysing, testing and managing the movement of earth and other material around a site to establish formation levels for building and landscaping.

  • Flood risk

    Water management is a key element in virtually all building and urban regeneration projects. To maximise the potential of our developments in a sustainable and environmentally responsible way, effective water management is vital.

  • Geoenvironmental

    The rise in urban regeneration schemes and the need to conserve green spaces in towns and city centres means that many developments are now situated on old industrial brownfield sites. With this transition brings special challenges - cost, risk and liability.

  • Geotechnical

    Buro Happold’s geotechnical group provides its clients with the capability to complete structural, building and civil engineering solutions.

  • Highway engineering

    Highway engineering forms a key part of Buro Happold’s Infrastructure group. With an integrated approach to major urban strategies and masterplan projects, our highway design experts work on some of the most high profile and ambitious projects in the world.

  • People movement

    In the wider built environment, Buro Happold’s People Movement management capability has been applied to optimise circulation in a whole multitude of areas.

  • Transport planning

    Buro Happold’s transport planning team provides a wide range of services to both private and public sector clients. Our team values its client relationships very highly and considers them vital to the success of the project, be it local or international.

  • Utilities engineering

    Utilities infrastructure strategy is an important aspect of any land development or masterplanning process and provides a mechanism for bringing all aspects of development together.

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Wembley Redevelopment

05/05/2011

Buro Happold has concluded the first phase of Wembley Infrastructure (Phase One). We have been involved in the project since 2002 starting with a single project that has evolved into the company providing a wide cross-section of our services to find the right solutions to a series of challenging design issues.

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Velociudad Speedcity Circuit

28/02/2012

Argentinians have a passion for motorsport, but have not hosted a F1 event since the mid 90’s. This privately funded project would see the phased construction of a state of the art racing circuit and associated facilities in the heart of Argentina capable of hosting a FIA race. In addition to the 5.5km of FiA compliant track, the final scheme will house a training academy, driver training centre, an off-road park, two luxury hotels, serviced apartments, a conference centre, retail village, luxury clubhouse and numerous brand houses. The development is situated near the town of Zarate approximately 80km north of Buenos Aires, and will be constructed in two distinct phases. The first will see the construction of a 3.1km track and all supporting infrastructure, capable of hosting national race events with crowds of up to 30,000. Phase two will then develop the site fully with the view to becoming home to the Argentinian F1 Grand Prix.

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News

City Performance workshop highlights

21/10/2011

Buro Happold and built environment think-tank The Edge hosted a two-day workshop in London on the theme of ‘City Performance’. Supported by the Embassy of the Kingdom of The Netherlands, the Italian Embassy and the Royal Danish...

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Wadi Al Asla

31/05/2011

Wadi Al Asla is located approximately 15 kms to the east of the city of Jeddah. For over 20 years the Wadi was partially used to store untreated sewage due to inadequate sewage treatment facilities in the city. This resulted in the formation of a sewage lake about 3 km² in area.

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Salford University

26/05/2011

The University of Salford is committed to the Campus Plan 20-year vision that is contributing to the wider regeneration of the city of Salford. The plan aims to provide a sustainable, accessible place for students and staff to...

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Aldershot Centre for Health

20/04/2011

Part private, part public the Aldershot Centre for Health, the largest primary care health centre in the UK, is a perfect example of a complex healthcare building catering for the needs of a diverse range of patient groups -...

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