BUILDINGS
At HKK, we pride ourselves on creating durable, secure, and efficient buildings that stand the test of time. Our building consultants possess extensive technical expertise, making us one of the best in the industry. Our team of experts includes a unique combination of skills, resources, and experience, enabling us to meet project demands with knowledge, enthusiasm, commitment, and vision. The satisfaction of our clients measures our success, and we consistently deliver quality services to ensure their satisfaction.
Engineering is a delicate balance between science and art; we strive to achieve this balance in our approach. We are dedicated to improving built environments' financial, environmental, and social performance while maintaining comfort, function, and beauty. We work closely with architects and developers from the project's earliest stages, providing innovative solutions to help them realize their creative and ambitious aspirations.
The rapidly evolving nature of sustainability means new opportunities are constantly arising for clients to find the right solution. We can effectively transfer knowledge and approaches across borders and nations. Our building consultancy expertise is sought globally, from single buildings to entire communities and cities. We provide comprehensive solutions that optimize all aspects of a building's form and function by utilising our extensive knowledge, technological capability, and integrated approach.
Aviation
HKK, from Halkin Group, is a highly experienced aviation consultancy that offers advisory services to governments, civil aviation authorities, airport companies, equity investors, and debt finance providers. We provide technical, business planning, project finance, and transaction advice.
Our team has more than 15 years of experience in the following areas: Technical advisory and traffic forecasting; Airline advisory services; Airport planning and development strategies; Operational concept, critical systems, and IT; Design and capital delivery; Project and programme management; Sustainability and environmental management; Asset management, operations, and maintenance.
Our aviation consultants have worked on projects for four governments, four airports, and two airlines. Hence, we deeply understand the aviation industry from all viewpoints. This allows us to ensure that aviation projects are delivered with the highest quality and safety standards while managing the critical risks of aviation investment.
Education
We are professional technical consultants for public sector bodies, financiers, developers, constructors, and operators. Our speciality is developing and enhancing educational facilities. Our team of academic experts focuses on providing expertise and services that prioritize pupils' learning in primary and secondary school facilities.
Our holistic service includes education consultancy and management, project procurement and management, technical advisory, design, delivery, construction economics, and risk management. We work closely with architects from the beginning of a project to provide building services and engineering, incorporating energy-efficient features and structural solutions to facilitate construction and future flexibility. We offer innovative designs for academic facilities such as libraries, laboratories, lecture halls, and campus zones.
We have an informed approach to sustainability policy, which we have often helped shape. This allows us to see the big picture and deliver planning solutions while responding to mechanical and electrical solutions that exceed stakeholders' sustainability aspirations.
Healthcare
Our team of building experts has provided valuable support to healthcare organizations, both public and private, all around the world. We've contributed to several healthcare projects and witnessed firsthand how medical technology and patient care continuously evolve, affecting healthcare provision. On top of these changes, healthcare providers also have to tackle significant challenges such as growing populations. Our staff's expertise and knowledge in the healthcare sector allow us to understand the pressing issues that healthcare providers face. We provide sustainable and long-lasting solutions to build or enhance healthcare facilities for maximum efficiency.
From the early stages of a project, we work closely with our clients to assess whole-life performance, costs, and impacts, always taking a long-term view of sustainability. We emphasize potential cost, environmental, and social benefits, enabling us to provide innovative solutions that improve performance throughout the project's lifecycle. We're here to assist with everything from developing technical solutions to project finance, management systems, procurement, project completion, operation, and maintenance.
Transport buildings
We have a long-standing reputation in the transport industry that spans a century. Our expertise lies in designing, constructing, commissioning, upgrading, and maintaining transport buildings. Our services encompass accessibility, passenger comfort, operator efficiency, and performance of single-use and multi-modal stations, terminals, interchanges, and maintenance depots.
We have assisted clients worldwide in delivering critical transport links and buildings. Our multidisciplinary team's expertise in all aspects of transport informs our building designs, while our industry-leading tools make it possible to compare different design options rigorously. Regardless of the project's type or scope, our experienced teams offer world-class quality, blending architectural and engineering excellence with user needs and experiences. Given the high-risk area of moving large groups of people, we prioritise safety and work with clients to ensure that transport buildings are robust, user-friendly, and secure. Sustainability is a core value, and we collaborate with clients from the earliest stages to enhance financial, environmental, and social performance.
Commercial & civic
We specialize in building consultancy services that provide efficient, elegant, and sustainable solutions for buildings. Our approach involves engaging building users and communities to meet their long-term needs and aspirations. We utilize leading expertise and experience to achieve high technical and commercial performance levels.
Our team strives to achieve a balance between maximizing return on investment by minimizing floor-to-ceiling heights while also considering the desirability of higher ceilings for letting space. We prioritize energy efficiency, carbon reduction, occupational health and safety, and user flexibility in our decision-making.
We are committed to sustainability and incorporate it into our work. Our building consultancy has developed industry-leading tools to model natural and artificial lighting, ventilation, energy, materials, construction scheduling, CO2, dust, and water. Our team has expertise in designing innovative systems for curtain walls, atrium spaces, and skylight structures.
Our track record in green building design is outstanding, and we have helped clients achieve BREEAM, LEED, Green Star, and Green Mark standards cost-effectively.
Residential & hotels
At our building consultancy, we specialize in creating sustainable and innovative solutions for residential, hotel, and mixed-use buildings that meet our clients' expectations. Our goal is to enhance efficiency, comfort, and safety for occupants while maximizing their return on investment.
We have a diverse team of experts who can handle every aspect of a building's development, ensuring it meets the targeted market's needs. Additionally, we understand the importance of delivering projects within a specific timeframe to provide our clients with certainty. We work closely with project teams from the earliest stages to ensure projects are delivered on budget and on schedule.
Our building consultancy has extensive experience in new build high-rise developments and complex residential tower refurbishments. We have been called upon to create solutions for adding extra floors to existing structures, which can be a significant design challenge.
Retail
Creating a thriving shopping centre involves attracting people and providing a comfortable environment that encourages them to stay and purchase. Our building consultancy offers solutions to control noise, vibration, and reverberation, enhancing user comfort and building performance. Our lighting experts understand how lighting affects shopping behaviour and are constantly working to develop innovative design solutions, such as illuminating ceilings for dramatic effects.
Our specialized team of environmental ergonomists considers people's needs and behaviours within buildings. Our fire engineers develop strategies to ensure safe evacuation during a fire.
Our consultancy has a deep understanding of sustainability policy, and we have often contributed to shaping it. This enables us to deliver the right planning solutions, while our informed approach means we can respond to mechanical and electrical solutions that meet or exceed stakeholders' sustainability goals.
We offer comprehensive services, from feasibility studies and delicate designs to detailed design and construction supervision. With our expertise in new developments and refurbishments and the diverse range of disciplines we cover, we can provide our clients with a comprehensive and effective service.
Sports and events
Our solutions are adaptable and not limited to single events. Our building consultancy caters to various sports and can accommodate exhibitions, concerts, and conference overlays. Our consultants possess world-class expertise in stadia development, from architecturally ambitious steel structures to bowl design and dynamic response.
The roof structure heavily influences the bowl's arrangement, but our primary focus is maximizing viewing quality. Our designs prioritize form and function, considering efficiency, risks, and potential program constraints. We ensure the bowl's response to dynamic excitation, especially during concerts, meets strict comfort standards.
Other essential design aspects for our clients include public safety, sight lines, pitch health, environmental impacts, long-span structures, service loads, and infrastructure impacts, such as power systems, communications, and water supply. We also integrate the moving roof system with moving loads, emergency stops, unforeseen obstructions, and roof deflections for retractable roofs. We have developed solutions for moving lower tiers to accommodate stage cutouts or to vary the size of the field of play.
Effective and sustainable design is crucial for optimum financial and environmental performance. We investigate all alternatives and conduct a life cycle costing analysis to determine the best return on investment. Our experts in whole-life costing enable us to provide sustainable solutions.