Expert Mechanical & Electrical Engineering

North Atlantic Engineering Consultants is a firm of mechanical, electrical and project management consultants with a human resource base of professionals qualified and experienced in project design, co‐ordination and management. The firm was established in the early 1980's and has steadily grown over the years with continuing commitment to quality, cutting‐edge design and sustainability.

The firm practices in Gaborone, Botswana and Lusaka, Zambia. The two offices operate as separate businesses, but with interactive technical exchanges.

Electrical and Mechanical Building Services Design

Infrastructure Development

Inception Studies and Assessment

Building Automation

Electronic Security Systems

Information Technology

Procurement Advice

Contracts Administration

Quality Assurance

Operation and Maintenance Advice

Energy Audits & Condition Surveys

Project Management

Facilities Management

About Us

North Atlantic Engineering Consultants is one of Botswana's leading practices of mechanical and electrical consulting engineers. The Gaborone office services a wide range of project types involving our mainstream electrical, HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning), fire protection and wet services disciplines. Our in house expertise also provides specialist lighting design, thermal analysis and information technology services.
The practice has been involved in the successful implementation of various sizes of infrastructural, industrial, institutional, commercial and residential projects. Our client portfolio includes private sector investors, government and international agencies.


For all our projects, North Atlantic provide extensive guidance and cooperation in project management, quality control and contract administration to the principal agents; this role being traditionally handled by the project architect. Project teams regularly consulted us on our extensive knowledge and expertise in international contracts and construction law; the Department of Building and Engineering Services of the Ministry of Works and Transport, Government of Botswana recently involving us in the preparation of particular contract conditions for government projects contracted out under the Federation Internationale Des Ingenieurs‐Conseils (FIDIC) Form of Construction Contract. North Atlantic is currently seeking registration with the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Board under the specialist fields of project and facilities management for building and infrastructure projects.


North Atlantic, in keeping with our mission to be the foremost sustainable energy consulting engineering company in the region, has often freely offered to the relevant government departments' its expertise and services towards furthering Botswana's Vision 2016 for sustainability; through assistance to the Mechanical Engineering Department of the University of Botswana (UB ) in studies on Energy Efficiency in Buildings in Botswana; through participation in the Department of Energy - Energy Efficiency and Conservation Unit's Energy Efficiency Project (co‐financed by DANIDA) in the Building sector; through active membership of the Building Environment Design Technical Committee for the Botswana Bureau of Standards (BOBS), Government of Botswana; etc.


The firm also specialises in pre‐investment studies, design, and contracts administration.
The practice has been involved in the successful implementation of various sizes of infrastructural, industrial, institutional, commercial and residential projects. Our client portfolio includes private sector investors, government and international agencies.


Our project experience includes:

Buildings
Residential, Modern, Institutional & Educational buildings.


Data & Energy Centres 
Bespoke Data Centres and Energy Facilities.



Hospital & Health Facilities
Hospital & related health care facilities as well as infrastructure related systems.

Industrial Facilities
Including Laboratory and Research Facilities.



Project Portfolio

Our project portfolio lists some of our notable projects that are on‐going or have been completed; portraying the Firm's considerable expertise and experience in general electrical, mechanical and information technology for building and infrastructure services. Our involvement in these projects entails project planning, detailed design, construction monitoring and project administration.

E: Electrical L: Lifts M: Mechanical W: Wet (water, drainage, sanitary, etc) IT: Information Technology F: Fire Protection/Detection O: Specialist services (BEMS, medical, etc) S: Solar (domestic, industrial, PV systems, etc.) P: Project/facilities management 
Okavango Diamond Company New Headquarters

Project status: Construction
Project value: P 230 million
Services provided: E, L, M, F, W, S, P, O

Head Quarters Redevelopment Bank Of Botswana Building

Project status: Construction
Project value: P 750 million
Services provided: M, F, W, S, P, O

Block 6 & 8, Government Enclave (M & E)

Project status: Completed 1999
Project value: P 130.2 million.
Services provided: E, L, F, IT, M, W, P, O

Botswana Innovation Hub, Gaborone

Project status: Construction
Project value: P 643.3 million
Services provided: M, F, W, S, P, O

Police Training College & ILEA, Otse

Project status: Completed 2000
Project value: P 240 million
Services provided: M, F, W, S, P, O

New Central Business District Infrastructure, Gaborone

Project status: Completed 2002
Project value: P 85 million
Services provided: E, P, O

Institute of Health Sciences, Gaborone, Francistown, Lobatse

Project status: Completed 1998
Project values: P 48, 36.7 & 34 million
Services provided: M, F, W, S, P, O

Botswana Technology Centre, Gaborone

Project status: Completed 2000
Project value: P 29.1 million
Services provided: E, F, IT, P, O

Bank of Botswana Regional HQ, Francistown

Project status: Completed 1996
Project value: P 38.5 million
Services provided: E, L, F, IT, M, W, P, O

Government Integrated Office Block (Ntshe House), Francistown

Project status: Completed 2000
Project value: P 60 million
Services provided: E, L, F, IT, M, W, P, O

New District Hospital (270 Beds), Maun

Project status: Completed 2008
Project value: P 260 million
Services: E, L, F, IT, M, W, S, P, O

Directorate Of Public Prosecutions Offices, Gaborone

Project status: Completed 2010
Project value: P 80.3 million
Services provided: E, L, F, IT, P, O

University Of Botswana Health & Science Building, Gaborone 

Project status: Completed 2012
Project value: P 290 million
Services provided: M, F, W, S, P, O

Integrated Sports Facilities, Maun

Project status: Completed 2000
Project value: P 30.2 million
Services provided: E, F, IT, P, O

Council Chambers, Ghanzi, Botswana

Project status: Completed 2009
Project value: P 17.1 million
Services provided: E, F, IT, M, W, S, P, O

Extension To Travel Lodge & Conference Centre, Gaborone

Project status: Construction 2015
Project value: P 41 million
Services provided: E, F, IT, M, W, P

National Library, Gaborone, Botswana

Project status: Pre-Contract & Design
Project value: P 450 million
Services provided: M, F, W, S, P, O

Botswana University Of Science & Technology (BIUST), Palapye

Project status: Completed 2012
Project value: P 430 million
Services: E, L, F, IT, M, W, S, P, O

Kanye Education Centre, Kanye, Botswana

Project status: Completed 2000
Project value: P 31.5 million
Services provided: E, L, F, IT, P, O

324 Flats For Botswana Housing Corporation, Gaborone

Project status: Completed 2011
Project value: P 178 million
Services provided: E, F, IT, M, W, S, P, O

Sir Seretse Khama International Airport Terminal Expansion 

Project status: Pre-Contract - Completed
Project value: P 148 million
Services provided: E, L, F, IT, M, W, P, O

Department Of Taxes & Attorney General's Chambers, Gaborone

Project status: Completed 2002
Project value: P 132 million
Services provided: E, L, F, IT, M, W, P, O

Sunflower Oil Processing Plant United Refineries, Francistown 

Project status: Construction, 2015
Project value: P 19.6 million
Services provided: E, F, IT, M, W, P, O

BIUST Labs & Workshops, Palapye

Project status: Completed 2015
Project value: P 53.6 million
Services provided: E, F, IT, M, W, P, O

University of Botswana Staff Housing, Gaborone

Project status: Completed 1999
Project value at completion: P 4.2 million
Services provided: E, M, F, W, P, O

Information & Broadcasting Service HQ, Gaborone

Project status: Completed 2002
Project value: P 300 million
Services provided: E, L, F, IT, P, O

Debswana Cut-8 Project Contractors Camp, Jwaneng

Project status: Completed 2011
Project value: P 250 million
Services provided: E, M, F, W, S, P, O

Botswana Railways Workshop, Mahalapye

Project status: Completed 1995
Project value at completion: P 4.8 million
Services provided: E, M, F, W, P, O

Directorate of Corruption & Economic Crime, Gaborone

Project status: Completed 2000
Project value: P 21.3 million
Services provided: E, L, F, IT, P, O

Senior Secondary School Development, NATA

Project status: Completed 2011
Project value: P 480 million
Services provided: M, F, W, S, P, O

Do you like our work?

North Atlantic through leadership and innovation aims to respond to the needs of society by offering our expertise in a wide‐range of services. We hope to contribute through our expertise to a sustainable environment and whilst at the same time fully meeting our clients' needs and providing a solid return on investment.

Our Approach

North Atlantic Engineering Consultants is a company that looks ahead and plans for the future.

Investment in people by employing experienced professionals in the fields of mechanical engineering, electrical engineering and information technology, train citizen staff, actively encourage continuing professional development and provide industrial training to degree course students.

Investment in technology allows most of our business activities to be carried out using up‐to‐date methods and technologies. The firm operates its own client server networked computer system running state‐of‐the‐art business, analytical and CAD applications. North Atlantic Engineering Consultant's clients, its staff and the firm itself benefit from these continuing investments.

Investment in quality North Atlantic Engineering Consultants' is a member firm of the British Standards Institution and make extensive use of their services, standards and publications. The firm's reference library contains a growing list of British Standards publications.
Our Experience in Botswana.

Our Experience in Botswana

North Atlantic Engineering Consultants have provided a wide range of consultancy services from the time of its establishment in Botswana. Projects have ranged from single buildings through to campuses and urban infrastructure developments. The firm has also carried out a number of refurbishment projects.

The firm adopts a holistic approach to projects and generally towards the built environment which, amongst other things, recognises the complex interrelationships between light, heat and sound in aesthetically pleasing environments. We work in multi disciplinary teams with other specialist consultants to balance functional and practical engineering solutions with costs.


Our professional expertise in Botswana extends to consulting services for construction planning and phasing; preliminary engineering design; detailed design and tender documentation; tender administration; and contract supervision. As can be noted, the firm has been involved in a large number of significant assignments in these fields.


Assignments, ranging from design commissions for housing developments in various towns in Botswana to the award‐ winning Blocks 6 & 8 Office Development on the Government Enclave, demonstrate the depth of our varied experience. Presently, we are the only electrical and mechanical services recipient of the prestigious Excellence in Engineering Award from the Association of Consulting Engineers Botswana. More importantly it also illustrates our experience in ably delivering end products of multi disciplinary consultancy assignments.

Expertise & Resources

01.

Electrical
Engineering

HV/LV power distribution
Standby power generation
UPS Installations
Electric lighting
Fire detection and alarms
Electronic security
Communication systems
Lightning protection
Earthing systems
Solar Photovoltaics

02.

Mechanical Engineering

Heating, ventilating & air conditioning
Boilers, chillers, packaged DX & other associated refrigeration plant
Data Centre air conditioning
Steam systems
Compressed air systems
Wet services & drainage
Thermal analysis
Energy analysis
Solar thermal water heating
Fabric & Chilled Water Thermal Energy storage systems

03.

Project
Management

Project planning
Procurement advice
Tendering
Construction law
Contracts administration
Resident engineering functions
Post‐contract services
Operating and maintenance contract documentation
Facilities Management

04.

Specialist Services

Energy Audits & Condition Surveys
Building automation and management systems
Acoustic Engineering
Plant monitoring systems
Control systems
Cranes
Incinerators
Kitchen planning
Medical/Laboratory equipment and gases
Fume extract
Cold/Freezer rooms
Effluent treatment

05.

Lighting Consultancy

Daylighting design and analysis
Interior lighting design
Exterior lighting design
Specialist lighting design

06.

Vertical Transportation

Vertical transportation studies
Lift design
Escalator design

07.

Information Technology

Data networks
Structured cabling systems
Client server systems
Intranet & Internet systems

08.

Fire
Engineering

Water storage facilities
Fire pumping stations
Sprinkler systems
Fire hose‐reel systems
Wet and dry riser systems
Fire suppression systems

Professional Resources

North Atlantic Engineering Consultants' is a family of experienced professionals working together to achieve individual and corporate excellence in the specific field of engineering. Keeping with the demands on the practice, optimum staffing levels are always maintained, and our complete listing of staff and professional qualifications is listed in our About Us section.

Our Offices


North Atlantic Engineering Consultants' occupies 300m2 of prime office space in Plot 1278, Cliff House, Luthuli Road, Gaborone.


The Gaborone office has a fully networked computer system. Analytical software includes power systems design and cable sizing programs, energy analysis, artificial lighting, day‐lighting, HVAC system design, duct design, water and refrigerant piping and coil design, acoustic engineering design and modelling, complemented by spreadsheets, word‐processing and AutoCAD computer aided drafting packages. Other business computing aids include project accounting and project management software.


We own and operate an in‐house colour printing facility for the production of all business publications including reports, specifications and tender documents, engineering drawings and document reproduction.

Contacts Us

Email

info@northatlantic.bw                         

Address

2nd Floor Cliff House, 1278 Luthuli Road

Business Hours

9:00 - 18:00

2nd Floor Cliff House • 1278 Luthuli Road • PO Box 40277 • Gaborone • Botswana
T: +267 391 2822 • F: +267 391 2816 • E: info@northatlantic.bw 

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