What We Do


With emphasis on sustainability, we create comprehensive engineering solutions for mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems in the built environment. Whether leading the systems design, commissioning a project, or analyzing energy efficiency, we provide proactive and practical solutions to your most complex problems.

  • MEP DEsign

    Great buildings start with systems that work in concert. Our design team digs into the fundamentals early, shaping a shared vision before the first line is drawn. And the people who kick off your project are the same ones who carry it across the finish.

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  • TECHNICAL SERVICES

    Buildings perform best when someone keeps a close eye on the details. From Commissioning to Existing Building Services, we surface inefficiencies, resolve system challenges, and turn building data into measurable gains.

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The Systems
West Approach


We believe the keys to success are diligence, technical expertise, and human connection.

We dig deep to uncover critical insights and use these details to develop a more complete context. We share this context to build trust, ensure alignment, and elevate our collaborators to individual and collective success.

What you’ll experience is collaborative problem solving, a dedicated support system, and steady momentum as we build toward project completion.

Working toward a low-carbon Pacific Northwest


Our mission is to elevate: our team, our clients, our communities, and the environment we share. As an expression of that mission, we aim to make our own operations carbon-neutral and to dramatically reduce the operational carbon of the projects we engage. Our sights are set on leading the region’s MEP engineering on both.

As a signatory of the MEP 2040 Commitment, we’ve joined a collective of MEP firms pursuing net zero carbon across building systems. These goals are ambitious. They’re also where our practice has been leading all along. The next steps are underway: specifying low-impact refrigerants, requesting environmental product declarations, and sharing what we learn with the wider project community.

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Projects on the Board


Learn more about how our collaborative approach leads to unique, practical solutions. See all projects.