Guest comfort and acoustic control
Room-by-room cooling and ventilation, humidity control, quiet operation, reliable hot water and controls designed around occupancy and guest experience.
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Hospitality engineering experience.
Every hospitality asset operates differently. We develop engineering around its location, guest expectations, operator requirements, utility availability, environmental sensitivity and maintenance capability.
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What Emplan can provide.
Every hospitality asset operates differently. We develop engineering around its location, guest expectations, operator requirements, utility availability, environmental sensitivity and maintenance capability.
Kitchens, laundry and back-of-house
Commercial-kitchen MEP services, extract and make-up air, hood suppression, LPG, boilers, laundry utilities, staff areas and service circulation.
Power and operational resilience
Essential-load classification, standby generation, UPS support, lighting, guest technology, ICT, security and continuous-operation planning.
Water security and treatment
Abstraction where required, treatment, storage, pressure management, hot-water generation, water-quality verification, wastewater treatment and reuse.
Fire safety and integrated controls
Detection, alarms, firefighting, smoke-control interfaces, kitchen suppression, central monitoring and coordinated life-safety operation.
Asset-specific delivery
City hotels, airport hotels, serviced residences and remote lodges each receive a tailored strategy, from central plant and vertical risers to off-grid utilities and remote monitoring.
Selected work
Hospitality
08 projectsOngoing & upcoming
Projects in delivery.
HospitalityCompleted · 2017
Four Points by Sheraton Nairobi Airport
Multidisciplinary MEP engineering and construction-stage supervision for a full-service airport hotel, coordinating guestroom, public-area, kitchen, leisure, life-safety and back-of-house systems for continuous operation.
- Location
- JKIA, Nairobi
- Development
- New-build airport hotel
- Project status
- Completed
- Completion
- 2017
- Appointment scope
- MEP design, procurement support, construction supervision, testing and commissioning
- Emplan role
- MEP engineering consultant
- Project scale / profile
- Development: New-build airport hotel · Accommodation: 172 guestrooms and suites · Approximate area: 25,000 m²
- Engineering scope
- HVAC, ventilation, hot-water and plumbing systems; Fire protection, detection and life-safety interfaces; Electrical distribution, standby power, lighting and ICT infrastructure; Shop-drawing, material and equipment review; Testing, commissioning and close-out documentation
- Accommodation
- 172 guestrooms and suites
- Approximate area
- 25,000 m²
Emplan capabilities applied
- HVAC, ventilation, hot-water and plumbing systems
- Fire protection, detection and life-safety interfaces
- Electrical distribution, standby power, lighting and ICT infrastructure
- Shop-drawing, material and equipment review
- Testing, commissioning and close-out documentation
HospitalityCompleted · July 2021
SkyNest Residences
MEP design experience for a 249-apartment serviced-residence development in Westlands, combining residential comfort with hotel-style guest, security and operational requirements.
- Location
- Westlands, Nairobi
- Asset type
- Serviced residences
- Project status
- Completed
- Completion
- July 2021
- Emplan role
- MEP engineering consultant
- Project scale / profile
- Serviced residences · Accommodation: 249 furnished apartments
- Accommodation
- 249 furnished apartments
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HospitalityCompleted · November 2024
Novotel Nairobi
Large international-brand hotel engineering experience across guest, conference, public and operational areas.
- Location
- Lower Kabete Road, Nairobi
- Project status
- Completed
- Completion
- November 2024
- Asset type
- Hospitality project
- Emplan role
- MEP engineering consultant
- Project scale / profile
- Accommodation: 347 rooms and suites · Asset profile: Meetings, events and extensive operational facilities
- Accommodation
- 347 rooms and suites
- Brand
- Accor
- Asset profile
- Meetings, events and extensive operational facilities
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HospitalityEmplan engagement concluded during supervision
Gem Forest Hotel - MGallery
Luxury hospitality MEP experience for an Accor MGallery property near Karura Forest, with restaurants, wellness areas and international-brand operating requirements. Emplan completed its design scope and undertook part of the construction-supervision phase before concluding its engagement because of prolonged completion timelines.
- Location
- Gigiri, Nairobi
- Project status
- Emplan engagement concluded during construction supervision due to prolonged completion timelines
- Asset type
- Hospitality project
- Emplan role
- MEP engineering consultant
- Project scale / profile
- Accommodation: 105 rooms and suites
- Accommodation
- 105 rooms and suites
- Brand
- Accor MGallery
- Emplan involvement
- MEP design and partial construction supervision
Emplan project recordHospitalityProject photograph not published
HospitalityUnder construction · Completion 2028
Le Meridien JKIA
International-brand hotel experience involving coordinated guestroom, public-area and back-of-house engineering systems.
- Project status
- Under construction
- Target completion
- 2028
- Location
- Not yet published
- Asset type
- Hospitality project
- Emplan role
- MEP engineering consultant
- Project scale / profile
- Accommodation: 153 rooms
- Accommodation
- 153 rooms
- Sustainability
- EDGE Advanced
Emplan project recordHospitalityProject photograph not published
HospitalityUnder construction · Completion 2028
Mayfair Hotel, Nairobi
Selected refurbishment and hotel MEP project experience within an established Nairobi hospitality property.
- Project status
- Under construction
- Target completion
- 2028
- Location
- Not yet published
- Asset type
- Hospitality project
- Emplan role
- MEP engineering consultant
- Project scale / profile
- Accommodation: 150 rooms · Asset profile: 4-star urban hotel renovation
- Accommodation
- 150 rooms
- Asset profile
- 4-star urban hotel renovation
Emplan project recordHospitalityProject photograph not published
HospitalityDesign complete · Construction yet to start
Jacana Lodge
Full MEP design for renovation of a remote safari lodge in a sensitive forest and lakeside setting with no conventional utility infrastructure, developed around guest comfort, life safety and locally maintainable operation.
- Location
- Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda
- Asset type
- Existing remote safari lodge renovation
- Status
- Full MEP design completed; construction yet to start
- Emplan role
- MEP engineering consultant
- Project scale / profile
- Existing remote safari lodge renovation
- Engineering scope
- Solar PV, essential-load planning, generator backup and UPS support; Lake-water abstraction, monitoring, treatment and storage; Wastewater treatment and controlled reuse; Heat-recovery air conditioning, heat-pump hot water, LPG laundry boiler and kitchen services; ICT, security, fire alarm, remote monitoring and maintenance alarms
Emplan capabilities applied
- Solar PV, essential-load planning, generator backup and UPS support
- Lake-water abstraction, monitoring, treatment and storage
- Wastewater treatment and controlled reuse
- Heat-recovery air conditioning, heat-pump hot water, LPG laundry boiler and kitchen services
- ICT, security, fire alarm, remote monitoring and maintenance alarms
Completed projects
Delivered and established experience.
Hospitality
Kalama Resource Centre
Net-zero hospitality and conservation-support engineering for a community resource centre in Kalama Conservancy, now supported under M-PESA Foundation. The project was not submitted for or awarded third-party sustainability certification.
- Location
- Kalama Conservancy, Kenya
- Asset type
- Conservation hospitality and community resource centre
- Appointment scope
- Full MEP design and supervision
- Project status
- To be confirmed
- Emplan role
- MEP engineering consultant
- Project scale / profile
- Conservation hospitality and community resource centre
- Engineering scope
- Off-grid solar PV and disciplined load management; Rainwater harvesting, treatment and year-round storage; Wastewater treatment, disinfection and controlled reuse; Passive ventilation and wildlife-sensitive service routes; Research connectivity and practical local maintenance
- Project support
- M-PESA Foundation
- Delivery relationship
- Emplan and Design Partnership JV for MEP engineering on supported projects
- Performance
- Net-zero project; not certified
Emplan capabilities applied
- Off-grid solar PV and disciplined load management
- Rainwater harvesting, treatment and year-round storage
- Wastewater treatment, disinfection and controlled reuse
- Passive ventilation and wildlife-sensitive service routes
- Research connectivity and practical local maintenance
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Nairobi · Kenya & East Africa