McKinstry engineers and designers are creative problem solvers at our core. We live to innovate new approaches to meet client needs while staying true to our belief that we can positively impact the climate and construction affordability crises. From new construction to major retrofits, we think bigger and explore all options to bring your vision to life.
High-performance basis of design (BOD) development (energy, water, IAQ goal setting)
Performance-based system selection analysis
Architectural massing, site orientation and HVAC load analysis
Integrated, multidiscipline design and engineering services
Zero carbon and zero energy design services
Energy modeling for code compliance, certification and calibrated operations
Existing building decarbonization and electrification
Renewable energy production and storage solutions
Central plant and EcoDistrict planning, analysis and design
Energy, emissions and water benchmarking
Daylighting analysis
Embodied carbon analysis
Utility rebate coordination
Greywater and blackwater system analysis and design
LEED documentation for MEP credits
LEED and ILFI certifications
New building construction
Existing building engineering
Cross laminated timber (CLT)
Energy retrofits and improvements
Portfolio or campus
Microgrids
Renewable energy and energy storage
Commercial office
State and local government
Healthcare
Life sciences
Data centers
Higher education
K-12 school districts
Hospitality
Mixed-use
Combining the right expertise at the beginning of project to drive decision making is something we are passionate about. Listening to our customers to help determine appropriate energy, water and IAQ goals and documenting them in a basis of design coupled with energy modeling to inform massing, site orientation, envelope criteria, daylighting strategies and MEP system selection with the DNA imprint of cost consciousness, constructability and operability is something we bring together in a uniquely McKinstry way.
Designing with the end in mind yields best-in-class systems efficiency, occupant comfort and lower facility operational costs. It also removes the tendency to over-engineer for any and all outcomes. You get the building you need featuring the right performance, capabilities and budget.
We see opportunities where others see problems and challenges. Our engineering approach leverages a whole-building view. Design assumptions and decisions are based on real information, including construction costs and lead timing, building trend data, system comparison studies or early, focused detailing in congested areas.
McKinstry provides integrated solutions informed by our construction, energy, building operations and service professionals. Our designers offer a unique point of view with every project: inventive and outcome based. The methodologies we use carry less risk and deliver a cost-effective, dependable design capable of meeting the strictest energy, building and sustainability criteria.
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