We help teams avoid nasty surprises on cost, programme, and performance.
F8 Group is a building performance and MEP consultancy.
We bring building physics, building services (MEP), BIM, and in-use monitoring together so decisions are based on evidence, delivery is more predictable, and buildings perform as promised.
Why we built F8
Too many projects look fine on paper, then reality arrives late. Costs slip, programmes stall, and performance gets assumed rather than proven. We built F8 to stop that.
Costs move because scope was never properly defined, especially around plant space, risers, routes, louvres, access, controls, and builders work. started with a problem.
Programme slips because coordination issues appear on site, when changes are slow and expensive.
Performance is assumed at handover, then never proven or tuned in operation.
What makes F8 different?
We work across the full lifecycle of a building, from concept through to operation.
Each discipline brings its own rigour. Building physics reveals what will actually happen inside the envelope. MEP expertise ensures systems can be built and measured. BIM coordination catches conflicts before they reach the site. In-use monitoring with OPTI-Twin proves performance and guides improvement. Together, they eliminate the gap between what was promised and what gets delivered.
Our team
We're physicists, engineers, and architects who've seen what goes wrong.
Brad is a Mechanical Building Services Engineer with over 20 years of experience in contracting and consultancy, specialising in energy efficiency, thermal comfort and low-carbon design. His longstanding collaboration with F8 colleagues drives practical, high-performing solutions across commercial, residential and education sectors.
Dale is a Chartered Building Services Engineer with over 30 years of experience leading major M&E teams across multiple sectors. His decades-long collaboration with F8 colleagues delivers robust, efficient and buildable solutions that balance technical excellence with commercial and compliance requirements.
David is a Chartered Quantity Surveyor with over 30 years of experience in MEP cost management across defence, residential, healthcare and PBSA sectors. His collaboration with F8 strengthens integrated design-and-cost strategies, helping clients make informed, value-driven decisions on complex projects.
Nathan is a Chartered Engineer with nearly 20 years of experience in building physics, energy modelling and sustainable design, with a focus on data-driven, environmentally aligned engineering. His collaboration with F8 delivers low-carbon, performance-led solutions across PBSA, BTR and university developments.
Richard is a Chartered Engineer with over 35 years of international experience delivering large-scale projects across the UK, Middle East, Southeast Asia and Europe. His 16-year collaboration with F8 colleagues spans heat networks, regeneration and complex sustainability-focused refurbishments.
Rob is a Chartered Engineer with over 25 years of experience aligning engineering, cost and sustainability to achieve efficient, integrated outcomes. His career-long collaboration with F8 colleagues brings deep technical and strategic expertise across public-sector, university and multi-residential projects.
Ryan is a Mechanical Engineer and BIM specialist with extensive experience in digital coordination, design integration and operational management. Over more than a decade working alongside all F8 members, he has led BIM workflows that improve accuracy, reduce risk and support coordinated project delivery.
Sam is an Electrical Engineer with over 20 years of installation, contracting and design experience, delivering buildable and commercially aligned solutions across refurbishment, new-build and infrastructure projects. His long-standing collaboration with F8 colleagues supports clients with reliable, future-ready engineering advice.
Simon is an Incorporated Engineer with over 40 years of experience across contracting, consultancy and leadership roles in the UK, Europe and North Africa. His decades-long collaboration with F8 colleagues has shaped coordinated, high-performing engineering outcomes across complex multi-sector projects.
We're hiring
Join us if you believe buildings should work as promised. Please get in touch via our contact form
How we protect what matters
Every project has constraints that matter.
Scope undefined. Coordination gaps. Performance unproven. We work backwards from what could go wrong, then build the evidence to stop it happening.
We start by listening. What keeps you awake at night? Is it cost certainty? Hitting programme? Proving the building will work as intended? Once we know what you're protecting, we bring the right disciplines to bear.
Building physics models what will actually happen inside the envelope before a brick is laid. MEP expertise ensures every system can be built, measured, and maintained. BIM coordination catches conflicts early, when they're cheap to fix. In-use monitoring with OPTI-Twin proves performance after handover and guides continuous improvement.
This isn't about adding layers of consultancy. It's about joining the dots that most teams leave scattered. Physics informs MEP strategy. MEP informs BIM coordination. BIM informs what gets monitored. The result is clarity that carries from concept through to operation.
We've seen what happens when these threads don't connect. Budgets blow. Programmes slip. Buildings underperform. We built F8 to make sure that doesn't happen to you.
We join it all together
Most firms sit in one lane. We don't.
Building physics tests performance properly
We model comfort and energy use early, when changes still matter.
Building services make strategies buildable
MEP expertise turns concepts into measurable, deliverable systems.
Deep BIM expertise coordinates and reduces loops
We use BIM to communicate clearly and cut redesign cycles before they drain budgets.
In-use monitoring proves what actually works
OPTI-Twin, our platform, tracks performance and helps teams improve it after handover.
What the numbers tell us
We work across offices, logistics, residential, and life science. The sectors change. The principle doesn't. Get the hard constraints right early, and everything that follows gets easier.
Major projects delivered
From concept through to operation and beyond.
Modelling where it counts
BIM coordination that catches conflicts before site.
Performance verified in use
OPTI-Twin tracks what actually happens after handover.
Ready to talk?
Tell us your role, what stage you're at, and what you need to protect
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