Livingston Critical Engineering is a specialist M&E division within Livingston Building Services. We provide specialist advice, services, and technical solutions to ensure our clients operations continue without interruption.

From initial consultation to full turnkey solutions, we will partner with clients to understand their needs, identify any risks associated and then plan a robust program to meet that need including future-proofing their critical infrastructure. Our key role is to make sure the systems our clients rely on today, will be resilient tomorrow – always ready, always robust and always compliant for the years ahead.

Our Approach

We work closely with our clients to understand how their business operates. By developing a deep understanding of processes and the condition of all in-house equipment, we are able to offer specialist advice and guidance on how to optimise systems to truly benefit their business. In addition, being part of Livingston Building Services, enables us to benefit from pulling in skilled resources as and when required to suit project needs, upscaling when required, developing sound strategies and ideas based on initial findings. Our key goal is to optimise performance in every way possible, so return on investment is realised quickly whilst ensuring the safeguarding of the business.

1. Consult

Assess requirements and identify regulatory needs

Our team will take time to understand our clients business, its goals, and regulatory requirements. This early stage support allows us to uncover hidden risks and dependencies that could compromise compliance or continuity.

2. Investigate

Review existing systems and provide expert recommendation

Our critical engineering team will conduct a comprehensive review of existing systems, assessing lifecycle costs, operational resilience, and compliance with stringent safety standards. Where vulnerabilities or inefficiencies are identified, we will deliver targeted recommendations designed to enhance system reliability, optimise performance, and support long-term sustainability.

3. Test

Test operational strength, provide documentation, and provisional equipment and report

Our critical engineering specialists will execute comprehensive resilience and operational integrity tests across all systems. This includes controlled load testing, redundancy validation, and performance benchmarking under simulated fault conditions. To support these procedures, we deploy essential infrastructure such as load banks, generators, fuel systems, UPS units, power distribution frameworks, cabling, and temporary energy solutions tailored to the testing environment. Every test is meticulously documented with full traceability, ensuring compliance with safety standards and providing actionable insights for system optimisation.

4. Recommend

Recommend Results sharing and recommend next steps

All findings and test results are shared openly, with practical, actionable next steps grounded in data and analysis.

5. Design

Custom solutions and collaborative workshops to finetune strategy

Through Pre-Construction Services Agreements (PCSA), we will develop tailored design solutions to meet every client need. As a standard practice, collaborative workshops are undertaken with all key stakeholders ensuring the strategy fits with our clients’ specific needs.

6. Install

Turnkey solutions, external energy farms and equipment installation

We will deliver complete turnkey solutions – from minor upgrades to large-scale system installations. Our scope covers external energy farms as well as supplying, maintaining or upgrading various critical power systems including but not limited to Diesel or Gas Generators, UPS systems covering both Static and DRUPS, HV/LV Distribution, Battery Systems, LV Switchboards, Chillers, Boilers, BMS/SCADA and more.

7. Review

Review and adapt

To be successful, businesses need to remain flexible and will need to evolve over time. As part of our service offering, we will continually review and adapt critical systems to maintain peak performance at all times, ensuring efficiency and reliability. Our commitment is ongoing, ensuring clients’ infrastructure is always aligned to their needs.

Services

Your business will change – our commitment won’t

Solutions that are suitable today, won’t necessarily be as effective in the times ahead for our clients. Once improvements are identified and have been made, we will continually evaluate and assess the implemented solutions and processes, to ensure initial set up and each project specific requirement is running smoothly and correctly. As a business grows and evolves, we can help our clients’ explore opportunities to improve resilience, increase efficiencies and generally help to make things better.

We offer specialist support through the life cycle of a project, with ‘in-house’ experts highly experienced in the following areas:

Client Services

From new site mobilisation to auditing existing premises, we ensure resilience is built into a customers’ operation. We will also provide training for on-site staff and help embed robust processes and procedures.

Mechanical & Electrical Installations

Experts in the supply and installation of critical systems, including generators, UPS systems, substations, critical power distribution and containerised resilient comms rooms.

Rental & Resilient External Energy Systems

Short and long-term rental of critical assets such as LV/HV switchboards, UPS, Generators, Chillers, Boilers, and Load Banks, with full operational support.

Stage V Generator Conversion

Cost-effective solutions to upgrade existing generators, reducing emissions and aligning with sustainability targets without the need for full replacement.

DRUPS Conversions

Transforming existing diesel rotary systems into efficient, maintainable solutions that provide continuous power during mains failure at a fraction of replacement cost.

Innovating solutions, ensuring resilience