Our Expertise

Buildings

Sustainable Electrical Engineering Solutions for High-Performance Facilities

PBX Engineering delivers comprehensive electrical, telecommunication, and consulting services that transform conventional buildings and create new ones.  Our integrated approach enhances building performance, reduces operational costs, and creates more comfortable, sustainable, and adaptable spaces for occupants.

Capabilities and Expertise

PBX provides end-to-end electrical, telecommunication, and security consulting engineering services including:

  • Energy audits and system evaluations
  • Fire alarm system design
  • Renewable energy and energy efficiency solutions
  • Telecommunication structured cabling and infrastructure
  • Power distribution system design
  • Power system studies
  • Emergency generator and life safety systems
  • Uninterruptible Power Supplies
  • Lighting design and lighting controls
  • Security access controls, video surveillance, and intrusion detection
  • Nurse call systems
  • Supportive connections for mechanical and owner’s equipment
  • BIM modeling solutions

We have experience in providing these services across all project phases, from early design feasibility to post construction.  Our repertoire of experience includes all typical construction contract types, such as CCDC2, CCDC5A/5B, design build, P3 and custom contracts.

Typical Projects

PBX provides services for a wide range of projects, but our client base includes institutions, organizations, and owners who have specific standards and requirements that go above and beyond minimum code compliance.  We have extensive experience in successfully delivering projects requiring out-of-the-box solutions.

  • Healthcare Facilities:  Electrical, telecommunication, and security consulting services for acute and non-acute care sites, including emergency departments, specialized MRI, CT and Linac imaging facilities, and Campus Perimeter Pathway Systems (CPPS)
  • Higher Education:  Campus electrical distributions, classroom infrastructure, athletic facilities, and research facilities and labs
  • Airport and Marine Terminals: Site-wide indoor and outdoor lighting systems, security infrastructure, baggage handling systems, passenger information systems, data centres, storage buildings, and operations centres
  • Municipal Utilities: Sports facilities and fields, standardized specifications, and parks
  • Mixed-Use/Residential: Supportive care, recovery, and affordable housing developments for BC Housing and associated operators requiring specific and complex requirements to support vulnerable populations
  • Energy-Efficient Retrofits: Building system upgrades, renewable energy integration, lighting redesigns, HVAC electrical optimization
  • Building System Integration: Design for building management systems, lighting control systems, occupancy-based power management

Select Clients and Sectors

PBX regularly partners with clients who have specific or unique requirements for their projects across Western Canada.  Some examples include healthcare authorities, post-secondary education institutions, airports, marine terminals, transit authorities, correctional facilities, municipalities, and BC Housing.  

We deliver electrical, telecommunication, and security engineering solutions for new construction, renovations, and facility upgrades.

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Contact our Buildings team to discuss how PBX Engineering can help optimize your facility's electrical systems for improved efficiency, sustainability, and long-term operational success.

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