Engineering Services Partnership

Name

Engineering Services Partnership

Legal name

Engineering Services Partnership (ESP) Limited

Website

https://espltd.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Building Services Engineering Consultancy

NAICS

Engineering Services (54133), Engineering Services (541330), Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413)

SIC

Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

MEP (Mechanical, Electrical & Plumbing) Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Energy & Sustainability Management (Energy Audits/Optimization/Carbon & ESG Programs) (IMAIAAAM), Sustainability & ESG Consulting (BPAHACAK), ESG Governance, Sustainability Reporting & Assurance Advisory (BPAHAFAJ)

Keywords

• Building services design
• MEP engineering consultancy
• Mechanical and electrical design
• BREEAM sustainability consulting
• Digital engineering BIM

Headquarters

HQ city

Croydon

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. MEP Engineering Consultancy Services: Professional engineering consulting services for mechanical, electrical, and public health (MEP) building services design. Services delivered across project lifecycle from concept to commissioning.
2. Sustainability & BREEAM Assessment: Comprehensive BREEAM assessments and tailored sustainability strategies delivered by in-house teams
3. Utilities & Infrastructure Consulting: In-house utilities engineers providing master planning, service diversion, and new connections for high-voltage infrastructure

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

ESP is a mechanical, electrical and public health (MEP) building services design consultancy delivering tailored engineering solutions across the full project lifecycle (RIBA Stages 1-7). Core offerings include Mechanical & Electrical Design, Sustainability & BREEAM assessments, Digital Engineering (BIM/Revit), Utilities & Infrastructure consulting, and Building Physics, with additional Cost Management, Employer's Agent, and Project & Fund Monitoring services delivered through Contollo Group affiliates.

Product overview

ESP operates as a mechanical and electrical building services design consultancy offering a unified portfolio of integrated services rather than a modular software product. The core service offerings include Digital Engineering, Mechanical & Electrical Design, Sustainability & BREEAM, and Utilities & Infrastructure, supported by Building Physics, Cost Management, Employer's Agent, and Project & Fund Monitoring services. These services work together to deliver comprehensive MEP consultancy across the project lifecycle from planning through to commissioning and handover, with clients served across commercial, education, finance & banking, healthcare, hospitality, industrial & logistics, residential, retail, sports & leisure, student accommodation, and transport sectors. ESP was established in 1997 and became part of the Contollo Group in January 2025.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Mechanical & Electrical Design

Quantifiable outcome

• 30% carbon reduction achieved at Manchester Aquatic Centre through air source heat pumps and PV installation
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Cundall: UK-headquartered multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy with a building services (MEP) practice of comparable scale, serving similar clients across commercial, retail, healthcare and education sectors. Operates the same professional services fee model with BREEAM, BIM, and sustainability advisory capabilities.
• Hoare Lea: One of the largest UK MEP building services design consultancies, delivering mechanical, electrical, public health, sustainability and digital engineering services. Overlaps directly with ESP on commercial, banking, retail and higher-education briefs using a near-identical professional services delivery model.
• Buro Happold: UK-headquartered multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy with a strong building services and sustainability practice. Overlaps with ESP on MEP design, BREEAM assessment and digital engineering (BIM), though it operates at significantly larger scale and broader geographic reach.
• Hydrock (now Stantec-acquired): UK-based integrated engineering consultancy that was itself consolidated into a larger platform after a buyout — directly analogous to ESP's situation within Contollo Group. Comparable MEP, building physics and sustainability offering across similar UK end-markets.
• Waterman Group: UK building services and structural engineering consultancy delivering MEP design, BREEAM and sustainability advisory across commercial, retail, education and infrastructure sectors — directly comparable service mix and client base to ESP.

Broad incumbents

• Mott MacDonald: Global multi-disciplinary engineering, management and development consultancy with a substantial UK building services practice. Competes with ESP on large-scale infrastructure and commercial briefs, but at vastly greater scale and broader scope.
• WSP: Global professional services firm with a major UK building services and sustainability practice. Competes for the same client relationships as ESP but offers an end-to-end multidisciplinary portfolio including structural, civil and environmental engineering.
• AECOM: Global infrastructure consulting firm with significant UK-based building services, sustainability and advisory capabilities. Competes for large-scale corporate, public sector and developer briefs but operates at much larger scale and breadth than ESP.

Emerging players

• Meinhardt Group: International engineering consultancy with growing UK building services, MEP and sustainability practices — comparable niche technical offering, particularly in mission-critical and sustainability-led projects, but smaller UK scale than ESP.

Others

• Currie & Brown: UK-headquartered cost management, project monitoring and consultancy firm — adjacent rather than directly competing, since it sits on the cost/commercial side of construction rather than MEP design. Relevant as a Contollo Group-style bundled-services peer and potential cross-sell/cross-acquisition target.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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