Frequently asked questions

An MEP consulting engineer designs a building's mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems: heating, cooling and ventilation, power and lighting, and water, gas and drainage. Concord also designs fire sprinkler and fire alarm systems. The engineer prepares the sealed drawings and calculations for the building permit, coordinates them with the architect's plans and, when the project calls for it, answers contractor questions during construction.

One firm keeps the trades coordinated. Concord designs HVAC, electrical, plumbing, fire sprinkler and fire alarm systems, so the power for the HVAC equipment, the sprinkler alarms on the fire alarm system and the duct smoke detectors that shut down air handlers are drawn by one team. The architect and the contractor get one set of MEP drawings and one point of contact.

Since 2010. In that time Concord Consulting Engineering PC has engineered hundreds of projects in New York and New Jersey, from rooftop-unit replacements to new apartment buildings, schools and public buildings. It received the Best of 2023 Morristown award for Engineering Consulting, with 9 consecutive years in the program's Business Hall of Fame.

Irene Sheykman, PE, LEED AP, founded the firm in 2010 and leads it as principal. She is a licensed Professional Engineer in New York, New Jersey and Florida. Edward Blair, Director of Operations, runs the firm's operations. Concord designs HVAC, electrical, plumbing, fire protection and fire alarm systems from its office in Morristown, New Jersey.

Yes. Concord is a certified Women Business Enterprise (WBE) in New Jersey and in New York State, and a certified Small Business Enterprise (SBE) in New Jersey. A prime consultant or contractor can bring Concord onto the team for the MEP and fire protection design. Whether the work counts toward a participation goal depends on which certifications the owner's program accepts.

Yes. Irene Sheykman, Concord's founder, is a LEED AP. On a new six-story university residence hall in Union, New Jersey, built design-build on a fast track, Concord prepared the LEED v4 energy model and documented 18 MEP points toward LEED Silver. It also answered state plan-review comments on the MEP design while construction was under way.

No. Concord Consulting Engineering PC, of Morristown, NJ, is a separate company from Concord Engineering Group of Voorhees, NJ. Both firms are in New Jersey and share the word "Concord". Concord Consulting Engineering PC is the women-owned MEP consulting engineering firm founded in 2010, with its office in Morristown, New Jersey.

New buildings, alterations and tenant fit-outs, from a single rooftop-unit replacement to full mechanical, electrical, plumbing and sprinkler systems in a new building. Building types include apartment buildings, mixed-use buildings, offices, retail, schools, public buildings and houses of worship. See the Projects page for examples in New York and New Jersey.

No. Concord is a consulting engineering firm. It designs the systems and seals the drawings, and licensed contractors install them. When construction administration is part of the job, Concord stays on through construction to review the contractor's submittals and answer questions, so the installed work matches the design.

Yes. Concord has engineered restaurants in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and Westchester County, from a 2,000 sq ft restaurant to a basement commercial kitchen under a Manhattan apartment building. The work covers kitchen exhaust and make-up air, HVAC, plumbing and grease interceptors, gas piping, power for the kitchen equipment, sprinklers and fire alarm.

Yes. Concord designed the HVAC, plumbing, electrical and fire alarm for a 2,100 sq ft dental office in Metuchen, New Jersey, including the plumbing for the dental equipment. For an outpatient MRI suite replacement in Linden, New Jersey, it designed the HVAC and MRI support systems: a glycol chiller loop, RF-shield waveguides and the quench vent.

Send the project address, the building type and size, and the services you need. A line on the scope helps too: a new building, an alteration or a tenant fit-out, in New York or New Jersey. Use the form on the Contact page and attach drawings if you have them, or email them to info@concordconsultingeng.com.

The same business day. Concord replies to every request that day, whether it comes through the form, by email or by phone. If the form cannot send for any reason, it shows info@concordconsultingeng.com and a button that copies your details, so no request is lost. Include the address and the services you need, and the reply can go straight to the scope.

Concord reviews the drawings, the site and the scope, and replies the same business day with any questions. Once the scope is clear, Concord sends a proposal for the engineering. The steps after that, from the survey of existing conditions to filing, revisions and construction administration, are on the About page under How a project runs.

All of New Jersey and New York State, New York City included. The office is in Morristown, New Jersey, and drawings are sealed by a Professional Engineer licensed in the state where the building is. Past projects are in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx, in Westchester County and on Long Island, and in Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset and Union counties in New Jersey.

Yes. Architects, expediters, contractors and licensed plumbers bring Concord in for the MEP, sprinkler and DEP backflow engineering on their jobs. Concord designs and seals the drawings, and the client stays with whoever brought it in. Concord does not offer expediting, so the filing representative keeps the filing and the agency appointments.

Search for Concord Consulting Engineering PC in each state's public directory of certified businesses. The New Jersey WBE and SBE certifications are listed in the NJ SAVI directory, and the New York State WBE in the NYS directory of certified firms. Each certificate on the Licenses and certifications page shows its number and expiry date, which the directory listing should match.