BUILDING SERVICES

Posts in Building Services

Building services design — plumbing, electrical, gas, fire. The technical heart of what Ascent automates.

AI

How I Used AI in a Live Engineering Consultation

I ran a live hydraulic consultation using AI as a reasoning copilot, not an oracle. Two hours later: architecture defined, equipment specified, CAPEX estimated, technical document ready. The three-phase method.

May 12, 2026

Engineering

14 lessons from a non-conformist designer

The most important things I learned in 5 years as a building services engineer — scope, BIM, value delivered, and what I changed to stop drowning.

April 11, 2025