MEP design without the delays

Three disciplines, one coordinated set

MEP coordination is where project schedules go to die. The duct run meets the beam, the panel schedule disagrees with the load calculation, and the plumbing slope dies against a joist — each one surfacing in the field, priced as a change order. Torch designs mechanical, electrical, and plumbing under one roof and coordinates the three against each other before the set ever leaves the office, so the conflicts get resolved on screen instead of on site.

One team also means one point of accountability. When plan check issues comments, the engineer who answers them is the engineer who drew the set — no finger-pointing between three separate consultants while your permit sits in a queue.

What an MEP engagement delivers

A complete, coordinated MEP package sized to your building and your jurisdiction:

· HVAC design with heating and cooling load calculations, equipment selection, and ventilation to code
· Electrical design — service sizing, distribution, panel schedules, lighting, and load calculations
· Plumbing design — domestic water, sanitary waste and vent, gas piping, and fixture schedules
· Coordinated construction drawings that agree with each other and with the architectural and structural sets
· A permit-ready package, sealed through Apex Grid Engineering's licensed Professional Engineers, with plan-check responses handled by the same team

Discipline depth lives on its own pages: electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, plumbing engineering, fire protection engineering, and energy modeling & compliance.

Who hires Torch for MEP design

General contractors who need a permit set that holds together in the field. Architects who want one engineering counterpart instead of three. Design-build teams pricing work against a deadline, and owners taking a building through tenant improvement, retrofit, or ground-up construction.

The work spans commercial, industrial, hospitality, multifamily, and residential projects — restaurants and retail fit-outs, warehouses and light industrial, hotels, apartment buildings, and custom homes where the mechanical and electrical scopes outgrow rules of thumb. State-level coverage starts with MEP engineering in Arizona and runs through the state pages linked from our services.

How an engagement runs

Send the scope — drawings if you have them, a description and the project address if you don't. Quotes come back within 24 hours for qualifying scopes, with the fee and the timeline stated up front. Design kicks off against a checklist of what the jurisdiction will ask for, because most plan-check comments are predictable and most of them can be designed out before submittal.

When comments do come back, the same team responds, revises, and resubmits. You are never handed a set of drawings and wished luck at the counter — the engagement ends at a permit-ready set, not at first delivery.

Common questions

How much does MEP engineering cost?

Fees track scope: building size and type, how many of the three disciplines are in play, the jurisdiction's submittal requirements, and how complete the starting drawings are. A tenant improvement with existing as-builts prices differently from a ground-up building designed from a napkin. Send the scope and the quote comes back with the fee and timeline stated — no per-square-foot guessing games.

How long does MEP design take?

Most straightforward commercial scopes move in days to a few weeks once the inputs are complete. The honest answer depends on scope completeness and review cycles, which is why the timeline is written into your quote rather than promised in the abstract here.

Who stamps the MEP drawings?

All PE stamping is backed by Apex Grid Engineering. Seals are applied by licensed Professional Engineers through Apex's licensed team, in the state where the project sits. Torch coordinates the work and keeps it moving; Torch does not present itself as the licensed entity.

What do you need from us to start?

The project address, the scope you need covered, and whatever drawings exist — architectural plans, as-builts, a survey, even a marked-up PDF. The less complete the starting material, the more the first step is a scope conversation, which is free.