Insights

Technical questions that improve the commercial decision.

Milli MEP publishes focused engineering commentary for developers, designers, contractors and operators. Each article states its author, status, review date and project-specific limitations.

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Current technical briefs

Resolve the risk before it becomes a variation.

The publication set focuses on decisions that shape space, capacity, responsibility, life safety and operational performance.

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DESIGN RESPONSIBILITY · 8 MIN READ

What a Basis of Design report should—and should not—promise

A Basis of Design is a decision record. If it only lists standards and describes systems, it does not control the design. Read technical brief INS-02

INDUSTRIAL HVAC · 8 MIN READ

Separate comfort loads from process ventilation

A production hall is not an office with a higher air-change rate. Process release, source capture, contamination, fire risk and continuity govern the ventilation strategy. Read technical brief INS-03

PLANT SPACE · 8 MIN READ

Reading a plant-room drawing: what coordinated means in practice

Plant space is the physical consequence of capacity, resilience, access, distribution and replacement decisions—not an allowance to be filled later. Read technical brief INS-04

STANDARDS · 8 MIN READ

Reconciling CIBSE and ASHRAE guidance with Georgian regulations

International guidance can strengthen a design, but it does not displace local law or remove the need for a declared project hierarchy. Read technical brief INS-05

LIFE SAFETY · 8 MIN READ

Smoke-control principles architects should resolve before fixing the ceiling zone

Smoke control depends on flow paths, reservoir geometry, replacement air and protected power; it cannot be added after the principal spaces are fixed. Read technical brief INS-06

UTILITIES · 8 MIN READ

Why utility-capacity planning must happen before concept design

A concept cannot be commercially reliable until the project team knows what the site can receive, reject and accommodate. Read technical brief

Publication plan

Focused topic clusters, not search-volume filler.

Utility-capacity planningSmoke-control design briefsDomestic hot-water strategyOverheating and thermal comfortMEP design responsibilityCommissioning and handoverTechnical due diligenceCommon tender-design failures

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