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    Harley Haddow Bristol office: net zero retrofit focus for project teams

    January 14, 2026|

    Reviewed by Joe Ashwell

    Harley Haddow Bristol office: net zero retrofit focus for project teams

    First reported on The Construction Index

    30 Second Briefing

    Multidisciplinary consulting engineer Harley Haddow has opened a Bristol office, appointing former Hoare Lea director Scott Murray, a mechanical, electrical and public health (MEP) specialist with over 25 years’ experience in heritage refurbishments, urban regeneration and large-scale residential masterplans, to lead South West operations. The Bristol base joins existing offices in London, Manchester, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Fort William and Inverness, signalling a deeper push into regional UK development markets. Murray is targeting early-stage input on net zero strategies, stressing simplified processes, collaborative design and integrated digital tools to keep low‑carbon retrofit and adaptation commercially viable.

    Technical Brief

    • Murray’s heritage refurbishment background is relevant to complex retrofit of listed masonry and steel-framed stock.
    • His urban regeneration experience supports integration of MEP with constrained brownfield plots and phased construction logistics.
    • Large-scale residential masterplan work implies familiarity with district energy, shared plant rooms and multi-block servicing strategies.
    • Previous commercial development projects indicate capability in high-intensity cooling, ventilation and electrical resilience for office cores.
    • Emphasis on early-stage net zero conversations points to front-loading plant sizing, façade performance and thermal storage decisions.
    • Focus on adaptation of existing stock in the next Bristol property cycle favours deep retrofit over demolition-rebuild.

    Our Take

    Within our 425 Infrastructure stories, Bristol and the wider South West UK appear far less frequently than London, Manchester and Scottish hubs, so Harley Haddow’s move signals that more building-services and sustainability design work is likely shifting into this region.

    Harley Haddow’s founding in 1950 and long MEP track record positions it alongside older UK consultancies like Hoare Lee in our database, but most recent sustainability-tagged pieces feature newer or rebranded firms, suggesting established practices are now competing more directly in net-zero and retrofit-led work.

    The emphasis on mechanical, electrical and public health (MEP) engineering experience aligns with a noticeable cluster of sustainability-tagged UK infrastructure items where decarbonisation is being driven more by services design (heat networks, electrification, building performance) than by structural or civils changes alone.

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