consulting founded 1862 headquarters bristol uk number of employees circa 800 website www.hoarelea.com hoare lea is a firm of consulting engineers specialising in mechanical electrical and environmental engineering building services engineering . originally founded in 1862 hoare lea has offices located in birmingham bournemouth bristol cambridge cardiff isle of man leeds london manchester oxford plymouth and glasgow as well as a growing international presence . contents 1 history 2 services 3 professional development 4 awards 5 projects 6 references 7 external links history edit hoare lea was founded by henry lea in 1862 . 1 with an expertise spanning the mechanical and electrical disciplines he was the first person to advertise himself as a consulting mechanical engineer when he opened his office in birmingham . 1 lea pioneered both electrical lighting and methods of efficient heating and air conditioning systems . in 1882 lea supervised one of the first electrical lighting systems installed in a public building at birmingham town hall . 1 other notable examples of lea s work include the royal victoria hospital belfast widely recognised as one of the first air conditioned buildings in the world . 1 lea died in 1912 leaving control of the practice to his son fred m. lea also an engineer and his long standing principal assistant . during the inter war recession the firm continued to design for public buildings and in 1939 donald lea amalgamated the practice with that of edwin s. hoare and partners of bristol to form hoare lea . 1 hoare lea transitioned it s legal status from a partnership to limited liability partnership llp on 1st may 2016 . services edit the cube birmingham the firm has a range of specialist teams to complement its mechanical and electrical engineering discipline . acoustics engineering architectural and environmental cgi architectural lighting accurate visualisations animations interactive and real time presentations walkthroughs communications integrated systems for the workplace engineering management post occupancy professional advice expert witness forensic investigation & dispute resolution fire engineering detection protection and fire and smoke control lighting design architectural technical display and daylighting research & development researching and addressing the issues of climate change and the broader environmental agenda security advise on security related design issues design security systems and manage security projects virtual engineering building and system performance simulation 2 vertical transportation lifts escalators and vertical access equipment sustainability specialist consultancy across all sectors of construction property development and management public health hot and cold water systems foul and surface water disposal systems and sewage pumping refrigeration dry expansion and flooded ice storage and pumpable ice slurries co2 systems heat pumps and secondary refrigeration systems breeam demand for green buildings simulation professional development edit hoare lea has a comprehensive and structured initial professional development ipd scheme developed for graduate engineers pursuing chartered engineer status . 3 the scheme comprises on the job training as part of a design team ; a two year lecture programme focused on technical management and communication subjects and construction site experience . hoare lea has recently established an exchange programme with a leading uk architectural practice . 3 hoare lea s ipd scheme is also accredited by the institution of engineering and technology iet the chartered institution of building services engineers cibse and the institution of mechanical engineers imeche . 3 hoare lea was also a founder member of bsria the building services research and information association . in addition to its ipd scheme hoare lea has a national continuing professional development cpd programme with two strands a management development programme and a technical update programme . 4 the management programme has a series of one day courses covering a range of management and leadership topics mainly small scale workshops delivered by in house and external presenters trainers and facilities . 4 the technical programme includes updates in the principal engineering disciplines covering technical and regulatory developments and case studies as well as sustainability workshops . 4 hoare lea offers options for further study and many employees attend specialist courses and conferences and undertake academic qualifications to support their continuing development . awards edit cabot circus bristol hoare lea has worked on many award winning projects in 2011 the firm won the integrated project team award at the cibse building performance awards for ceredigion county council s new office building canolfan rheidol aberystwyth . 5 at the 2010 association for consultancy and engineering ace engineering excellence awards hoare lea won both infrastructure medium firm and building services medium firm categories . the awards were presented to hoare lea for its work on the converged network infrastructure at cabot circus and for warwick digital laboratory . 6 at the 2009 building services awards hoare lea s professional development activities were recognised through the training initiative of the year award . 7 hoare lea also won the best use of it award for its work at cabot circus . in 2008 hoare lea won both large consultancy of the year and innovation of the year at the building services awards . this was the third year in succession and the fifth time in the eleven years since the awards were established that hoare lea received the large consultancy of the year award . other notable award winning projects include horizon house bristol winner of the breeam offices award 2010 8 and one new change london overall and mixed use winner of the mipim architectural review future project awards 2010 . 9 projects edit some of the notable projects in which hoare lea was involved are as follows highbury square london one new change london stone towers cairo sidra research and medical centre doha bristol old vic one glass wharf bristol lancaster institute for the contemporary arts lica bishops square london university of oxford earth sciences building university of warwick digital laboratory bristol royal hospital for children princesshay exeter the cube birmingham cabot circus bristol conversion of highbury stadium arsenal fc to residential units . 10 references edit a b c d e hoare lea practice history ies case study hoare lea . ies virtual environment website . retrieved 2007 07 09 . a b c hoare lea initial professional development a b c hoare lea continuing professional development cibse awards welsh energy centre in spotlight . fm world . 10 february 2011 . retrieved 20 july 2011 . mott macdonald and hoare lea win double at ace awards . new civil engineer . 16 april 2010 . retrieved 20 july 2011 . news in pictures building services awards 2009 . building . 21 july 2009 . retrieved 20 july 2011 . breeam awards 2010 . 27 may 2010 . retrieved 20 july 2011 . hoare lea awards news . retrieved 20 july 2011 . arsenal sign davies and hoare lee set for highbury . arsenal news review . retrieved 2007 07 09 . external links edit hoare lea official website hoare lea lighting official website hoare lea twitter page nla profile hoare lea cibse journal v t e construction industry of the united kingdom construction economy of the united kingdom companies consultancies and support services amec amey arcadis architecture firms arup atkins faithful gould buro happold capita ch2m cundall davis langdon elliott wood expedition engineering flint & neill gifford hoare lea interserve mace mitie mott macdonald mouchel rps scott wilson sweett group wsp housebuilders current barratt bellway berkeley bloor boot bovis countryside properties crest nicholson keepmoat lend lease mccarthy & stone miller muir persimmon 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