Team

Tom is a chartered engineer with over 20 years’ experience in consultancy who has built strong personal and professional client relationships. He manages the mechanical team in our Bristol office.

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 and applies a clear 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.

John started his career in electrical contracting before progressing into his role as an associate for Services Design Solution.

Using his previous wealth of knowledge and skills gained from on-site contracting, John delivers projects within various sectors including education, residential, commercial and healthcare. One key healthcare project he managed during the pandemic was NHS Nightingale, Exeter which was completed within just 57 days under the determination of a very dedicated team.

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.

Eric has extensive management and design experience, working for both end-user clients and contractors alike. He enjoys being hands-on and delivering practical designs. Eric is a member of the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health.

With his knowledge of the Cardiff and Gloucester areas, he is a key member of the Bristol team, responsible for project delivery and growing our presence in Wales.

Sue has a strong building services background with over 35 years’ experience in the industry. 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 an experienced Principal Mechanical Design Engineer with a demonstrated history of working in the construction industry for 15+ years.  He is skilled in Mechanical Engineering designs from conception to technical design, with an aptitude for Revit MEP. Strong technical engineering talent from a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) honours focused in Building Services Engineering from UWE Bristol. Martin has worked across all sectors including defence, healthcare, education, offices, residential, care homes and Leisure and tourism. Over recent years, he has worked on Torbay and Derriford Hospital, Scott Medical, Hazelbrook, Brittany House, Quaside Extracare, and Carbis Bay to name but a few.

Bob is an Electrical Services Engineer with 40 years’ experience within the construction industry. He has worked in most sectors including Commercial, Defence, Education, Healthcare, Industrial, Leisure, Retail, Security. He has managed many high-profile projects, which include numerous Oxford University & Collegiate projects, The Victoria and Albert Museum, Oxo Tower, Somerset House, Windsor Castle, Tower of London, Project SLAM, Bodmin Police HQ, UPP Student Accommodation projects at University of Plymouth, University of Exeter and University of Reading. More recently, he was responsible for delivering Polden Bower SEN School and fast track Covid-19 projects which include Nightingale Exeter and Lighthouse Labs Plymouth.

Keir is a building services and Mechanical Engineer with 25 years’ experience within the construction industry. 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 such as North London Heat and Power, Silverstone Museum and was involved in the 2012 Olympic Games. As an accredited BREEAM assessor with 10 years of experience in advising clients, he also delivers successful BREEAM certifications for projects. 

Russell has 18 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.

Tim is our Principal Building Physics Engineer who works in our Bristol office, closely with the Building Physics team based in the Exeter.

Tim has twenty years’ experience in the building services industry and is also a CIBSE Low Carbon Energy Assessor with specialist skills in mechanical building services design. He has been involved with projects of all sizes and a multitude of disciplines including building IES and Tas models with the aim of ensuring sustainability and comfort for the end-user, advising on routes to zero carbon solutions on new and existing buildings.

Martyn is a senior mechanical engineer with over 40 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.

Luke has 6 years’ experience working in the construction industry as a building services engineer. Starting his early career working within the education, commercial & hotel sectors. In the last few years, he has been involved in the residential division this has involved high rise and domestic homes.

Outside of day-to-day work Luke is involved with Welsh Government Net Zero Carbon working group, the groups main aim is to advise the Welsh government on the Route to Net Zero Carbon building in Wales.

Luke also sits on the CIBSE technology committee which advises members on changes to engineering policies, consultation of government documents. Providing members with understanding, clarification of the fundamental technical basis of building services engineering. His interests also lie in future technologies that can help future buildings / projects reduce their overall impact on the surrounding environment. To improve his understanding of this process since its launch Luke has been involved in the Welsh Hydrogen Trade Association which is the membership body to advance the hydrogen economy in Wales.

Sam has over 15 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.

Adrian is a senior electrical design engineer with over 15 years’ experience on projects across various sectors, including educational, commercial, residential, healthcare, leisure and government. He’s worked on some large manufacturing facilities and led on the larger schemes that Bristol has managed.

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 25 years in electrical contracting and services design, Andy has built-up a strong track record of managing and delivering projects throughout the South West. One key project Andy’s played a part in is a workshop refurbishment of the A69 facility in Cumbria,  with the objective of transforming its submarine building capabilities.

Lewis joined the Services Design Solution 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. Since joining SDS, Lewis has worked on various domestic housing and PassivHaus developments, including Clifton Hill and Vaughan Road.

Tom is our lighting designer with over 5 years’ experience working within the industry. He specialises in interior/exterior lighting design and daylighting design, as well as developing initial concepts into detailed designs, producing detailed surveys, reports and 3D modelling.

He is experienced in producing lighting impact assessments and daylight, sunlight and overshadowing assessments to accompany planning applications. Tom is responsible for assessing and advising on ecological sensitivities and the mitigation of the effects from both internal and external lighting on the environment.

Tom’s worked on several key projects as a lighting specialist, including residential street lighting at Poundbury, Lighting Impact Assessment for Higher Radway Farm and external lighting for Avonmouth Energy Recycling Facility.

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.