Alpine Works

What Alpine Works does

Alpine Works Ltd is a privately-held UK building services contractor specialising in mechanical and electrical (M&E) installations, founded in 2002 and headquartered in Epsom, Surrey, with a satellite office adjacent to the University College London campus. The firm employs 51–100 staff and operates across Education, Healthcare, Museums & Heritage, Hotels, and Government/Infrastructure, with Education and Healthcare as its two primary verticals. Its revenue is generated by project-based M&E installation work (secured through framework agreements, direct appointments and competitive tendering) and recurring planned preventative maintenance (PPM) contracts — most notably a 10-year emergency lighting and lighting controls PPM covering approximately 180 UCL buildings.

The company's technical core is BIM-coordinated 3D modelling of containment and services, deployed across complex multi-stakeholder projects. Specialist capabilities include voice alarm system installation with Speech Transmission Index (STI) compliance, high-purity (99.999%) stainless-steel medical gas pipework, hybrid operating room integration combining Siemens Artis Zeego imaging with TEGRIS platforms, and sympathetic M&E installations in Grade I-listed heritage buildings. Alpine Works holds a thick accreditation stack — ISO 9001/14001/45001, NICEIC Approved Contractor, BAFE SP203-4, CHAS, SSIP, Constructionline Gold with enhanced Building Safety, Gas Safe, and Cyber Essentials — that pre-qualifies it for NHS, university and public-sector framework work.

Go-to-market is direct enterprise field sales into major institutions (UCL, Imperial College, King's College London, Brunel, Birkbeck, LSHTM, the British Museum, the NHS Nightingale Hospital, UCLH, Royal Brompton, Royal Free, East Surrey, Royal Marsden, Richmond Hill Hotel, Motel One) and as a nominated subcontractor to UK facilities management primes Mitie, CBRE, Vinci FM and T&B Contractors. The business is founder-led (John Coleman, CEO) with Jake Coleman (promoted from apprentice to Estimating Manager after 19 years) evidencing an apprenticeship-driven talent pipeline. No external funding or ownership disclosures are available.

Name

Alpine Works

Legal name

Alpine Works Ltd

Website

https://alpineworks.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Alpine Works is a UK-based mechanical and electrical building services contractor serving education, healthcare, museums, and heritage sectors. Founded 2002 and headquartered in Epsom, it delivers M&E installation, facilities management, and specialist building systems through long-term framework agreements with major institutions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Epsom

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Construction and Refurbishment Projects: Project-based revenue from M&E installation services on construction and refurbishment projects. Contracts are secured through direct appointments, framework agreements, and competitive tendering with clients in education, healthcare, hospitality, and heritage sectors. Revenue is recognized upon project completion.
2. Facilities Maintenance Contracts: Ongoing planned preventative maintenance (PPM) contracts delivering recurring revenue. Examples include 10-year emergency lighting and lighting control systems PPM contract with UCL covering 180 buildings across their estate.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Alpine Works is a UK building services contractor delivering mechanical and electrical (M&E) installation, refurbishment, and planned preventative maintenance services for education, healthcare, museum and heritage, hotel, and government clients. Its offering spans electrical infrastructure, fire detection and voice alarm systems, emergency lighting, medical gas systems, HVAC, LED retrofits, EV charging, and building fabric works, with projects delivered as principal contractor or nominated subcontractor through framework agreements and competitive tenders.

Product overview

Alpine Works is a building services contractor offering a unified mechanical and electrical (M&E) service portfolio. Their core offering combines M&E installation services with Facilities Management & Maintenance, Building Fabric Works, and Sustainability & Energy Saving Solutions. Projects span multiple sectors including Education, Healthcare, Museum & Heritage Buildings, Hotels, and Building Fabric Works. The company also provides emergency response and rapid deployment capabilities as demonstrated during the NHS Nightingale Hospital project.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Mechanical & Electrical Services Comprehensive mechanical and electrical building services covering electrical infrastructure, lighting installations, fire detection, voice alarm, emergency lighting, HVAC, mechanical plant, and containment/coordinated services through BIM. Deliverable as principal contractor or nominated subcontractor on construction and refurbishment projects in education, healthcare, museums/heritage, hotel, and government sectors.
• Facilities Management & Maintenance Planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and reactive repair services for emergency lighting, general lighting, lighting control systems, and convector heating systems across client estates portfolios. Includes long-term embedded contracts such as the 10-year UCL emergency lighting PPM covering approximately 180 buildings, supported by a dedicated on-site engineering team and office.
• Building Fabric Works Building fabric repair, refurbishment, and structural maintenance services including ceiling removal and reinstatement, making good, decoration, and associated builders' work to support M&E installations and penetrations.
• Sustainability & Energy Saving Solutions Energy-efficient building services including LED lighting replacements with controls, EV charging infrastructure schemes (e.g., MSSL EV Charging Scheme), and energy reduction works supporting client sustainability and carbon targets.
• Medical Gas Installation Services High-purity stainless steel medical gas pipework installation achieving 99.999% purity for laboratory and clinical environments, executed with HEPA-filtered adapted vacuum systems to maintain cleanliness. Covers new medical gas design and autoclave replacement programmes in research and hospital settings.
• Hybrid Operating Room Integration Integration of sophisticated medical technologies in hybrid operating theatres, including Siemens Artis Zeego imaging systems, Maquet Magnus operating tables, PowerLed surgical lights, and the TEGRIS operating room integration platform combining video routing, recording, transmission, data management, and device control.

Quantifiable outcome

• 2,000 bed bays and 120 nursing stations delivered in 9 days at NHS Nightingale Hospital
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers17 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Tyco Fire & Integrated SolutionscoreTechnology or IntegrationVoice alarm specialist contracted to supply and commission speakers for British Museum project, integrating with existing installation. Involved in final connections within equipment rack and testing Speech Transmission Index (STI) compliance.
• Honeywell Control SystemscoreTechnology or IntegrationPreferred subcontractor providing specialist equipment and commissioning of devices for fire detection system installations. Used for British Museum FAEL works and fire compartmentation projects.
• Professional Sound Consultancy LimitedcoreTechnology or IntegrationSubcontractor supplying and commissioning voice alarm system devices for British Museum projects, including pre-handover tests measuring audibility and speech intelligibility.
• Protec Fire Detection plccoreTechnology or IntegrationEmergency Lighting Framework contractor supplying control panels, luminaire conversions and commissioning for British Museum emergency lighting installation.
• ADTcoreTechnology or IntegrationSecurity systems contractor for smoke detection, access control, CCTV installations at healthcare facilities including UCLH PET Scanner project.
• T.ClarkecoreTechnology or IntegrationContracted to manufacture Power Distribution Board (PDB) for Siemens PET Scanner installation at UCLH, powering new medical imaging equipment.
• StaticcoreTechnology or IntegrationNurse call system installation contractor for UCLH PET Scanner project, installing systems to Scanner, Control Rooms and patient bays.
• Coniston LimitedcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerFramework contractor providing additional provision of protection to walls and floors in non-working areas, and associated builder works/making good for services penetrations at British Museum projects.
• T&B Contractors LTDcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMain contractor partner for London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine projects. Alpine Works completed M&E works as part of T&B's Phase 2 and Phase 3D refurbishment programmes.
• Vinci FM LtdcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMain contractor for British Museum Gallery 35 Joseph Hotung project where Alpine Works delivered electrical services installation.
• MitiecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorFacilities management company on behalf of whom Alpine Works delivered King George Hospital water tank and chiller replacement works for Barking, Havering & Redbridge University NHS Hospitals Trust.
• CBREcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorGlobal facilities management company securing new contract with Alpine Works for CBRE at Citi Bank Lewisham - pump replacement with energy-efficient units and new control panel installation.
• Russell CawberrycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMain contractor for UCLH PET Scanner replacement project where Alpine Works was contracted to carry out electrical installation works.
• BVG LimitedminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerContracted to carry out fire stopping works to all holes and services penetrations in accordance with British Museum's Fire Stopping Supplement.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Gratte Brothers Group: UK-based M&E building services contractor with comparable size and niche specialism in heritage, education, and healthcare projects across London and the South East, including framework agreements with universities and museums.
• T.Clarke plc: Long-established London M&E contractor specializing in electrical installations for commercial, education, and healthcare buildings; Alpine Works has previously partnered with T.Clarke on hospital scanner projects, evidencing direct overlap in client base and capabilities.
• Phoenix ME Group: Mid-sized UK M&E contractor focused on commercial, healthcare, and education projects; closely comparable in scale and service mix to Alpine Works, including planned preventative maintenance offerings.
• CPW (a part of WSP): UK mechanical, electrical, and public-health contractor servicing education and healthcare estates; competes for similar university and NHS frameworks and offers comparable planned maintenance contracts.

Broad incumbents

• MITIE Engineering Services: Large UK facilities management and building services provider that subcontracts to Alpine Works (e.g., King George Hospital); competes broadly in healthcare M&E and PPM services at a significantly larger scale.
• NG Bailey: One of the UK's largest independent M&E and building services contractors with national reach across commercial, healthcare, and education sectors; competes for the same tender opportunities as Alpine Works but at materially larger scale.
• Balfour Beatty Engineering Services: Major UK infrastructure and building services contractor with healthcare and education M&E capability; overlaps with Alpine Works in NHS and university estates and offers a national delivery footprint that Alpine Works lacks.
• Skanska UK Building Services: International contractor with a UK building services arm operating across healthcare, education, and heritage; comparable in end-markets but far larger in scale and geographic reach than Alpine Works.
• Imtech Building Services (now part of EDF): Former independent UK M&E contractor now integrated within EDF, operating across commercial, healthcare, and education; represents a larger incumbent competing in overlapping tender pools.
• Vinci Facilities UK: Large UK facilities management provider that partners with Alpine Works (e.g., British Museum Gallery 35); competes for the same building-services scopes and PPM contracts in heritage and public-sector estates.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance12 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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