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Brentwood M&E Services Ltd was registered in October 2004. The company specialises in electrical and mechanical installations and maintenance for the most exacting of clients and situations.

The company is owned by the two Directors, Stephen Drew and Christopher Crow, who are based at the office in Little Dunmow, Essex. Steve and Chris, each have over 30 years’ experience in contracting. The company has gained a sound reputation in the industry and all work comes via recommendation.

The company ‘Brentwood Electrical Contractors Ltd’ was formed in 1998 and evolved into the renamed Brentwood M&E Services Ltd in order to more clearly represent the works undertaken.

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STAFF PROFILE

Project Management Director - Stephen Drew

Stephen Drew is a building services engineer specializing in design, construction and management of mechanical and electrical projects, including power distribution, generation and public lighting schemes.  During his extensive career he has gained qualifications in electrical engineering, leading to managerial positions, directorship, senior estimator and design team status.

Projects with design input have previously included UK and US Government buildings, Charity projects and places of worship. Recent challenges to construct a small and temporary 1MW LV network from mixed generating devices and fixed supplies was designed, installed and tested in 4 days.

Procurement Director - Christopher Crow

Christopher trained as an electrician with a medium sized electrical contracting company some thirty years ago. Having obtained his industry based qualifications; Christopher became an independent electrical engineer, working on various projects in London and the South East of England. These projects included banks, schools, hospitals, religious centres and office developments; both new build and refurbishment.

In 1994, Chris and Steve set up a partnership and they started to undertake electrical projects for themselves. All aspects of electrical works were considered and undertaken and it was natural progression for a Limited Company to be formed.

Due to the nature of the electrical contracting industry, it became prudent to expand into the mechanical market. These two disciplines overlap considerably and this offered clients and developers the chance to utilise a company that would carry out the two activities under the same banner. Christopher’s proprietary roles as director of this company involved project management, economical procurement and financial supervision.

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Technical Consultant - Howard Stoneham

Howard Stoneham is a building services engineer specialising in complex projects, including both mechanical and electrical services. Notable past projects include the construction of military bases, education and industrial facilities in the Middle East, together with projects of similar complexity and scale in the United Kingdom.

Howard started his engineering career in 1965 and after completing a five-year engineering apprenticeship with a government laboratory, two years were spent on an expedition to Antarctica (September 1970 to May 1973). Further experience was obtained in the field of marine engineering, before becoming a hospital engineer in South West London in 1974. He was appointed an undergraduate trainee with South West Thames Regional Health Authority in 1975 and remained with them until 1982. Since 1982 Howard worked in various roles with consulting engineers, main contractors and building services contractors, with many responsibilities, including design of both electrical and mechanical building services, together with the management of both large and small contracts. He was a project team member with responsibilities for the design of novel cooling systems in the development of a scrap metal sorting device using linear motor technology. The project received a “Prince of Wales Award for Innovation” in 1984 and was presented on the BBC television programme “Tomorrows World”.

Howard was awarded a BSc degree, with honours, in Environmental Engineering by the London South Bank University in 1980.  He is a Chartered Engineer and a member of a number of professional bodies, including: The Institute of Marine Engineers, The Institution of Mechanical Engineers, The Institute of Refrigeration and The Institute of Hospital Engineering.

Until recently Howard has worked as an independent building services design consultant with particular involvement in the private health care and international banking sectors. In addition Howard had a specialist controls manufacturing company also actively involved in the healthcare and international banking sectors.