Charles Andrews Consulting Engineers is an independent building services engineering firm established in 1945. They provide mechanical and electrical consulting services to a wide range of public and private clients in various sectors, including commercial, education, healthcare, residential, retail, and transportation. Their team of multi-skilled engineers offer comprehensive services from project planning through completion.

1. Charles Andrews Consulting Engineers

2. Introduction
Charles Andrews Consulting Engineers is an
independent multi-disciplined building services
consultancy established in 1945, offering a wide range
of experience in all aspects of building services
engineering. We have a high reputation for excellence,
providing commercial solutions to clients’ needs. Our
engineers provide a comprehensive, professional, cost
effective service working closely with the project team
from the earliest stages to project completion.
We have a wide portfolio of experience within the
building services sector, undertaking the complete
range of mechanical and electrical consultancy services.
Our project experience is extensive including work in
both the private and public sectors. We work with
health care, retail, commercial, industrial,
pharmaceutical and property development clients.
Our engineering staff are multi-skilled building services
engineers with both electrical and mechanical
engineering competencies.

3. Our Philosophy
Understand the needs of our clients and develop a brief
which is clear and fully understood by all parties who are
involved.
Deliver best value for money both in terms of the
consultancy services we provide and the engineering
solutions we recommend.
Continually enhance our relationships with clients,
consultants, subcontractors and suppliers.
Gain our client’s trust and so gain repeat business.
Recognise the importance of our experienced and talented
staff who contribute towards the continued success of the
company.
Be aware at all times of the importance of sustainable
building and infrastructure and to evidence this by the
quality of our engineering solutions.
Operate as building services engineers who have a good
grasp of both M&E disciplines.
Continually strive for excellence in everything we do.

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5. M & E services design
Planning and feasibility studies
Project cost planning
Project management
Technical investigations
Energy consultancy
Building regulations advice
Sustainability advice
Contractor supervision
Surveys and reports
Expert witness
Acoustic consultancy
Low carbon advice and design
BREEAM
SBEM & EPC Service
SAP Calculations
Professional Services

6. Insurances and Professional Accreditations
Members of the Association of Consultancy & Engineering
Members of BSRIA
Members of CIBSE
Constructionline registered
ISO 9001
NW Consortium of NHS Trusts Approved Consultants
CHAS registered
Professional indemnity insurance
Public liability insurance
Employers liability insurance

7. ASHP
Solar photovoltaics
Solar water heating
Solar glazing
GSHP including solar assisted
Rainwater harvesting
Bio fuels
Wind generation
Metering and monitoring
BMS
Daylight controls
Boreholes
Energy efficient lighting
CHP
Design Ideas for Sustainability

8. Charles Andrews Consulting Engineers has a
broad range of experience of working with both
public and private clients in the following
sectors:
Car Showrooms
Central Government
Commercial
Community
Education
Health
Heritage / Listed Buildings
Housing Associations
Industrial / Food
Infrastructure
Justice
Local Authority
Pharmaceutical
Residential
Retail
Stadia / Leisure
Transportation
Market Sectors

9. Commercial
No 1 King Street, Manchester
Refurbishment of 3rd & 4th floors of a Grade II Building
Harbour House, Preston
Refurbishment of a 1990s office building
Venus House, Salford Quays
M&E refurbishment and upgrade of services to grade A
office accommodation
HMPO, Durham
New office development
Exchange Quay, Salford
M&E PPM consultancy & upgrade services
Gateway House, Manchester
Refurbishment of ground floor retail units
Lancashire County Council HQ Building, Preston
Refurbishment
Dallas Court, Salford
Refurbishment of a Home Office Reporting Centre
Doncaster Crown Court
Refurbishment of Court Rooms

10. Car Showrooms
Jaguar Landrover Dealership, Stockport
Jaguar Landrover Dealership, Belfast
Jaguar Volvo Dealership, Glasgow
Jaguar Landrover Dealership, Aylesbury
Audi Dealership, Poole
Audi Dealership, Reading
Audi Dealership, Harrogate
Audi Dealership, Huddersfield
Audi Dealership, Derby
Audi Dealership, West London
Various Audi Refurbishment Projects
Mini Dealership, Long Hanborough
Mini Dealership, Northampton
BMW Dealership, Oxford
VW Dealership, Leeds

11. Retail
Longwater Retail Park, Norwich
Retail Cycling Facility, Horton Street, Halifax
UGG Australia stores:-
• Manchester
• Glasgow
• Liverpool
Co-op Food Retail Store, Sandwich
Co-op Food Retail Store, Chapel-en-le-Frith
Little Waitrose, Piccadilly, Manchester
The Co-operative Estates
Waitrose Store, Preston
Boots, Quedgley
Retail Unit, Deansgate, Bolton
Aldi Stores, Rochdale

12. Residential
Regent Road Residential Project, Salford
M&E Consultancy services for 550 unit
residential scheme
High Peak Sheltered Housing (Fusion 21
Framework)
Condition Survey of housing stock
Dovedale Independent Living Scheme, Preston
New independent living housing stock
Legacy Living, Glasgow, York, Liverpool
Quality student accommodation
Rochdale Boroughwide Living
Various sheltered housing schemes
New Build Private Residence, Bramhall
Aalborg Place, Lancaster
Mixed use scheme
The Glassworks, Leeds
New 5 storey student accommodation building
Hazelmount House, Nottingham
Conversion of office building into 12 affordable
residential care units

13. Education
College of Policing, Coventry
Chethams School of Music
Glasgow Schools
John Ryland's University Library, Manchester
Lakeland School, Ellesmere
Bolton School, ICT Department
Oldham College
Temple School, Manchester

14. Health
Ormskirk & District General Hospital
Preparation of drawings and scope of works for the re-
diversion of existing services in preparation for the
demolition of two existing buildings.
Alpha Hospitals
Appointed to carry out plumbing services
investigations.
Appointed to the North West consortium of NHS
Trusts Approved List of Consultants

15. Heritage / Listed Buildings
Haigh Hall Park, Wigan
Refurbishment of the leisure areas as part of a multi-
million pound investment in the Park
Mesnes Park, Wigan
Restoration project
Queens Park, Crewe
Restoration project
Queen’s Park, Bolton
Restoration and lighting
Scarborough Spa
Refurbishment of listed theatre complex
Chethams School of Music, Manchester
Conversion of classrooms into residential
accommodation for the school’s boarders

16. Leisure
Midland Hotel, Manchester
Haigh Hall Park
Abbey Leisure Centre, Selby
Selby Leisure Village
Mesnes Park, Wigan
Queens Park, Crewe
Scarborough Spa Complex
Ladybridge Leisure Centre, Bolton
MEN Arena, new bar area
Little Lever Leisure Centre
The Circus, Manchester
Queen’s Park, Bolton

17. Stadia
Chesterfield Football Club
New stadium
Shay Stadium, Halifax
New east stand
West Bromwich Albion Football Club
New corporate stand C
Charlton Athletic Football Club
New corporate stand

18. Transportation
Manchester International Airport
Boiler Replacements
Cooling Tower Refurbishment
Various Refurbishment Projects ongoing
Gas Infrastructure Project
Arriva
M&E design on new bus depots at:
Speke
Liverpool and
Shrewsbury

19. Industrial / Food
Factory 3, Hyde Point, Denton
Site specific surveys of ventilation and electrical
systems
Fox’s Biscuits, Kirkham
Ventilation project
Park Cake Bakeries, Oldham
Bakery oven installation
Shell Stanlow
New control room
Shell Shutdown Village
Critical control systems
Royal Mail
Warrington depot
Manchester International Airport
Gas infrastructure project

20. Pharmaceuticals
Nanoco Group plc
Design of process pipework and ICE independent
commissioning engineer
Sanofi Aventis
Appraisal of laboratory air conditioning system to
obtain close environmental control
AstraZeneca
Laboratory block refurbishment to air conditioning
systems
The Heath, Ineos Block 7
Feasibility study

21. Client Testimonials
“Charles Andrews Ltd is a valued engineering consultant of Manchester Airport and we have used their
services for the last 25 years, most recently with the provision of Mechanical and Electrical Professional
services to our airport City projects. All works were undertaken in a professional manner. They delivered a
quality service on time and to budget. We would have noo hesitation whatsoever, in working with them
again or in recommending them for any future projects.”
David Boyle, Manchester Airport Utilities & Energy Manager
“I think Neil and his team have made great progress over the last year and hopefully these efforts will be
rewarded given the number and scale of some of the projects that are now beginning to materialise”.
John Buchan, Group Project Manager, Sytner Group Ltd
“Efficient and professional throughout”
Stuart Holden, Wigan Leisure & Culture Trust
“With a very demanding budget, design solutions for the M&E services required imagination and innovation.
We would not hesitate to work with them again on any project in the future, and we are happy to
recommend them.”
Dean Gregory, Aukett Swanke
“Everyone in attendance was complimentary about the quality of data and detail produced. So, a good job
was done by all!”
Dean Collins, Assistant Director, Deloitte
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22. Client Testimonials
“A good efficient company, one which I would recommend without reservation.”
Rex Hudson
“Valued partner working with EQ Management. Always helpful and quick to solve client queries.”
Exchange Quay Management
“Professional Engineers who know what they are doing. I have recommended them to others. “
Stephen S Buxton & Associates
“We have engaged this company several times over the past five years and on each occasion the work was
carried out sensitively, efficiently, to a high standard, was on time and to budget.”
Sister Anne Furlong, Good Shepherd Sisters
“The school would be perfectly happy to work with Charles Andrews Ltd on any future projects as a good
relationship was developed between the school and the various members of staff from the company”
Pat McCartney, Estates Manager, Chethams School of Music
“Charles Andrews are a good knowledgeable consultant, they have always delivered a good service and have a
very pro-active approach to issues and problem solving.”
Nick Priestley, Rider Levett Bucknall
We have found them all very proactive with excellent M&E knowledge and attention to deal, they are always on the end
of the phone and respond to requests within a timely manner.“
Jason Brownlee, Rider Levett Bucknall

23. Clients we work with
Ainscough Holdings
Arriva
Ashmount
Audi
Bardsley Construction
Barwood Developments
Beaconsfield Estates Ltd
Bond Bay Ltd
Bradshaw Gass & Hope
Chesterfield Football Club
Chethams School of Music
Close UK Ltd
Community Gateway Association
Conlon Construction
Co-operative Food
Cushman and Wakefield
DEFRA
Deloitte
Dunlop Heywood
EPIC
Europa
Exchange Quays
FPS Consultants
Fusion 21
Gordon Moon Property Developments
GrayScanlonHill
Green PM
High Peak Borough Council
Home Office
In4M
Interserve
Jaguar LandRover
Kenyon Gough
Knights Bluebell
Lancashire County Council
Langbourne Developments
Legacy Student Living
Manchester International Airport
Matthews & Goodman
Nanoco Technologies
NHS Property Services
North West Consortium of NHS Trusts
Ocean Automotive
One Vision Housing
Park Lane Properties
Reality Property
Red Loft
Reit Asset Management
Rider Levett Bucknall
Rochdale Boroughwide Housing
Royal London Asset Management
Savills
Scarborough Borough Council
SEGRO
Shay Stadium
Shell
Staffs 7 Stoke Partnership NHS Trust
Stocks Hall Care Homes Ltd
Sytner Group
Taylor Design
The Home Office
Tempus Group
Travel Counsellors
Vinci
Vine Property Management
Waitrose
Walker Sime
Watts
Wigan Leisure & Culture Trust

24. Charles Andrews Ltd
13 The Schoolhouse
2nd Avenue, Trafford Village
Trafford Park
Manchester
M17 1DZ
Tel: 0161 848 9955
Fax: 0161 848 9966
www.charlesandrews.co.uk
info@charlesandrews.co.uk