Integrated Services for your Building's Lifespan
AKF is committed to client-focused engineering and design leadership that helps imagine, create, and optimize the built environment. The first step is understanding our clients’ businesses, the industries they are a part of, and how their facilities contribute to their successes.
We weave together our core MEP / FP engineering as well as a suite of Integrated Services under a single point of contact. Our coordinated in-house services streamline projects and reduce costs by limiting sub-consultants and improving project communication. The scope of our Integrated Services enables us to remain committed to our clients’ projects from concept through construction and ongoing optimization.
3D Scanning and Scan-to-Revit®️
3D Scanning and Scan-to-Revit®️
AKF’s 3D scanning capabilities enable conditions for all project areas to be accurately captured by our in-house specialists in a matter of a few hours. Scanning opportunities can include architectural layouts, above ceiling conditions, central plants, equipment rooms, service tunnels, roofs, and exteriors. These conditions can be delivered via complementary viewer as a registered point cloud with accompanying HDR imagery for use by all those involved in a project.
Discover More
Arc Flash and Short Circuit Coordination
Arc Flash and Short Circuit Coordination
Short Circuit, Coordination and Arc Flash Analysis are three integral parts of electrical system maintenance and reliability. AKF's commissioning experts can help you ensure the safety and security of your critical electrical equipment.
Discover More
Code Consulting
Code Consulting
The rapid evolution of construction codes at the national and local levels presents a challenge for design professionals and owners undertaking new and existing building projects. As codes develop in response to advancements in building materials, methods, and systems, the importance of code compliance as a central aspect of project delivery is continually reinforced. AKF’s code experts provide assistance with code review and regulatory approvals throughout the design and construction process to ensure that code compliance is achieved in all aspects of the project.
Discover More
Commissioning
Commissioning
Operational efficiency and systems sustainability are two main objectives of any building operator. The goal of the AKF Commissioning and Testing group is to ensure the owner’s project requirements are achieved, delivering peak performance at any point of the building’s lifespan.
Discover More
Energy + Performance
Energy + Performance
AKF Energy + Performance is driven by a desire to connect high-performance engineering with insights gained from real-world improvements in existing building performance. We believe that lessons gained from optimizing today’s building operations must inform tomorrow’s building designs, the frontiers of high performance building design can also be used to inspire the optimization of today’s buildings.
Discover More
Fire & Life Safety
Fire & Life Safety
Fire and Life Safety systems are vital to ensuring the safety and security of buildings and their inhabitants. To meet the goals of our clients and support their design needs, AKF offers full fire protection design and consulting services. Our engineering expertise in fire alarm systems, fire sprinkler and standpipe systems, emergency power systems, special hazard suppression systems, and how to apply the building and fire code requirements to building systems.
Discover More
Infrastructure Design
Infrastructure Design
From the C-suite to the building engineer, energy has become a key consideration to everyone involved in a project. There are choices to be made concerning the types of energy for varying uses, as well as control of costs and economic incentives. Our infrastructure specialists bring both vast experience and new, imaginative solutions to projects of all sizes. Our solutions are particularly focused on facilitating plant preventive maintenance and offering operational flexibility for the system.
Discover More
Instrumentation & Building Controls
Instrumentation & Building Controls
Building Management Systems (BMS) are constantly changing and converging with security, fire alarm, and other low voltage building systems. Our controls engineers are skilled in hands-on technical troubleshooting, controls engineering design, software programming, graphics generation, project management, and sales. We have an in-depth understanding of the hardware and software of the actual manufacturers’ systems and how they are applied.
Discover More
Lighting Design by Lightcraft
Lighting Design by Lightcraft
Lighting Design has the power to establish time and space for inhabitants; to highlight work and play; to change lives for the better; making architecture and interior design sing. Lightcraft is a full service Architectural Lighting Design division of AKF. Our creative team provides quality, visionary, and energy-efficient lighting design using the latest technologies to achieve the best possible outcome.
Discover More
Master Planning
Master Planning
As facilities expand their offerings to meet the ongoing needs of their clients and users, buildings and campuses need to be upgraded to support these changes. Whether existing building systems need to be upgraded, building additions require additional loads, or new buildings are developed that will rely on existing infrastructure, AKF’s Master Planning team can help make your facility ready for the future.
Discover More
Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing & Fire Protection Engineering
Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing & Fire Protection Engineering
As our core business, our Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing and Fire Protection engineers focus on providing our clients with better solutions to their unique project needs. Our highly experienced engineers and analysts continue to focus on new ways to design for the built environment amidst the evolving landscape and trends of the AEC industry. We build flexible spaces and habitations to achieve high quality of convenience and comfort. AKF’s reputation has been cultivated through our fundamental principles of client-first service and engineering integrity.
Discover More
Smart Building Consulting
Smart Building Consulting
AKF’s Digital Twin and Smart Building consulting services seek to pilot you through the lifecycle of your Intelligent Building project. We believe that the right integrated technology and automation can help empower your teams to create, cure, dream, build, and produce. Fully integrated Smart Building systems - powered by a performance-based Digital Twin and using the Internet of Things (IoT) - enhance the work and aspirations of those who occupy the spaces you are investing in.
Discover More
Technology Services
Technology Services
State-of-the-art information technology is integral to every aspect of today’s buildings, not only connecting the structure’s constituencies with one another, but the organization, individuals, and groups with the rest of the world. As the world becomes increasingly interconnected, it is vital for buildings to have the technological infrastructure to support future growth. AKF’s technology team works tirelessly to ensure that the spaces we design will allow our clients to meet their short and long-term needs.
Discover More