Over the coming episodes in the series we will be looking into the likes of RIBA, BSRIA, and M&E and how they come together in the Built Environment. Most of you will hopefully be familiar with these terms, but this might provide valuable insight into the design process for others.

What is RIBA and the Plan of Works?

RIBA (the Royal Institute of British Architects) is a professional body that drives excellence in architecture. It also provides guidance and standards within the Construction Industry. RIBA engages with other professional bodies to develop and deliver an over-arching approach for every stage of the project life cycle.

Taken from their website: “The RIBA Plan of Work organises the process of briefing, designing, constructing and operating building projects into eight stages and explains the stage outcomes, core tasks and information exchanges required at each stage”. The 2020 version follows 7 years of development from the 2013 version which most of us remember being a major update.

What is BSRIA and what do they do?

BSRIA (Building Services Research and Information Association) is a member based association and professional body that promotes knowledge and specialist services for mechanical, electrical and public health services (MEP). BSRIA Guides 6, commonly known or referred to as BG6, provides valuable guidance and standards for every aspect of MEP services.

Their continued research and development over the past 60 years have delivered significant changes in:

Energy efficiency
Safety standards
Building thermal modelling
Achieving carbon targets
BIM Guides
MEP standards and guidance
Integration with RIBA
and many more…


What is MEP?

MEP (Mechanical, Electrical and Public Health) Services are the fundamental Building Services that can be found within the Built Environment. Depending on the project there are many regulations, governing bodies, statutory requirements and guidance that drive the design and requirements for the MEP Services.

For example, some residential schemes wouldn’t have the same MEP requirements as perhaps an office space, or hospital. Understanding those requirements, the systems and how they can be implemented within the scheme is critical to successful project delivery.

Over the coming episodes in the series, we will be looking at how this all ties together, the stages within the Plan of Work, and why MEP building Services are so important in buildings today and in the future.



This series has been kindly sponsored by ADR Consulting engineers and uses content authored and produced by them which is also available via their blog on their website. ADR are based in Canterbury but have projects across the country including within the west midlands region. ADR are a group of like minded Building Services Engineers, that have established themselves through academic or practical backgrounds. All of their engineers are professionally accredited, and have a proven track record in delivering award winning projects.
They love what they do, and that shows through their work. We thank Lex Rouzee and the team at ADR for their help, support and input to the series.

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CIBSE promotes the career of building services engineers by accrediting courses of study in further and higher education, by approving work based training programmes and providing routes to full professional Registration and Membership, including Chartered Engineer, Incorporated Engineer and Engineering Technician. CIBSE offers a range of services, all focussed on maintaining and enhancing professional excellence throughout a career.

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