Architectural Design

Our passion for beautiful, thoughtful design in conjunction with our exceptional knowledge of sustainable practices gives us and our clients a competitive edge on every project.

We believe that placing sustainability as the foundation for the creative process leads to high-grade design and creates a healthier building experience. We embrace a wide range of design strategies including the optimization of building orientation and envelope design to reduce heat gain while enabling access to natural daylight.

Our leadership in the areas of lean construction, virtual design, and integrated project delivery drives out waste, reduces overall project costs, and compresses schedules.

• Semiconductor facilities & cleanrooms
• Biotechnology facilities & cleanrooms
• Renovations
• Additions
• ADA compliance studies
• Site analysis and selection
• Site planning and urban design
• LEED Sustainable Design
• Space planning/facilities fit-up

Civil Engineering

We provide our clients the expertise they need to complete the civil design phase of projects. We follow local design guidelines and work with permitting agencies. Our services include site layout, conformance to setbacks, floor-to-area (FAR) requirements, grading and erosion controls, stormwater management, wetland mitigation, utilities, water/wastewater systems, solid waste disposal, lighting, roads, and parking. We also provide construction management services.

• Development planning and design
• Site planning
• Grading and drainage
• Utility systems
• Water resources
• Clean water design
• Best management practices
• Storm water management
• Street improvements
• Roadway design
• Bridges
• Assessment districts
• Mapping
• Hydraulic studies

Electrical Engineering

We work with our clients to create intelligent facilities that place safety, energy efficiency, and dependability above all else. We operate sustainably by avoiding the use of extraneous resources to support the natural environment. Our team designs for power distribution, both low and medium voltage, standby power, and UPS systems. We perform short circuit analysis, coordination studies, and arc flash calculations at the inception of our projects and maintain them throughout the project lifecycle. We produce sustainable designs that not only meet and exceed minimum energy codes, but also introduce new tech that supports our data-driven design philosophy.

• Power generation, transmission, and distribution
• Sidewalk and pedestrian safety lighting
• Interior and exterior building lighting
• Specialty lighting
• Substations and power plants
• Security, access control, and intrusion detection
• Emergency backup systems
• Data, audio/visual, and wireless networking systems
• Communications and telecommunication systems
• Grounding systems
• Lightning protection systems
• Coordination studies, fault analysis, and arc flash studies

Engineering Analysis & Studies

• Energy, utility audits, and studies
• Systems comparisons and analyses
• Power quality surveys
• Feasibility studies for new and retrofit projects
• Building, mechanical, plumbing, and electrical code analyses
• Noise abatement studies
• Electrical coordination studies
• Fault current analysis

Equipment Installation Design

With an equipment installation team selected for your specific project needs, we provide services such as feasibility studies, programming, design, construction assistance, construction management, and turnkey design-build programs. Our teams design, program, plan, and support construction of our clients’ tool installation, considering both regulatory issues and layout limitations.

Facilities Design

IPS develops clientele ideas into quality designs that collectively regard the environment, the project’s functional and economic demands, and the need for both comfortable and functional spaces. Our experience covers all types of facilities for all industries. Our depth of knowledge allows us to cover client needs for every aspect of a facility, from permitting to construction to stormwater management.

• Equipment hook-up design
• Specialty gas storage and distribution systems
• Process bulk chemical storage and distribution systems
• UPW, RO and DI water systems
• Wastewater treatment systems
• Acid and solvent waste storage and handling systems
• Industrial wastewater neutralization systems
• Re-claim systems
• Fluoride waste treatment systems
• Process and house vacuum
• Process cooling water
• Chemical waste collection systems (acids, solvents)

Instrumentation & Process Automation

We design smart instrumentation systems and automation processes. Our work includes assessing and documenting the current state of installed control systems; participating in multidisciplinary design review meetings; selecting and specifying process instrumentation, control panels and network equipment; and developing biddable and technically accurate construction documents.

Mechanical Systems

Our mechanical engineers deliver thoughtful, integrated designs that are energy-efficient, cost effective, and maintainable. In addition to system design for all systems and building types, our services also include life cycle cost analysis, system investigation and troubleshooting, facility condition assessments, energy studies, commissioning support, and heating and cooling infrastructure such as Central Utility Plants.

• Central plants
• Campus heating and cooling distribution system
• Building HVAC
• Building plumbing
• Building fire sprinkler and foam suppression systems
• Clean room air management systems
• High and low pressure steam systems
• Humidification and dehumidification systems
• Natural gas piping systems
• Boiler systems

Process & Specialty Gases

Our process and specialty gases group specializes in design and inspection for complex buildings. Familiar with all applicable codes, standards, and facility guidelines, we focus on the sustainable design of systems including compressed air, vacuum, lab and medical gas, purified water, lab and medical waste drains/treatment as well as domestic water, sanitary, and natural gas. Our fire protection system design includes wet, dry, pre-action, foam, and special systems.

• Analysis and optimization of chemical and gas usage
• Design of chemical blending and distribution systems
• Design of specialty gas and bulk gas distribution systems
• Design of water and waste distribution systems
• Process improvements and debottlenecking
• P&ID creation, updating, and verification
• Equipment selection and specification
• Equipment and piping layout design
• Sanitary/clean system design
• Toxic process utility systems
• Healthcare – OSHPOD
• cGMP utilities

Project Master Planning

• Site analysis and evaluation
• Project programming
• Master site planning
• Strategic facilities planning
• Manufacturing resource planning
• Capacity analysis
• Code compliance and review

Structural Design

Our innovative structural design solutions serve our clients’ needs for serviceability, sustainability, constructability, functionality, and form. Working collaboratively with architectural designers, we provide well-coordinated cost-effective design solutions within the shortest possible timeline. Whether the project consists of high seismic design, seismic rehabilitation, anti-terrorism/force protection, or design of high-rise buildings, our structural engineers are ready to solve the most complex issues facing our clients.

Value Engineering

IPS is a distinguished provider of value engineering (VE) services for mechanical, electrical, and plumbing system design. We also provide equipment installation and upgrades in facilities of all sizes and types. We serve commercial and U.S. government clients nationwide and throughout the world, relying on our experience and specialized knowledge to make the most of the project’s budget. Our VE team works closely with designers and stakeholders to ensure appropriateness and accuracy in information, which in turn helps improve the operational efficiency of the organization.

Our value engineering services identify and eliminate high cost areas in the value chain, ensuring a balance between efficient use of resources and decreased operating costs. The value engineering process divides the total project’s scope of work into components, examining each individual element for alternatives that offer benefits in engineering design, equipment and material selection, construction, operations, and maintenance. It is a structured application of proven techniques, applied during multiple phases of the project, with the primary objective being cost reduction identification.

Our approach to the VE process is as follows, regardless of the design phase:

• Information: Gather data to better understand the project.
• Function Analysis: Analyze the project to understand and clarify the required functions.
• Creativity: Generate ideas on all the possible ways to accomplish the required functions.
• Evaluation: Synthesize ideas and concepts, and select those that are feasible for development into specific value improvements.
• Development: Select and prepare the ‘best’ alternative(s) for improving value.
• Presentation: Present the value recommendation to the project stakeholders.