Team

Tom is a chartered engineer with over 20 years’ experience in consultancy who has built strong personal and professional client relationships.

He has successfully managed and delivered projects across numerous sectors including education, commercial, healthcare and heritage. More recently Tom has been working on Coal Orchard (a mixed usage multi residential scheme), Exeter Nightingale Hospital and a new build Hospital sterilisation facility for T Clarke Ltd.

He has gained a clear and applied understanding of Part L 2013 and requirements for renewable energy for both new and existing buildings and has provided multiple low carbon solutions to projects. As a BSRIA Soft Landings Engineer he is able to assist clients with effective handover and optimisation of the building post-handover.

A versatile electrical engineer with expertise from project start-up to client hand-over.  Mike works as a team leader in the Plymouth office, and is responsible for delivering commercial, industrial, education, residential and defence projects.

John started his career in electrical contracting before developing on to become Senior Electrical Engineer for SDS.

Using his previous wealth of knowledge and skills gained from onsite contracting, he delivers projects within various sectors including education, residential, commercial and healthcare.

Nigel has extensive knowledge in the design and management of mechanical systems, surveying, estimating and project cost control.  He is an experienced low carbon consultant.

Sue has a strong building services background with over 28 years’ experience. She has managed a wide range of projects across various sectors and is experienced in developing mechanical designs for a variety of systems in new and refurbished developments.

Martin is a rigorous, confident, dedicated and enthusiastic engineer with experience in developing mechanical designs for a variety of systems in new and refurbished developments.

Keir is a Mechanical Engineer with 25 years’ experience within the construction industry and is a building services engineer.  He has worked on projects within a variety of sectors, including education, commercial, residential, healthcare, R&D and leisure.  He has acted as project lead on a multitude of high value and complex projects.  

Russell has 15 years of experience working as a building services engineer, working within the commercial side of the industry. Russell is a key technical resource with extensive experience in projects on a local, national and global scale and has led the mechanical design and delivery of some of the more prolific projects within the region.

With 7 years’ industry experience, Kate is a professional engineer having worked on various projects within many sectors including Defence and seen numerous projects from initial concept through to completion including both new build and refurbishments. Passionate about passive design solutions to create sustainable, low energy buildings, she has worked on multiple projects aspiring to BREEAM accreditation. Working closely with design teams to achieve coordinated and practical solutions to any potential building challenges. As a STEM Ambassador Kate makes time to attend local school talks, career fairs and undertake mock interviews to encourage students into a career in engineering.

A confident and well-motivated individual, Joshua is comfortable with working individually or as part of a team. He has the ability to organise work efficiently and meet deadlines.

Martyn is a senior mechanical engineer with over 35 years’ experience as a consulting engineer. He has a broad knowledge of all mechanical building services and site supervision, including acting as lead engineer on a number of frameworks.

Sam has over 10 years experience in electrical building services design, working with both public and private sector clients on a wide range of projects and various construction values.  He is passionate and experienced in Renewable Energy Systems and the built environment. With expertise gained from Education, Commercial, Industrial, Healthcare, Aviation and Defence projects, Sam has a broad range of skills from working with multi-disciplinary teams.

Dave undertook a degree in Architecture and Environmental Engineering, before joining SDS as part of there electrical design team. Dave has a passion for architecture, passive and low carbon design, and takes a keen interest in innovation and the future of our industry. He has since gone on to complete a Masters degree in High Performance Buildings.

Since joining SDS, Dave has delivered projects in a range of sectors, including defence, education, healthcare and process industrial. He enjoys working closely with his mechanical colleagues and design teams to achieve coordinated and practical project solutions.

A senior electrical design engineer with over 15 years’ experience on projects across various sectors, including educational, commercial, residential, healthcare, leisure and government. Adrian also leads a number of condition surveys providing guidance on anticipated residual life expectancy and expected energy pay-back.

Paul is a Chartered Electrical Engineer with over 20 years experience within the electrical, building services and contracting industry across a variety of sectors, including educational, commercial, residential, healthcare and leisure.  He has managed and completed numerous projects from concept through to handover whilst building strong personal and professional client relationships in the south wales and south west areas.

Paul is an Electrical Engineer with over 13 years’ experience within the building services sector. He has completed numerous projects from concept and detailing of the design and specification through to implementation, testing and handover.

During his 20 years in electrical contracting and services design Andy has built-up a strong track record of managing and delivering projects throughout the South West.

Lewis joined the SDS team in February 2020, bringing with him a wealth of experience from the contracting sector of the industry with over 20 years of experience with SSE.

More recently, Lewis has been working at RD&E and Exeter University – projects the SDS team are very familiar with.

Simon is an experienced degree qualified engineer who undertakes energy assessment of buildings utilising multiple pieces of software.

With 15 years’ experience in this specialist field he is highly proficient in all aspects of energy assessment. As part of Simon’s role he produces Thermal Analyses, Part L2 calculations, Daylight Analyses, SAP calculations and Renewable Energy Strategies.

Trained to use TAS and IES software to create 3D models of buildings to carry out dynamic thermal analyses, natural ventilation analyses, daylight analyses, verify Building Regulation Part L2 compliance and produce Energy Performance Certificates.

Simon is trained as Passivhaus Designer and has gained experience working in Passivhaus design and certification on various residential projects. He has modelled in excess of 50 buildings to comply with Building Regulations, BREEAM requirements.

Adam is a building physics engineer specialising in consultancy services for the construction and residential industry. He has experience in project managing and delivering sustainability services for very challenging and prestige projects in the UK. Working with both domestic and non-domestic clients, he oversees schemes through all stages of development life cycle, with a good knowledge of all sustainable legislation.