Projects with appropriate energy usage profiles have recently received significant interest from companies offering to manage the utility services under an ESCo arrangement.

These energy services companies can offer an alternative service to that provided by traditional statutory undertakers. The Davis Langdon Utilities Infrastructure Team have negotiated ESCo agreements on some of the premier developments in the UK.

On development projects where several utility services need to be installed in unison, appropriately accredited companies can provide multi-utility services installations. These solutions can provide economies of scale in terms of cost and may ultimately benefit the overall programme. It is also possible to line a MUSCo to an ESCo to provide a complete and co-ordinated utility solution to development projects.