Utility Design Services for ICPs, UIPs and Developers

Design as a Standalone Service

Not every project needs full design and build. Sometimes you have the delivery capability but need the design, or you have the design team but not the capacity right now. Air Utilities offers its design capability on its own, separately from construction, so you can use exactly what you need.

This suits three situations in particular: ICPs and UIPs whose pipeline has grown faster than their internal design capacity and need overflow support; developers and contractors who need an adoptable design to take to tender or to their own delivery team; and clients who want an independent design produced to the network operator's standards without committing to a single build contractor.

Design Services We Provide

• Electrical network design for LV and HV connections, G81-compliant
• Gas network design to Gas Network Operator adoptable standards
• Water network design for mains and self-lay to water authority standards
• Feasibility studies and point of connection assessments
• Load assessments and capacity checks
• DNO, IDNO, IGT and water company comment resolution
• Tender design packages for new connection works
• Overflow and ad-hoc design support for ICPs and UIPs at capacity

Designs Built to Be Adopted First Time

The value of a good design is not just that it works, it is that the network operator accepts it without rounds of revisions. Every design our team produces is built to the relevant standards so it can be adopted by the DNO, IDNO, IGT or water company that will ultimately own and operate the network.

For electricity, that means G81-compliant designs produced to DNO and IDNO standards, with load projections and network interface handled correctly from the start. For gas and water, it means designs to the network operator's adoptable specifications. Getting this right first time is what protects a programme, because a rejected design does not just cost redesign time, it pushes back every downstream date.

Overflow Support for ICPs and UIPs

When your pipeline grows faster than your internal team, you have two options: turn work away, or take on the cost and risk of hiring. There is a third. Air Utilities provides overflow design support that plugs into your existing process, so you can take on more work without expanding your permanent headcount.

We work as a seamless extension of your team, whether that is a single design when you are short, or ongoing support when internal teams are consistently at their limit. You keep the client relationship; we provide the design capacity behind it, to your standards and the network operator's.

Who We Design For

Because we hold NERS, GIRS and WIRS, we can design across electricity, gas and water, which lets multi-utility clients source coordinated designs from a single team. Design for scope beyond our direct accredited range, such as higher-voltage electricity work, is delivered through our network of accredited specialist partners.

Why Use Air Utilities for Design

• Adoptable first time, designed to DNO, IDNO, IGT and water company standards
• Multi-utility capability, electricity, gas and water from one design team
• Flexible engagement, a single design or ongoing overflow support
• No hiring cost or risk, capacity when you need it, not a permanent overhead
• We build too, so our designs are grounded in what actually gets installed on site, not just what works on paper

Frequently Asked Questions