Do you wish you had more experience available to you?

During our 10 years serving our clients, we have found that the availability of experienced professionals invariably leads to a better solution or outcome. Whether it’s a new design or the improvement of an existing process, sometimes what’s needed is just a little bit of quality (effective) analysis of the problem.

Arkman has provided just such analysis on many projects and for a variety of problems. Many organisations, both large and small, have faced difficulties where the appropriate experience or time is not available in-house.

Give us a call if you find that you require such assistance.

January 29, 2010January 26, 2012

Building Energy Rating

Building Energy Rating certificates are required for domestic and commercial buildings. The rating is an assessment of the energy performance of a building by a BER Assessor for the purposes of assigning a Building Energy Rating.

A Domestic BER certificate is required for domestic premises.

A Non-Domestic Building Energy Rating or Commercial Building Energy Rating (BER) is required for a commercial building.

A BER Assessor is someone who is registered with Sustainable Energy Ireland (SEI) to carry out BER assessments in compliance with the requirements of the European Communities (Energy Performance of Buildings) Regulations 2006.

A Provisional BER is an assessment of the specifications and plans of a proposed new building prior to the completion of construction. This certificate is valid for 24 months from the day it was issued, and should be calculated for all proposed new works.

A building’s BER certificate and related advisory report is valid for 10 years from the issue date.

From 1 July 2008, all new non domestic buildings require a BER certificate. However a BER certificate is not required if planning permission was applied for or a planning notice was published on or before 30 June 2008 and where substantial work (i.e. the structure of the external walls) is completed by 30 June 2010, except when such building is offered for a second or subsequent sale or letting.

From 1 January 2009, all existing non-domestic buildings being sold or let require a BER certificate.

One BER certificate is required for a building which contains residential accommodation above a non-domestic space (e.g. a pub or a shop), provided that the only access to the residential space is through the non-domestic space.

A registered Domestic BER assessor carries out the assessment for domestic premises. The assessment for a Commercial Building is carried out by a registered Commercial BER assessor.

January 12, 2010January 26, 2012

Typical areas where we can help…..

Our experience has shown us that there are four particular areas where companies can benefit from having Arkman resources at their disposal.

v Equipment reliability and performance.

Reliability and performance will not be achieved by accident. It requires knowledge and planning. It also requires continuous system monitoring and adjustment to ensure that expectations are met. This must be done by individuals with the necessary skills to achieve the objective.

v Energy cost reduction and control.

Equipment specifically concerned with energy consumption requires special consideration. This equipment is using energy resources and is likely to have particularly high running costs. Therefore, further specialist knowledge is required.

v Statutory Compliance: Safety and Environmental.

Construction Safety such as the performance of the PSDP role and Environmental Inspection and Certification can all be undertaken by Arkman.

v System design and optimisation.

Any new system should be specified and designed to achieve a detailed documented level of performance. The appropriate knowledge should be available for undertaking this task.

Please contact Arkman for a free initial consultation.

January 5, 2010January 26, 2012

Construction Safety

Arkman Engineers have extensive knowledge in all areas of Facilities, Processes and Project Management. As is well understood, safety is a key activity for all companies engaged in these activities.

Arkman has developed special protocols for all aspects of Project Safety. Particular attention has been focused on construction safety in recent years and Arkman has frequently acted as Project Supervisor for the Design Process (PSDP) in a range of different sectors. We have developed a validation process to ensure that the PSDP role is carried out in accordance with the legislation and in the most practical way possible.

Contact Arkman for further insight into this service.

December 21, 2009January 26, 2012

Arkman Facilities Management Service

Facilities Management Expertise at Arkman

More and more companies are recognising the need to maximise the return from their physical assets. Every enterprise (small, medium or large) has a physical asset infrastructure that is vital to its service. This infrastructure ranges from office facilities to institutional to manufacturing facilities. All require resources of some sort to operate and the output of these resources needs to be optimised. Arkman Engineers has the range of experience and knowledge to help get the most cost effective return from the physical asset infrastructure.

This will be achieved by utilising the range of tools available to us and tailoring a programme to the individual client. Tools available include:

Monitoring and Targeting.
Process Analysis.
Maintenance Audits.
Leak Detection.
Energy Assessment.

The benefits that are typically realised include:

Reduced costs.
Improved safety, reliability and performance.