Engineering Overview

For over 65 years, RWS has recognized the need for efficient, economical and reliable building systems. For these years, RWS has been providing design services to a wide range of clients for a full spectrum of building systems that meet the proect's specific needs. This experience allows us to respond to the client’s needs with ever more efficient, economical, and reliable systems designs.

RWS continues today, in the educational, medical, research, industrial, manufacturing, bio-pharmaceutical, communications, and electronics markets, to meet our goal of providing engineering services for safe, economical, and efficient systems in an increasingly complex environment.

 Plumbing

• Design and construction administration of the installation of plumbing systems.
• Water consumption analysis and studies.
• Medical gas systems (oxygen, nitrogen and nitrous oxide) studies and verification for conformance with NFPA 99.
• Separation of process and non-process waste and water systems
• Documentation and production of existing condition drawings.
• Compressed air and vacuum systems. Lab grade water systems. pH adjustment systems.
• Cross connection survey and corrected work.
• Irrigation and display fountains.
• Process systems for pharmaceutical and biotechnology, including special gases and hazardous waste systems.

 Fire Protection

• Design and inspection of the installation of fire standpipes, sprinklers, clean agents, foam, dry chemical, and fire pumps.
• Fire pump testing. Testing of double check valves.
• Performance of hydrant flow tests.
• Documentation and production of existing condition drawings.
• Evaluation and master plan studies for fire protection systems.
• Evaluation of fire barriers and firestopping materials.

 HVAC

• Design and inspection of the installation of heating, ventilating and air conditioning system.
• Building energy consumption study and analysis.
• Green design and LEED certified designs.
• Survey and documentation of existing mechanical systems and equipment.
• Facilities HVAC system evaluation and master planning.
• Mechanical systems commissioning.
• Building energy code consulting.
• Smoke control systems.

 Electrical

• Building power distribution systems.
• Lighting Systems.
• Fire Alarm Systems.
• UPS Systems.
• Site Distribution Systems Electrical Systems Master Planning.
• Building Systems Evaluations/Due Diligence.
• Evaluation and master plan studies for Electrical Systems.

Construction Administration

At RWS, we provide an on-site approach to MEP/FP related issues, ever changing field conditions, and establishing a cooperative, professional level of communications with construction personnel on all our projects. We have master plumbers, pipefitters, and electricians that perform this work.