Owner’s Engineer and Capital Master Planning
Well-informed capital planning decisions shape the reliability, cost, and flexibility of campus utility systems for decades. The most successful long-term strategies balance forward-looking objectives with practical, site-specific realities, favoring clear concepts, consistent system approaches, and the ability to measure results over time.
Owner’s Engineer and Capital Master Planning Approach
Rundell Engineering provides owner-side engineering and capital master planning services focused on central utilities and major building infrastructure. Our work supports owners in making technically sound, defensible decisions that prioritize reliability, life-cycle value, and operational clarity while accounting for future growth, decarbonization goals, and regulatory requirements.
Master planning efforts begin with a clear understanding of existing systems, operating constraints, and known risks. From there, Rundell Engineering evaluates alternative pathways using engineering analysis, sensitivity studies, and real-world performance benchmarks to quantify cost, energy, carbon, and operational impacts. The result is a practical roadmap that aligns capital investment with long-term facility objectives.
Recommendations are developed for short-, medium-, and long-term horizons, with clear technical rationale, order-of-magnitude cost considerations, and measurable criteria for success. Emphasis is placed on solutions that can be implemented incrementally, adapted over time, and operated with confidence.
Representative planning and owner’s engineer services include:
Central utility and campus infrastructure master planning
Owner’s engineer support for major capital projects
Early-phase sustainability and decarbonization planning
Life-cycle cost and carbon impact analysis
Evaluation of electrification and hybrid system pathways
Capital project prioritization and phasing strategies