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Cavendish were pleased to be informed on the 5th December that we are finalists in the CIBSE Building Performance 2012 awards.

Being CIBSE accredited we are especially proud to have been recognised for our achievements at 9 Milbank where we have successfully reduced the carbon by 48%.

The awards take place on the 8th February at the Park Lanes Grosvenor hotel and are up against British Land, MITIE, The Building Centre and Transport for London [TfL] in the Building Operation Award category.


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Cavendish Engineers have signed a contract with Islington Council as one of the approved companies on the mechanical engineering consultancy framework.

Islington council hosts some of the oldest buildings in London and we are looking forward to working on challenging projects.

Cavendish are very pleased to be working with such a prestigious borough.
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 Cavendish Engineers have been shortlisted for the Innovation & Sustainability Awards 2011!
 
Celebrating the people, products and services that have made a real difference in their industries, we are pleased to be shortlisted for the Best Innovation in Energy Management category.
 
The awards presentation takes place on Tuesday 11th October at 1pm in the Innovation Showcase Seminar Theatre in The Grand Hall, Energy Solutions at London Olympia.

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On Sunday 12 June 35 brave volunteers turned out at the North London Parachute Centre to take part in an adrenaline fuelled parachute jump with Essex celebrity, Jodie Marsh to help raise vital funds for Essex Air Ambulance.
 
Despite the adverse weather conditions over half the group completed the sky dive at 10,000 feet, including Essex Air Ambulance Paramedic Chris Martin. Speaking about the jump, Chris said: “Even though the weather wasn’t ideal, we all had a fantastic day raising much needed funds for Essex Air Ambulance. Even though I ended up jumping through hail it was still awesome, a totally exhilarating experience and I would recommend it to anyone.”

Cavendish Engineers and Cavendish Aviation has a interest in the Ealrs Colne Airfield, which is recently home to the Essex Air Ambulance helicopters. Steve Allen, Managing Director of Cavendish explains more; 'Essex Air Ambulance needs £250,000 per month to carry on the tremendos work that they do. It is a brilliant cause that I am very passionate about, and we are very pleased to support and sponsor the brave jumpers from the Anglian Flight Centre anyway we can.'

If you want to find out more about the jump, like to make a donation, or any information on the fantastic work of Essex Air Ambulance please visit -www.essexairambulance.uk.com


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As part of the head office refurbishment, Cavendish Engineers has done research into the heritage building. The original building was numbered number 35 and was built in 1785.

The occupants of the building then were registered as surgeons. In the 18th century the building was re built, along with the rest of the street.

The picture shown here shows Spital Square in 1912, which housed two green grocers, and a barbers. The now famous Galvin restuarant next door was originally a school for girls.

Pictures are curtesy of the Bishopsgate Institute. 

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Cavendish Engineers meeting room was officially opened today by our HR advisor.

The new refurbished room means that we can provide addittional training to staff in a dedicated room.
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Cavendish Engineers provided both engineering consultancy and project management services on this project. The flag pole was part of a Grade II Heritage Building, based in Westminster and originally built in the early 1900’s. In 1928 in was the flag was the highest point in London.

Now over 100 years old, and made of oak it became a unstable and structurally unsound. The original pole was installed with the structure of the building built around the pole. This meant that 1/3 of the pole was embedded into the building. The main challenge with this project was trying to ascertain how far down the pole was embedded and how it could be removed. After several engineering calculations and recommendations, it was decided to remove the flag pole via a 20ft crane.

As the building is situated opposite Westminster gardens, permission had to be granted from Westminster council to close the road to accommodate the crane.


The flag pole was successfully replaced and was in place for the Royal Wedding this year.

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Cavendish Engineers have been appointed by E2V technologies as the main contractor for design and build of their new clean room facility.

e2V deliver solutions, sub-systems and components, to these advanced systems companies, for their specialist applications within medical & science, aerospace & defence, and commercial & industrial markets.
The clean room projects includes; an ISO Class 6 facility, complete with 6 clean rooms, a clean corridor, change room and air lock.

The mechanical and electrical plant for this project was designed with stringent conditions on temperature, humidity and pressure. Energy efficiency and low running costs are notoriously difficult to achieve in such demanding  cleanroom environments, but with localized re-circulating Air Handling Units both energy efficiency and reliability can be achieved. With LED lighting providing a higher quality light for the cleanroom user for a much improved running cost against other existing lighting solutions.

This project coincides with e2Vs’ clean room expansion plan to meet the demands of their clients. The clean room facility is due for completion in October 2011.

 For more information please visit www.e2v.com
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Cavendish has expanded further by taking additionaloffice space within its current premises.

The first floor of 36 Spital Square has now become thestylish reception area and home to the main Head Office Administration team.The original second floor now hosts the Engineering team including two fullengineering specialists, one engineering consultant and a CAD technician.

Both floors have been renovated as part of a 20 weekprogramme. During the project we have drawn on our engineering experience andinstalled PIRs, LED Lighting and Energy Rated A heat pumps. Our vibrant, limegreen branding has been incorporated into the office design with specialisedHerman Miller furniture. The American based company is world famous for theirergonomic chairs and stylish, sleek furniture. Cavendish Engineers haveexclusively been able to acquire their new Sayl chair, which is due to bereleased in the UK in October 2011. The chairs which are part of the newAdministration office have been inspired by San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge.

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Cavendish Engineers has experience in providing integrated engineering services to the public sector. Cavendish was asked to re-evaluate engineering options on a column façade project. The building is Grade II listed and the columns were originally built in the early 1900’s along with the construction of the building. In the 1900’s columns were traditionally made with a steel structure, wrapped in stone. The columns however were becoming unstable and needed either replacing or restoring. Both of these options required new stone and therefore became quite costly. After examining the columns Cavendish Engineers came up with a solution that was 1/5 of the replacement project cost and still was in keeping with English heritage guidelines. An X ray machine was used to establish the structure within. This was then wrapped with carbon fibre and covered with a stone effect resin.

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Cavendish has expanded further by taking additional office space within its current premises. This was part of a 20 week programme and included a complete re-furbishment.

The re-opening party event took place on the 24th June, and was attended by all head office staff as well as new and potential clients.

The new website was also relaunched at the event.

Please see the events page for further seminars and events or email events@cavendishengineers.net for more details.




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According to the latest Plimsoll report that was released this month Cavendish Engineers are the 5th fastest company for sales growth in the last year.

The report evaluated the Facilities Management property market and the 527 companies that are situated within it. Cavendish Engineers have shown great success this year and this report highlights their growing appearance in the industry. The top market leaders were identified as Connaught Partnership, Interserve, MACE, Mitie Group PLC and Sodexo.

Cavendish Engineers' their 460% increase in sales means that they are forecast to expand further during 2011. They are due to grow their head office staff by a further 50% this quarter, with a grand opening of their extra floor office in March.
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Cavendish Engineers have successfully been accepted as members into the ACE (Association of Consulting Engineers.) 

ACE represents the business interests of the consultancy and engineering industry in the UK. ACE is the leading business association in the sector, with around 650 firms – large and small, operating across many different disciplines – as its members.

Those members are some of the world's leading consultancy and engineering businesses. Renowned for the quality and excellence of their work, they regularly win awards for engineering innovation and achievement.
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The deadline for air conditioning inspections has now passed. Air conditioning systems over 12kw required an air conditioning inspection by the 1st Jan.

If you dont already have one, then why not ask for a quotation. Their are great benefits from having it completed, including a health check and how energy savings can be made.

Both DX Electrica and Cavendish Engineers are accreditted to carry out these inspections. The average price for an inspection is just £400. For a quotation please email info@dxelectrica.net
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Thank you to those that came to our stand at this years Energy Solutions Expo at London Olympia. We were doubly impressed by twitter followers coming over to see us!

The event show cased more than 100 leading names in the energy management industry. The innovation showcase for 2010 was an exciting feature that will gave visitors the chance to see the latest and best innovations available in the industry.

We have decided to exhibit again next year. Whatch a video from this years show.
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Cavendish Engineers is now on twitter. Follow us for energy related news and stories.

www.twitter.com/cavengineers

We have also been in several publications this month. Including consulting engineer, which features Steve Allen's article on energy management. Part two of this article comes out later this year.

Lizzie Phillips article in Environmental Engineer also received good coverage. The article detailed Facilities Maintenance and energy reduction within the NHS sector. The feature will be used alongside the Healthcare Centre of Excellence Group.
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Over 80 house hold names came together to show their commitment in reducing their energy, at the Institute Of Directors on the 23rd April.

The morning seminar which was hosted by energy experts, Cavendish Engineers along with partners HSE Group, advised on how the top London based organisations can use carbon reducing technologies to meet the new energy legislation.

The attendees where from right across the sector, including house hold names such as; Channel Four, MTV Networks, HSBC and T Mobile. The corporate sector, government agencies, universities also attended.
The speakers Steve Allen and Simon Potts were able to draw upon their combined 50 years of experience, to give an in-depth insight into how energy should be monitored through using ISO16001 and which technologies are most beneficial in reducing energy usage in order to hit benchmarks and targets.

Steve Allen, Managing Director of Cavendish Engineers commented; "We understand that clients are under pressure to deliver a carbon reduction programme. However, sometimes they are under financial constraint in doing so. We wanted to share our experiences on the challenges we often face, and the different technologies that can help tackle these problems."
HSE Group also gave an insightful presentation on real life applications including Bio Mass, Combined Heat and Power, LED Lighting and Energy Controls and Monitoring.

Simon Potts, Managing Director of Platignum Environmental commented; "It was great to be able to share our knowledge of which technologies work best for different applications. The financial benefits and government subsidies now make these technologies economically sensible as well as environmentally helpful".

The subjects sparked quite a debate and it enabled the different sectors to share their experiences with other delegates.
The seminar concluded with a small exhibition area where delegates were able to ask experts further questions about a particular low carbon technology; ranging from LED's to CHP's.

For more details on our partner Platignum Environmental visit their website www.platignum.net
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We have seen a large increase in requests from suppliers.

We do have an approved supplier process, which corresponds with our ISO9001 accreditation. We ask suppliers that would like to be considered as a supplier to complete the approved supplier form on the policy page of the website.
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Cavendish Engineers pledged in 2010 to raise $15,000 to build a well in HAITI.

One of Cavendish Engineers colleagues actually lives in the neighbouring country Dominican Republic, and therefore Cavendish have seen what help was crucially needed after the earthquake.

Cavendish Engineers delivered over 5 million litres of water to the 16,000 make shift camp since the disaster and wanted to continue their support by using their engineering experience to build a well.
The proposed two tank system (one tank as drinking water and the other for washing clothes,) will work off a city well pump shaft which could yield an pump 2,500 gals per minute.

We have already raised the majority of the $15,000 dollars needed to complete. Due to the generosity of other London firms such as Hurst Pierce and Malcom and Russell Trew we have been able to make a real difference.
For more information on the programme and how you can donate please email: lizzie.phillips@cavendishengineers.net
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Cavendish Engineers pledged in 2010 to raise $15,000 to build a well in HAITI.

One of Cavendish Engineers colleagues actually lives in the neighbouring country Dominican Republic, and therefore Cavendish have seen what help was crucially needed after the earthquake.

Cavendish Engineers delivered over 5 million litres of water to the 16,000 make shift camp since the disaster and wanted to continue their support by using their engineering experience to build a well.

The proposed two tank system (one tank as drinking water and the other for washing clothes,) will work off a city well pump shaft which could yield an pump 2,500 gals per minute.

We have already raised the majority of the $15,000 dollars needed to complete. Due to the generosity of other London firms such as Hurst Pierce and Malcom and Russell Trew we have been able to make a real difference.

For more information on the programme and how you can donate please email: lizzie.phillips@cavendishengineers.net
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