DESIGN
ENGINEERING SERVICES
North Arrow delivers comprehensive engineering design solutions that advance project objectives across the full life cycle—from planning and concept development through design, documentation, and construction support. Our multidisciplinary approach integrates architectural, mechanical, electrical, and civil systems into cohesive, high-performance solutions that emphasize reliability, scalability, and long-term efficiency.
We assemble the appropriate subject-matter experts to facilitate technical workshops, develop master plans, and produce detailed construction documents that guide projects from vision to execution. Our expertise spans full-scale infrastructure, design and highly specialized system upgrades. Services can include electrical power distribution modeling, chiller or switchgear replacements, targeted design packages supporting lighting, power feeders and other critical building systems and survey inventory and assessments of critical building systems.
North Arrow’s engineering practice is built on precision, collaboration, and a steadfast commitment to delivering optimized, code-compliant solutions that meet client expectations and requirements while enhancing operational performance.
BUILD
CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
North Arrow provides comprehensive construction management services that ensure complex projects are delivered efficiently, safely, and in full compliance with performance and security requirements. Our team brings extensive experience managing multi-phase construction programs involving rigorous coordination among various stakeholders including owners, contractors, and design teams.
We offer specialized expertise in commissioning and systems testing, construction phasing and scheduling, peer review, value engineering, forensic analysis, and due diligence. Through disciplined control over cost, schedule, and quality, North Arrow helps clients benchmark system performance, identify current and potential vulnerabilities, and sustain efficient and reliable operations throughout the project life cycle.
Our construction management practice is particularly experienced in environments governed by stringent security and continuity requirements. From mission-critical facilities to infrastructures requiring 24/7 operations and multi-scenario testing, we ensure that every system performs as designed—safely, redundantly, and with measurable resilience.
MANAGE
Facilities Engineering, Inspections, and Commissioning
North Arrow provides highly specialized on-site engineering staffing to support clients’ capital improvement programs and ongoing operations and maintenance efforts. Our engineers assist in establishing a clear baseline understanding of existing assets through comprehensive condition assessments and field evaluations—delivering actionable data that drives informed short- and long-term investment decisions.
Our staff includes licensed professional engineers as well as certified inspectors and plan reviewers through the International Code Council (ICC). This combination of technical licensure and regulatory certification enables our team to rapidly identify code deficiencies, unsafe conditions, or noncompliant systems requiring immediate corrective action.
With extensive experience designing and delivering projects nationally and within the National Capital Region, North Arrow is well-versed in coordinating with and meeting the requirements of key regulatory and planning authorities, including the State Historic Preservation Offices (SHPO) in Virginia and Maryland, the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC), the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts (CFA), Arlington County, the Washington Metropolitan Airports Authority, and the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments.
Facilities Engineering, Inspections, and Commissioning