CREATING INSPIRATIONAL
LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS
www.mlm.uk.com
MLM
Contents
About MLM
3-4
Our Values
5
Our Team
6-10
Capability11
Environment Planning and Development
12-13
Buildings and Infrastructure
14-15
Compliance16-17
Sustainability18-19
Experience
Value Engineering
20-25
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BIM27
MLM Acoustics
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MLM International
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Why MLM?
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Directory of Services
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About MLM
• With nearly 50 years’ experience MLM is an established and forward thinking
multidisciplinary consultancy and corporate approved inspector.
• We provide professional services in all aspects of Environment Planning and
Development, Buildings and Infrastructure, Compliance and Sustainability.
• We have circa 250 employees operating out of 12 UK offices and internationally
in Europe, South America and the Middle East.
• Our Vision is to be outstanding in the way we lead our market, as a place to
work and in how we deliver for our clients.
• We are different, innovative and passionate about what we do and we are great
people to work with.
• We aim to set the standard for delivery of multidisciplinary consultancy in the
education sector and we are totally committed to helping protect the environment
both in the way we design and in the way we run our business.
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DATA
MOBILEs:
WORKPLACE
START-UPS
FLEXIBLE
TECHNICAL
MULTI-PURPOSE
CREATIVITY
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EXAMINATIONs:
UN CORPORATE
DISTINCT
ADAPTABLE
TEACHING POINT
ACOUSTICS
BUILT IT
DISPLAY
SHOWCASE
TEACHING POINT
BUSINESS
SOCIAL
VOCATIONAL
EMPLOYER LED
HIGH SPEC IT PROJECTION
SAFETY
Many questions in the design process are often left
unanswered. We are committed to addressing those questions.
Our multidisciplinary engineering and design approach offers
a real opportunity to provide students with significantly improved
learning experiences by ensuring that the best educational
environments are created.
SMALL GROUPS
We have experience of private finance initiative contracts,
traditional and design and build construction processes and we
know that the key to each is to listen, engage and deliver.
STIMULATING
Our extensive experience of delivering projects for the education
sector includes: primary and secondary schools, academies, faith
schools, free schools, special education needs, colleges, higher
education institutions and universities. This underlines our commitment
to helping raise educational standards and promote a culture of learning.
PROGRAMMING
STIMULATING
Education is at the heart of MLM. We believe that well conceived and inspirational educational
environments help realise a sense of well-being that supports learning and achievement.
MULTI DISCIPLINARY
About MLM
Our Values
At MLM we all share the same values.
They are:
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We do what we say we will do
We deliver on time
We do a good job
We continuously improve what we do
We work together in partnership
We communicate completely and with respect
By believing in and abiding by these values we aspire to be “great
people to work with”.
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Our Team
At MLM we pride ourselves on the delivery of projects on time, within budget and to the highest standards.
Our team is made up of experienced and qualified professionals and support staff who, with thoughtfulness and consideration,
provide a platform for clients, stakeholders and users to guide them through the design process.
We believe that designing from the inside out maximises the opportunity for flexibility, adaptability, use of emerging
technologies and new teaching initiatives, which are at the core of an evolving education establishment.
“Learning about Yesterday, Planning for Tomorrow”
Steve Oliver
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Rob Seller
Michelle Wormald
Matthew Sealby
Michael Wadood Andrew Harper-Rowe
Bishop Ramsey School, Middlesex
STEVE OLIVER
CHAIRMAN
[email protected]
Steve is Chairman of MLM and Director
of MLM Consulting Engineers.
Steve has embedded the vision and
values shared at MLM into all design
aspects of MLM education projects to
provide a service which is both bespoke
and inspirational. This personal approach
is evident in the portfolio of projects
completed.
Steve believes our commitment to clients
and staff, as well as our positive corporate
culture are what make us “great people to
work with”.
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Broadfield School, Barnet
ROB SELLER
DIRECTOR - STRUCTURES
[email protected]
Rob leads the Structures unit within MLM
and is responsible for the delivery of
several major consulting frameworks in
the education sector.
He has a passion for engineering design
and ensures a “hands on” involvement
on all projects. He has a specialism
in design and construct work and has
developed strong relationships in this
sector. His success, in part, is due to his
unique approach to risk and opportunity
management and value engineering. It is
also attributed to his general approach to
creating simple, elegant and cost-effective
solutions to complex structural problems.
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Open Academy, Norwich
MICHAEL WADOOD
DIRECTOR - BUILDING
CONTROL
[email protected]
Michael, a chartered building control
surveyor, has extensive experience
within the education sector. This
includes schools, both new build and
existing, academies and universities, and
traditional to framework contracts.
He creatively and actively seeks
to minimise the impact of building
regulations on the client’s design, while
ensuring that all statutory requirements
are met. He believes that his early
involvement and ongoing liaison at
design and construction stages assists a
smoother, more flexible route to building
regulation compliance.
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Whiting Hill Primary School, Barnet
MATTHEW SEALBY
BUILDING SERVICES
EDUCATIONAL SECTOR LEADER
[email protected]
Matthew has specialised in the delivery of
projects within the education sector.
With over 20 years’ experience in the
delivery of sustainable design solutions,
Matthew has led engineering teams from
project inception to completion and has
a broad knowledge of all aspects of the
design, delivery and handover process.
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Capability
We have extensive experience in all forms of construction projects, from new build to
refurbishment, fast track to modular. Our knowledge gained in the education sector is
conveyed through our design delivery to satisfy our clients’ individual requirements,
providing a building which looks towards our future expectations.
We believe sustainability should be at the heart of the design and construction process,
and this ethos is embodied within our design work to provide buildings which optimises
efficiencies and meet our client’s aspirations.
Whether it is the experience of the student or the client, at MLM we acknowledge these
are buildings which are used by a diverse number and cross section of people. Integrating
their requirements into the design of the building with facilities which meet both the end
user and the sustainability aspirations is a key principle in achieving a successful project.
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Environment Planning and Development
At MLM we specialise in offering a fresh and forward thinking approach in the provision of early
advice to clients and planning professionals.
Educational facilities are often located on brownfield land, either redeveloping existing land or by
conversion of existing facilities. As such, they often require a co-ordinated approach to feasibility
studies, due diligence reports, planning reports and applications, and obtaining various statutory
body approvals.
We aim to contribute effectively to the early stages of planning and development to maximise
site potential. We offer a proactive, fully co-ordinated approach to due diligence, feasibility and
planning to capitalise on site development potential. We understand the process of due diligence,
acquisition and divestiture of a site and have an “eye” for commercial viability.
We can provide expert advice on relevant acts, legislation and other regulatory, advisory and
good practice guidelines affecting educational developments. We have extensive understanding
and experience of development constraints, including land quality, flood risk, site access,
transportation, environmental impact, ecological mitigation and sustainability.
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Services
Air quality assessment
Arborocultural survey
Biodiversity audit
Contaminated land assessment
Drainage strategy
Ecological survey and mitigation
Environmental audit
Environmental due diligence
Environmental impact assessment
Flood risk assessment
Habitat enhancement and management plan
Highway planning
Land and property due diligence
Noise and vibration impact assessment
Transport assessment
Transport statement
Travel plan
Ventilation and extraction statement
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Building Information Modelling (BIM)
Services
Building Services Design
Electrical engineering design
Lighting design
Mechanical engineering design
Public health engineering design
Statutory services co-ordinator
Thermal modelling
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Civil Engineering Design
Access roads, car parks, industrial paving
Bridge design and assessment
Civil engineering structures
Energy from waste
Energy infrastructure
Ground modelling
Highway design
Rail engineering
Renewable energy civils design
River and marine structures
Sewers and sustainable drainage
Traffic modelling
Utilities infrastructure engineering
Water and wastewater engineering
Geotechnical Engineering and
Environmental Services
Acoustic assessment and design
Asbestos survey and management
Geotechnical consultancy and design
Landfill engineering and design
Materials management plan
Remediation design and verification
Site investigation
Slope stability assessment
Waste classification
Waste management consultancy
Structural Engineering Design
Blast design
Demolition advice
Facade engineering design
High-rise/tall building design
Historic and listed building advice
Modern methods of construction (MMC)
Structural engineering design
Structural survey/assessment
Temporary works design
Vibration analysis
Wind engineering
Buildings and Infrastructure
Our expertise in the education sector is diverse and built on many years of experience, covering
projects of varying sizes and complexity. Our multidisciplinary or single engineering discipline
teams work in all parts of the education sector. They provide comprehensive support throughout
education projects, from initial design support at concept stage, through planning and tender
processes, detailed design and throughout construction, right up to completion.
We adopt a commercial and innovative approach to delivering buildings and infrastructure, using
BIM and advanced modelling technology to resolve increasingly complex planning and design
issues.
Our expertise covers the full project life cycle of the building from inception to completion, and
includes all of the technical engineering disciplines required to deliver a successful project.
We specialise in both traditional and modern methods of construction to suit the client and
project requirements. Our knowledge of delivering low-carbon solutions and navigating the team
through the legislative and practical implications of design have successfully provided cost and
value benefits to our clients.
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Compliance
Our approach to compliance is to listen to and engage with the client, the design team and all
stakeholders in the education environment.
Our involvement at the early stages, particularly from MLM Building Control, will ensure
compliance issues are understood and effectively risk managed to provide planning, design,
delivery and cost certainty.
We adopt a flexible approach that is both proactive and commercially aware. We offer expert
advice on all associated acts, legislation and other regulatory, advisory and good practice
guidelines affecting education projects.
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Fire risk consultancy
Habitat enhancement and management plan
Independent safety audit and design review
Landscape management plan
Legionella risk assessment
Noise and vibration impact assessment
Party wall surveying
Protected species mitigation licensing
Remediation design and verification
SAP calculation
SBEM calculation
Workplace risk assessment
Services
Access audit
Acoustic design and testing
Asbestos survey and management
BREEAM assessment
Building control consultancy
CDM co-ordinator services
Code for Sustainable Homes assessment
Contaminated land assessment
Disability Discrimination Act audit
Dust monitoring
Ecological survey and mitigation
Energy performance certificate
Environmental permitting
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“Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future
generations to meet their own needs”.
Services
World Commission on Environment and Development, 1987
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ASHRAE compliance models
Biodiversity audit
BREEAM and CfSH ecologists
BREEAM, DREAM and LEED assessments
Code for Sustainable Homes assessment
Ecological surveys and mitigation
Energy appraisal
Energy performance certificates
Habitat enhancement and management plan
Remediation design and verification
Renewable energy option appraisal
SAP and SBEM calculations
Sustainability audits and strategies
Sustainable drainage design
Thermal modelling
Travel plan
Sustainability
We believe that sustainability within the built and natural environment, together with social and
economic sustainability, should run through every aspect of development.
We provide clients and stakeholders with practical and commercial advice, design and solutions.
These include renewable energy studies, sustainability statements, ecological and environmental
mitigation, materials reuse assessments, and sustainable building, infrastructure and transportation
design.
We provide strategic and technical advice to allow the team to navigate through the competing
legislative requirements and aspirational drivers for projects. Buildings and infrastructure have a
significant impact on the environment, through the emission of greenhouse gases, the production
of waste and the consumption of water and construction materials. Innovation plays a large part
in delivering real value cost effectively, and our approach is to understand the client brief and then
deliver solutions which meet and exceed those needs.
Our responsible approach to sustainable design and practice is at the heart of our business and
embedded in the way we deliver our technical advice.
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Experience
St Paul’s Academy, Greenwich
Client
Rydon
Construction
MLM services
Building Services
engineer
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We undertook the building services detailed design for the
construction of a new secondary school for pupils aged 11-16.
The 1,200-pupil academy’s specialisms include business and
enterprise and sport, as well as performing arts, music, food
technology and technology subjects. The project included
community use areas and extensive public sports facilities
including all-weather sports pitches.
Services Provided
• Naturally ventilated building to meet the requirements of
Building Bulletins 10
• Automated night-time cooling strategy
• Under-floor heating to maximise usable wall and floor space
• Automatic and daylight linked lighting control system
• “Secured by design” CCTV and exterior lighting scheme
• Integrated security systems package
• BREEAM for Schools ‘Very Good’ rating
• Performance lighting and audio visual systems within main
hall and performing arts areas.
Experience
Broadfields Primary School, Barnet
We provided civil engineering, structural engineering and
building services engineering for this 2-form entry primary
school.
Client
London Borough
of Barnet
The school incorporates a special unit to deal with autistic
spectrum disorders, in addition to the Special Educational Needs
(SEN) capability of the school. The autistic centre benefits from
an outdoor play area which conveniently provides the required
separation from the main part of the school.
MLM services
Civil, Structural
and Building
Services engineer
BREEAM assessor
A low-carbon energy solution was provided incorporating
ground source heat pumps and solar thermal renewables. An
elegant glulam and glass canopy spans the play area in part,
providing protection from the weather.
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Experience
Anglia Ruskin University,
Chelmsford
Client
Anglia Ruskin
University
MLM services
Building Control
The £9.25m, 4-storey faculty building houses the Faculty of
Science and Technology, Arts, Law and Social Sciences. The
building completed the Rivermead campus site, leaving the old
town centre campus empty and due for re-development. The
state-of-the-art building was designed to accommodate 1,300
students and staff and incorporates interactive whiteboards in
all teaching rooms, a mock court room, laboratories and a 150seat lecture theatre.
The building is a concrete structure with two concrete cores
and shear walls supported on CFA piled foundations. The
super structure is a 300mm flat slab construction supported
on a combination of walls and columns typically 400mm and
500mm in diameter. The external finish is a modern palette of
render, zinc and timber cladding to blend in with the existing
buildings on campus.
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Experience
Whiting Hill Primary School, Barnet
We provided civil engineering, structural engineering and
building services engineering for this project which consisted of
the demolition of an existing building and construction of a new
2-form entry primary school with nursery and 20m swimming
pool.
Key Features:
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BREEAM ‘Very Good’ rating
Green roof
Wind turbine
Solar thermal hot water systems
Photo voltaic panels
Good daylighting design of teaching areas
Natural ventilation
Underfloor heating
Automatic and daylight linked lighting control
Rainwater harvesting systems.
Client
London Borough
of Barnet
MLM services
Civil, Structural
and Building
Services engineer
BREEAM assessor
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Experience
University of Bedfordshire,
Luton Campus
Client
University of
Bedfordshire
MLM services
BREEAM assessor
We were appointed for BREEAM consultancy and assessment
for the University of Bedfordshire’s Luton campus. The primary
purpose of the development is to create a modern, high quality
building for post-graduate teaching and learning.
A key objective was to develop the building with best-in-class
environmental performance that is BREEAM ‘Excellent’.
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The building achieved best-in-class environmental
performance within capital cost constraints
Specifications resulted in minimised maintenance and
operational costs
The building provides for short and long-term changes of
use and function
Carbon reduction.
Experience
University of East Anglia,
Ziggurats Refurbishment
The Ziggurats at the UEA campus were designed by Denys
Lasdun in the mid 1960s and received critical acclaim at the
time. The buildings have become an icon of mid-twentieth
century design and were given Grade I listing in 2001, together
with listing of much of the rest of the original campus buildings
at lower grades.
The project comprised the complete internal refurbishment of
the buildings to include all fitted furniture and facilities.
Client
University of East
Anglia
MLM services
Structural engineer
One of our key roles was to review the development proposals,
to ensure that the effects on the listed structure were assessed
and to advise to ensure that the structure was not adversely
affected.
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Value Engineering
At MLM we are committed to delivering value
on projects, showing that best value is not just
cost cutting, rather delivering the client’s actual
requirements and business needs.
Our approach to value engineering is to optimise
costs for the project and benchmark the design to
the project brief.
Adaptability and flexibility are key attributes
at the conceptual stage of a project and our
approach promotes our involvement with design
team members, users and stakeholders at the
earliest stage.
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BIM
We utilise the latest, most efficient design and draughting packages. We have embraced using sophisticated and industry
changing Building Information Modelling (BIM) technology.
We recognise that excellent project visuals aid project understanding, but we know that BIM technology is about more than
creating a 3D building model. BIM technology allows us the tools to bring together a range of information about a project’s
physical and functional features across its lifecycle.
We also understand that BIM technology is constantly evolving and we are committed to updating our processes to fully
realise the potential of this powerful information technology.
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MLM Acoustics
Since joining forces with Innovate Acoustics, MLM are now able to offer enhanced specialist noise and vibration
consultancy services. Our consultants have a proven track record working closely with architects, planners, developers,
industry, planning authorities and regulatory bodies to deliver acoustic assessment and design consultancy, with extensive
experience in the field of environmental and architectural acoustics.
Our consultants are Corporate Members of the Institute of Acoustics (MIOA), with all of our work being delivered by
qualified and experienced acousticians, utilising highly sophisticated monitoring equipment and prediction models.
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MLM International
MLM offer our full range of consultancy services on an
international scale with a particular focus on sustainability
and front-end concept design services. We work proactively
with our “local” international markets and we apply our
vision and values to all our overseas relationships.
We operate in the Middle East, throughout Europe and in
Brazil.
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Strategically located in São Paulo, our Brazilian
and British consultants work to provide the best
international expertise delivered locally to the
Brazilian client.
Our teams have worked closely with local
Finnish partners to deliver Value Engineering and
site investigations.
Working with local partners in Bahrain,
MLMVision offers a full range of consultancy
services throughout the GCC.
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Why MLM?
• Strong values that underline our commitment to building lasting relationships
• Experienced director led teams, delivering multidisciplinary consultancy, environmental and
investigation services
• Compliance support
• Expertise in the UK and internationally
• Wide-ranging experience
• Responsible sustainable design and practice are at the heart of our business and in the technical
advice we provide
• Innovation and expertise utilising the latest BIM technology
• Twelve offices in London and the UK regions, delivering commercial projects throughout the UK
• Great people to work with.
Our approach to educational projects is to build our design philosophy around key principles:
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Creating inspirational learning environments
Meeting today’s needs and future challenges
Creating value
Engineering design from the inside out where the user involvement is at the heart of the process.
Our bespoke teams have a proven track record of integrating all aspects of innovation and expertise
necessary to achieve a successful project and build a lasting relationship.
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Directory of Services
Access audit for compliance
Acoustic assessment and design
Air quality assessment
Arboricultural survey
Asbestos survey and management
ASHRAE compliance models
Biodiversity audit
Blast design
BREEAM assessment
Bridge design and assessment
Building control consultancy
Building Information Modelling (BIM)
Building services design
CDM co-ordinator services
Civil engineering structural design
Code for Sustainable Homes assessment
Contaminated land assessment
Demolition advice
Disability Discrimination Act audit
Drainage strategy
DREAM assessment
Dust monitoring
Ecological survey and mitigation
Electrical engineering design
Energy appraisal
Energy from waste
Energy infrastructure
Energy performance certificate
Environmental audit
Environmental due diligence
Environmental impact assessment
Environmental permitting
Facade engineering design
Fire risk consultancy
Flood risk assessment
Geotechnical consultancy and design
Ground modelling
Habitat enhancement and management plan
High rise/tall building design
Highway planning and design
Historic and listed building advice
Independent safety audit & design review
Land & property due diligence
Landfill engineering and design
Landscape management plan
LEED assessment
Legionella risk assessment
Lighting design
Materials management plan
Mechanical engineering design
Modern methods of construction (MMC)
Noise and vibration impact assessment
Party wall surveying
Pavement design
Protected species mitigation licensing
Public health engineering design
Rail engineering
Remediation design and verification
Renewable energy civils design
Renewable energy option appraisal
River and marine structures
SAP calculation
SBEM calculation
Sewers and sustainable drainage
Site investigation
Slope stability assessment
Statutory services co-ordinator
Structural engineering design
Structural survey/assessment
Sustainability audit and strategy
Sustainable drainage design
Temporary works design
Thermal modelling
Traffic modelling
Transport assessment
Transport statement
Travel plan
Utilities infrastructure engineering
Ventilation and extraction statement
Vibration analysis
Waste classification
Waste management consultancy
Water and wastewater engineering
Wind engineering
Workplace risk assessment
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