MECHANICAL ENGINEER MAKES HIS MARK AT SPACE

Space Group’s new recruit Mark Richards with space Facilities managing director Duncan Johnson.

_space Facilities – part of the Space Group – has appointed a mechanical and electrical engineer to enhance its offering to clients.

Mark Richards, from Spennymoor, County Durham, has joined the _space Facilities team, which provides a range of services for clients in both the public and private sectors.

Mark, who comes to Space Group with over 15 years’ experience in building services will complement the existing range of services on offer which include building surveying, DDA access consultancy, fire risk assessment and strategic integration FM advice.

Mark’s new role will see him assisting _space Facilities’ surveyors - one of the biggest building surveying teams in Newcastle - in all aspects of designing mechanical and electrical services.

Speaking of his new role Mark said: “The skills and knowledge that I bring to the facilities team means that we can now offer clients a mechanical and electrical design service in-house that we would have previously had to outsource. This shortens the communication chain and cuts costs for clients whilst offering them a higher level of service.

“With resources so precious there will be no building owner or occupier not currently giving cost consideration.”

Mark will work on projects from the initial brief, through to the design and development stage, project management and final completion. He will design and implement cost-effective equipment modifications to help improve safety, reliability resulting in a positive cost benefit.

Mark will also manage projects from a mechanical perspective, plan and design new production processes and use research, analytical, conceptual and planning skills, particularly mathematical modeling and computer-aided design.

_space Facilities managing director Duncan Johnson said: “Mark has joined _space Facilities to broaden and enhance the group’s offering to both existing and prospective client. His appointment will enable _space Facilities to swiftly meet clients’ needs on a one-to-one basis.

“By completing mechanical and engineering projects in-house _space is now able to offer clients a significantly streamlined and efficient service. This in turn provides cost savings, which we are sure will be very welcome in these difficult economical times and which once again demonstrate _space Facilities’ ethos of setting the pace in everything we do.

“_space Facilities is continually developing and looking for a range of different services that will benefit a wide client base; we ensure that the client is at the centre of what we do.”