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:: E4B CONSULTING ::


E4B Consulting is an electrical engineering design consultancy, working in the building services and renewable energy industries.

We provide calculations, selectivity studies and renewable energy integration studies, to support M&E contractors, consultants and developers with your design responsibilities.

Led by a sole director with a history of successful delivery across concurrent projects, by choosing E4B Consulting as a design partner, you should feel confident about forming honest and long-term relationships to the benefit of all.

Historically working on around a dozen projects per year, they have ranged in size from a few days for major M&E plant replacements, to hundreds of hours spread over a two year period for large base builds. Work sectors have included commercial offices, data centres, education, public sector buildings and large, solar PV projects.

Based in Reading, sites across the south of England from London to Bristol are easily accessible for meetings.

Enquiries are welcome from M&E contractors, consultants and renewable energy developers.

:: ABOUT ::

Kevin Edwards BSc (Hons)

Kevin Edwards is an electrical engineer working in the building services and renewable energy industries, and the sole director of E4B Consulting.

I worked as an electrical engineer in industrial manufacturing before moving across to building services 20 years ago. Initially operating on a self-employed basis for a decade or more (T/A Edwards Engineering Services), I formed E4B Consulting Limited in 2022.

I successfully divide my time between clients to deliver packages of work to agreed fees and project plans.

Commercially, I understand the importance of long-term business relationships and teamwork.

Our approach

Work is done from a home office which is well equipped with technical publications and industry standard design software. For well defined projects and packages of work, a fixed price is formally quoted. Visits to a client's offices and sites are made as and when required.

Software packages

E4B Consulting operates the following software packages in-house:

Professional Indemnity insurance

Professional Indemnity insurance is held for the business of 'Design Engineer'.

:: DESIGN & CONSULTING SERVICES ::


Utilising industry software, we build software models to produce electrical calculations and studies, helping contractors, consultants and developers to show compliance with regulatory and commercial requirements.

All delivered in the form of structured and attractively presented reports, tailored to your requirements.

Electrical circuit calculations

Do you have design responsibility for your new electrical installation?
E4B Consulting can help with that.

We provide electrical circuit calculations for the sizing and selection of equipment or for the verification of third party designs. LV installations are modelled in (Amtech) ProDesign.

Selectivity studies and protection settings

Are you required to produce a selectivity study for your switchboard replacement project?
E4B Consulting can help with that.

Correct protection settings ensure that in the event of a fault, only the faulted circuit is isolated, leaving upstream circuits on line. E4B Consulting uses industry software to study MV and LV protection and selectivity. We will deliver tables of relay and MCCB trip settings for commissioning. Reports showing verification of Regulation 536.4 are provided for appending to the EIC.

Renewable energy integration

Do you need to integrate your renewable energy system to a building's electrical installation or to the grid?
E4B Consulting can help with that.

Utilising industry software, we create models of electrical power systems. The models are used to provide load flow, short circuit, fault infeed and grid integration studies: studies required to show system behaviour when connecting a new power plant such as solar PV or battery energy storage systems to a building's electrical installation or to the grid.

:: RECENT PROJECT ::

Solar PV system : Electrical calculations, modelling and analysis.

Working for the main contractor who had full design responsibility, the role was to design the electrical system to connect the output from the PV system inverters to an existing, 11kV electrical infrastructure running around the site.

:: RECENT PROJECT ::

General aviation airport : Site upgrade with new supply

A general aviation airport had plans to expand and build new hangers. Our initial feasibility studies showed that their existing electrical supply - shared with an adjacent trading estate - was unsuitable for the new requirements. The existing and planned loads were relatively small. However, a challenge came from long circuit lengths, and selecting a main distribution point for optimal energy efficiency. Our load assessment and design was used for the successful application to SSEN for a new, dedicated electrical supply.

:: RECENT PROJECT ::

Office headquarters : Base build selectivity study

Working for the electrical contractor for the base build, the primary purpose of the engagement was to help them meet the design elements of their contract. A major part of my role was to provide a selectivity study for the LV base build, upstream to the six MV/LV transformer substations (14MVA total) and two tiers of 11kV protection devices. This involved interaction with engineers at the main contractor, the M&E consultant, the mechanical services contractor and the owner of the district heating and utilities network.

:: RECENT PROJECT ::

Hotel/residential/retail : Base build design verification

Working for the M&E contractor for the base build, the role included verification, detailed design and a comprehensive MV/LV protection selectivity study. Power sources included an on-site 11/0.4kV transformer with a parallel CHP engine, LV directly from a UKPN substation, and life safety generators. Close collaboration with the mechanical services designer, the contractor's project manager and the consultant's project engineer was required.

:: RECENT PROJECT ::

School : Electrical design

For an outline design by the local government's consultants, close work with the mechanical services designer was required for a design and build contract. Attended design team meetings with the architect and sustainability consultant. Liaised with the UKPN project engineer for the design of the on-site 11/0.4kV transformer substation. Involvement ran through the whole project, to signing as 'Designer 1' on the Electrical Installation Certificate. A BREEAM rating of 'Excellent' was achieved.

:: RECENT PROJECT ::

Technical centre : System expansion

For a large comms room and technical services installation which included TV broadcast equipment. The brief included LV infrastructure design, with A & B supplies, for a new UPS system to handle a projected load of 540kVA. An end client facing role, the full project team comprised their technical services manager and IT staff, facilities management, and the UPS manufacturer's project team. The project required a plan for a phased shutdown of sections of the live site for installation over several weekends.

:: ENQUIRIES ARE WELCOME ::

Contact

The business philosophy is to form honest and long-term relationships with clients; being a flexible resource on a project by project basis, as required. Fixed fees can be quoted for projects and packages of work.

Enquiries are welcome from M&E contractors, consultants and renewable energy developers. How can we support you with your electrical design tasks?

e enquiry@e4bconsult.co.uk
m 07410 272 076