Independent building-services advice for complex and critical projects
IDP² Consulting brings commissioning, operational and construction expertise into projects from the outset. We identify design and interface risks, clarify tender scope, improve buildability, and support reliable, maintainable and fully functioning assets.
Led by Ivano Della Picca, a qualified mechanical engineer with more than 30 years’ experience across healthcare, life sciences, laboratories, data centres, government, defence and critical infrastructure.
Our Services
Practical, independent advice that identifies risk early, strengthens tender and design decisions, improves buildability and supports reliable commissioning and operational outcomes.
Independent Peer Review & Technical Advisory
Third-party design challenge, regulatory and environmental alignment, and subject-matter-expert advice for controlled environments, health, life sciences and critical infrastructure. Risks identified before procurement — expensive assumptions challenged early.
Tender Strategy, Procurement & Technical Evaluation
Technical returnables, scope gap analysis, assumptions and exclusions review, proposal comparison and capability assessment. Clearer scopes, stronger tender comparisons, confident award recommendations.
Building Services Advisory
Review of mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, fire, vertical transport, ICT, security, controls, medical gases and specialist systems. Systems reviewed for performance, compliance, buildability and operational reality.
Design Interface Management & Buildability
Interface matrices, plantroom and riser reviews, stakeholder and vendor interfaces, access and replacement strategies, staging and shutdown planning. Discipline gaps closed, construction practicality verified.
Commissioning, FAT / SAT / IST & Validation
Commissioning strategy and documentation, readiness reviews, witness planning, integrated systems testing and validation evidence. Systems proven under operational conditions, handover evidence complete.
QA/QC, Site Inspections & Verification
Independent workmanship walkdowns, installation-readiness checks, start-ups, and performance and integration verification. Quality independently verified, defects tracked to close-out.
Sustainability, ESD & Net Zero Pathways
Energy, carbon, electrification, metering, BMS / SCADA, Green Star alignment, seasonal tuning and OPEX / CAPEX optimisation. Net zero and ESG objectives embedded from strategy.
Project Management, Interface Management & Delivery Assurance
User briefing, stakeholder coordination, early-works planning, superintendent support, procurement and contract administration, interface registers, risk and action tracking. End-to-end delivery assurance, certain handover.
Sectors
Technical advisory for critical, regulated and high-reliability environments.
Healthcare & IPC
Operating theatres, isolation rooms, CSSD, cleanrooms, pressure cascades, HEPA filtration, airflow direction, IPC controls and pressure-regime verification. Theatres · Isolation · Pressure regimes · Infection Prevention and Control (IPC).
Data Centres
Technical assurance for critical power, cooling, UPS, generators, controls and BMS interfaces. Design review, redundancy assessment, commissioning, integrated systems testing and operational-readiness verification for high-availability environments.
Defence
Independent building services, technical assurance and commissioning advisory for Defence infrastructure. Services include design review, constructability, interface management, resilience, maintainability, commissioning, integrated systems testing and operational-readiness assurance.
Life Sciences
Technical advisory for PC2/PC3 laboratories, pharmaceutical, research and controlled manufacturing environments. Building services, containment, environmental control, commissioning and validation support aligned with project, regulatory and operational requirements.
Rail
Independent building services, technical assurance and commissioning advisory for rail and transport infrastructure. Services include design review, interface management, constructability, staging, systems integration, commissioning strategy, testing and operational-readiness assurance, with a focus on safety, reliability, maintainability and continuity of operations.
Secure Facilities
Independent technical advisory for secure, controlled and high-reliability environments. Services include building services review, interface management, constructability, resilience, maintainability, commissioning, integrated systems testing and operational-readiness assurance, with appropriate regard to confidentiality and project-specific security requirements.
Experience
Representative experience led or delivered by Ivano Della Picca across critical infrastructure, defence, healthcare, data centres, advanced manufacturing and life sciences.
Technical advisory across secure, defence-related and regulated infrastructure — covering buildability, resilient power and cooling, ICT and security interfaces, controlled-access requirements, commissioning planning and handover readiness. (Client and project details withheld due to security classification.)
Building-services and commissioning leadership for a major live children’s hospital redevelopment, including multidisciplinary services coordination, staged shutdowns and cutovers, temporary services, integrated systems testing, validation and operational-readiness planning. Work was delivered within a live clinical environment with patient-safety, infection-control and continuity-of-service constraints.
Controlled-environment tender review, ISO cleanroom expectations, pressure cascades, MEP coordination, water-quality risk, procurement, validation and buildability.
Building-services coordination and commissioning support for a major metro and rail station project, including systems interfaces, commissioning planning, test sequencing, witness and hold points, issue tracking, defect closeout and handover evidence within a safety-critical operational environment.
Technical advisory and commissioning experience across critical power, cooling, UPS, generators, controls and BMS interfaces. Services included resilience reviews, integrated systems testing, defect closeout and operational-readiness verification across financial-sector, colocation and hyperscale data-centre environments.
Third-party commissioning assurance across HVAC, power, controls and hydraulics: FAT / SAT witnessing, ITP review, IST documentation and close-out verification across banking, colocation and university sector clients.
Entry 9
Regulated technical-facility planning covering active ventilation, containment, radiopharmaceutical manufacturing requirements, GMP / TGA alignment, stakeholder inputs and operational readiness.
Engineering Manager and Project Director for building-services delivery, commissioning and validation across GMP- and FDA-regulated pharmaceutical research laboratories and manufacturing facilities in Switzerland. Responsibilities included controlled environments, cleanrooms, HVAC and pressure regimes, critical utilities, equipment and systems interfaces, commissioning, qualification, validation and operational readiness.
Need independent technical advice?
Talk to IDP² Consulting about your tender, design, buildability, commissioning or operational-readiness requirements. Project briefs, tender documents and drawings can be emailed to ivano@idp2consulting.com.au.