The decisions made at the beginning of an engineering project can have the greatest impact on its cost, programme, and long-term performance.

At Actemium UK, we help you define requirements, evaluate options, and develop the right engineering solution before committing considerable time and capital to delivery.

From an individual feasibility study to multidisciplinary design support for a major programme, we bring together the expertise needed to turn complex requirements into practical, deliverable solutions.

Key customer benefits

  • Greater project certainty
  • Improve
    Better-informed investment decisions
  • Risk Attention
    Reduced design and delivery risk
  • Clearer scope and requirements
  • A practical route to delivery

From feasibility to detailed design

We can support individual stages of your project or provide multidisciplinary engineering expertise throughout the design lifecycle.

  • Define & understand

    • Requirements capture and scope definition
    • Site surveys and asset assessments
    • Existing plant and infrastructure assessment

  • Assess & evaluate

    • Engineering feasibility studies
    • Optioneering
    • Technical assessments
    • Design risk assessments

  • Develop the solution

    • Front End Engineering Design (FEED)
    • Concept and scheme design
    • Multi-disciplinary design development
    • Plant modifications and upgrades

  • Engineer for delivery

    • Detailed design
    • Procurement and manufacturing specifications
    • Works test documentation
    • Installation and commissioning documentation

Reducing risk before delivery begins

Early engineering involvement can identify interfaces, existing asset constraints, safety requirements, access limitations, and lifecycle considerations while there is still flexibility to address them.

Our engineers work collaboratively with your operations, maintenance, safety, procurement, and delivery teams to understand both the technical requirement and how the solution will be installed, operated, and maintained.

Bringing these perspectives into the design process earlier can help:

  • reduce rework
  • improve cost
  • promote programme certainty, and
  • prevent engineering decisions made at the beginning of a project from creating problems during delivery.

Multidisciplinary expertise, one engineering partner

Complex projects rarely sit neatly within a single engineering discipline.

Actemium UK can bring together mechanical, process, piping, electrical, CE&I, automation, engineering substantiation, and specialist analysis expertise around your project.

Working with one engineering partner can reduce interfaces between disciplines, improve coordination, and provide greater continuity as a project progresses from early definition through detailed design and delivery.

Whether you need an individual specialist or an integrated project team, our engineering support can scale around the complexity and requirements of your project.

Engineering expertise you can rely on

  • Proven engineering experience

    A strong history supporting complex, safety-critical and highly regulated engineering programmes.
  • Multi-disciplinary capability

    Mechanical, process, piping, CE&I, automation, substantiation, and specialist analysis expertise through one engineering partner.
  • Experienced technical teams

    Suitably qualified engineers, including security-cleared personnel, with experience of demanding operational and regulatory environments.
  • Proven delivery

    Engineering delivered to demanding programme, cost, quality, and technical requirements.
  • Scalable engineering resource

    From individual specialists to multidisciplinary teams, with capability scaled around your project and programme requirements.

Proven in demanding environments

Engineering Consultancy & Design FAQs

  • When should you involve an engineering consultancy?

    Early involvement can be particularly valuable when requirements are not fully defined, multiple technical solutions are possible, existing infrastructure creates constraints, or the project involves significant technical, safety, or investment risk. Engineering input at this stage can help establish feasibility and identify a clearer route to delivery before significant capital is committed.

  • What is an engineering feasibility study?

    An engineering feasibility study assesses whether a proposed project or solution is technically achievable and identifies key requirements, constraints, and risks. Depending on the project, this can include reviewing existing assets, site conditions, technical options, interfaces, and potential delivery approaches.

  • What is the difference between feasibility and optioneering?

    Feasibility considers whether a proposed solution or project can realistically be delivered. Optioneering compares potential approaches to determine which best meets the project’s technical, operational, and other defined requirements. They are often used together during early project development.

  • What is FEED?

    Front End Engineering Design (FEED) develops the preferred concept to establish the technical scope and design basis before detailed engineering begins. A well-developed FEED can provide greater definition and help reduce uncertainty as the project progresses towards delivery.

  • Can Actemium UK support brownfield and existing plant projects?

    Yes. Our engineering teams have experience developing solutions around existing assets and operational environments. Site surveys, asset assessments, feasibility and optioneering can help identify constraints and integration requirements before modifications progress into detailed design.

  • Can Actemium UK take a project beyond the initial consultancy stage?

    Yes. Our engineering capability extends from requirements capture, feasibility, optioneering and FEED through concept and detailed design, engineering analysis and supporting installation and commissioning documentation. We can also draw on wider Actemium UK electrical and automation expertise where required.

More ways we can support your project

Need to substantiate a safety-critical design or existing asset?

Contact our engineering assurance team