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MEP Design Services

MEP-FA/FP Design and Coordination for Building P-Quarry Walk

  • Sreela Biswas
  • January 20, 2026
  • 7:58 am
Project Type: Mixed-Use Building
Software: Revit, ACC, Elite Fire Protection
Project Duration: 5 weeks

Task Assigned

Uppteam was appointed to deliver comprehensive remote MEP, fire alarm, and fire protection design and coordination support for Building P at the Quarry Walk development in Oxford, Connecticut. The project involved a four-story mixed-use infrastructure with specified residential layouts and future retail shell spaces. The scope mandated meticulous coordination with the owner, site engineers, and architectural and structural teams to ensure system unification, code conformance, and lasting flexibility for future tenant build-outs.

Project Timeline

  • Phase 1 - The first stage of the project comprised assessing the project requirements and coordinating with the architectural and site teams.
  • Phase 2 - This was the design development phase. During this period, the team worked on developing the MEP-FA/FP system layout, ensuring load assumptions and code-based sizing.
  • Phase 3 - In this phase, multidisciplinary clash resolution, shaft coordination, and integration of fire-rated assemblies were completed with precision.
  • Phase 4 - Final construction documents were prepared and submitted to acquire local authority approvals.

Additional Notes

  • Retail tenant specifications were undefined, making it initially challenging to determine the exact electrical and plumbing service requirements. To address this, reasonable, code-based utility assumptions were developed, considering potential tenant profiles and ensuring adequate capacity without overdesign.
  • HVAC coordination for the four-story mixed-use building needed to accommodate residential and future retail ventilation within restricted ceiling spaces and fire-rated shafts. So, Uppteam provided dedicated outside air risers, fire/smoke dampers, and coordinated fire-rated shafts, with unit heaters installed in retail shell spaces for future connections.
  • Domestic water sizing for future commercial areas was undecided because of unknown fixture counts. Our team countered this by robustly calculating residential demand, then providing a specialized commercial sub-main with capped stub-outs, and also upsizing the main service for future flexibility.
  • Another challenge was to ensure NFPA 13 sprinkler routing using fire-rated assemblies while serving shell spaces. Our experts delivered a holistically coordinated sprinkler system with compliant base coverage and detailed rated penetrations.