RMF Engineering

RMF designs mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems for building retrofits, new construction, and high-demand facilities exceeding 500,000 square feet. Using a target value design process, it applies high-performance energy modeling to inform decisions on cost, sustainability, and equipment strategy from concept through completion.

• Building Energy Modeling and Performance Analysis
• Equipment Upgrades, Efficiency Measures, and Controls Integration
• MEP Systems for Healthcare, Federal, Higher Education, and Science and Technology Facilities

With more than 40 years of specialized practice, RMF is nationally recognized for the planning and design of central energy plants and utility distribution systems. Its integrated team of generation, storage, and distribution specialists supports every project stage from initial assessment through commissioning and startup.

• Existing System Evaluations, Useful Remaining Life Studies, and Life Cycle Costing
• Combined Heat and Power, Process Cooling and Heating, and Heat Pump Systems
• Medium-Voltage Substations, Micro- and Smart Grids, and SCADA Systems
• Chiller Plants, Electrode and Watertube Boilers, Ground Source Heat Exchangers, and Heat Recovery Chillers
• Thermal and Electrical Storage
• Thermal Distribution Piping, Tunnel Assessment, and Trenchless Utility Distribution

RMF assesses, designs, and implements underground utility infrastructure for campus energy networks, integrating civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, and thermal disciplines to deliver resilient systems built for decades of service.

• Utility Condition Inventories

  System-wide inventories document manholes, tunnels, storm systems, and sanitary systems for underground utility planning.

• Duct Banks, Utility Trenches, Walkable Tunnels, and Direct Buried Systems
• Phased Replacement and Relocation Roadmaps with GIS Utility Mapping
• Campus Electrification and Electrical Distribution Upgrades

RMF's independent commissioning and construction quality management team provides hands-on oversight for MEP systems across new construction, retro-commissioning, and ongoing maintenance. Recognized by the Building Commissioning Association as a Certified Commissioning Firm, it delivers unbiased testing and third-party quality oversight on mission critical, SCIF, and tier-level projects.

• New Construction, Retro, Ongoing, Continuous, and Re-Commissioning
• Air Filtration and Ventilation Verification
• LEED Certification Commissioning Support
• Third-Party Construction Quality Management

RMF integrates energy master planning, central plant design, thermal utility distribution, MEP engineering, and commissioning into a unified decarbonization approach. It partners with campus and institutional clients to develop actionable roadmaps that reduce greenhouse gas emissions while aligning with operational and financial goals.

• Meter Verification, Energy Data Analysis, and Load Profile Modeling
• Energy Audits, Conservation Measures, and Building Energy Modeling
• Controls System Optimization and Equipment Renewal
• Utility Master Planning and Decarbonization Roadmaps
• Strategic Electrification and Steam-to-Hot-Water Heating Conversions
• Net-Zero Energy Building Design and Thermal Energy Storage