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Welcome
53 Zero Two is a private engineering consultancy business, established in 2011 in Manchester, England by Owner/Director Paul Harris. Paul operates as a sole, Independent Consulting Engineer to specialised clients.
Welcome to 53 Zero Two
53 Zero Two is a private engineering consultancy business, established in 2011 in Manchester, England by Owner/Director Paul Harris.
Paul operates as a sole, Independent Consulting Engineer to specialised clients.
ABOUT PAUL HARRIS
Paul is a Chartered Engineer with Electrical Engineering as his principal discipline and has extensive experience within the construction industry in mechanical and electrical building services (MEP) and critical systems engineering. Paul’s global scope of projects has extended across the UK and Ireland, USA, Middle East and Australia, where he has worked and resided. He is currently based in Greater Manchester, UK. Industry sector experience includes commercial, residential, healthcare, education, mixed use and custodial with his specialism being in the data centre sector.
THE COMPANY NAME
53 Zero Two is inspired by the geographical co-ordinates of Manchester (53 degrees north, two degrees west). The company name takes inspiration from Manchester, where Paul is from originally, and the wider region – an area synonymous with engineering, innovation and achievement and the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution. Paul is passionate in his approach to his work and embraces the current Information Age and ongoing technological revolution taking place in society, again with Manchester being a leader.
SERVICES
ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
PRIMARY SKILL BASE (DETAIL LEVEL)
- Medium / low voltage distribution
- Standby generation
- Static UPS systems
- Rotary UPS systems
- Diesel-rotary UPS (DRUPS)
- Small power
- General & emergency lighting
- Fire alarm systems
- Audio / visual systems
- ICT structured cabling systems
- ELV systems
- Building management / power management systems
- Submain cabling & containment systems
- Earthing / bonding & lightning protection systems
MECHANICAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
SECONDARY SKILL BASE (HIGHER LEVEL)
- HVAC systems
- DX systems
- CRAC units
- CRAH units
- Chillers systems
- Cooling towers
- Cold aisle containment
- Hot aisle containment
- Water systems
- Drainage systems
- Fire suppression
SUPPLEMENTARY SERVICES
PRIMARY SKILL BASE (DETAIL LEVEL)
- Engineering team project manager
- Lead Engineer
- Client liaison / advisory
- Project design & procurement through concept, schematic, detail design, tender, construction, testing & commissioning to handover
- Electrical & ICT Engineering design
- Multi-discipline engineering coordinator across associated engineering disciplines – mechanical, public health, structure, fire, façade & sustainability engineering
- Peer review services
- Due diligence services
- Site surveys
TESTIMONIALS
Paul’s main responsibilities were to provide electrical design services for projects, operating as an unsupported engineer able to attend key strategy and client facing meetings and represent the company, provide briefings and disseminate information to the wider team. Punctual and dependable throughout his dealings with all elements of the project process.
Paul is very professional in his approach to projects and in throughout any dealing with the client or wider project teams. Paul is capable of working unsupported and delivering project design at the highest calibre.
Paul’s responsibilities included design of the electrical services for a 5 MW data centre, electrical installation, switch gear, fire / security and mechanical interface.
Paul checked all technical submittals from the consultancies – carried out several client facing meetings – obtained consensus for design principals – identified elements not meeting the project brief – client interface – protected our company’s interests. Paul was key – we would not have managed without him.
Project Experience
A selection of Paul’s notable career projects are detailed below:
Data Centre Projects
53 Zero Two has successfully completed many data centre projects, both in the UK and worldwide....Continue reading
Commercial Projects
Two Fifty One, London, UK 40-storey residential tower and 7-storey commercial tower new build in central...Continue reading
Education Projects
Sheffield Academies (x2), Sheffield, UK Sheffield Park and Sheffield Springs Academies are GBP 20M Academies (state-funded...Continue reading
Healthcare Projects
Samuel Johnson Community Hospital, Lichfield, UK Commissioned by the NHS via the Procure 21 national framework...Continue reading
Residential Projects
The Pad - Business Bay, Dubai The Pad is a twenty-four storey, 40,000m2, high spec residential...Continue reading
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