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title: "Mechanical Engineering"
description: "Mechanical engineering support for California residential and light commercial projects, including HVAC load coordination, equipment strategy, and permit-ready documentation."
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# Mechanical Engineering

Mechanical scope affects comfort, energy performance, equipment sizing, and the permit path. Strata helps coordinate those decisions early so the project team can move with fewer surprises.

## Summary

Mechanical engineering support that keeps HVAC decisions, compliance assumptions, and permit documentation aligned.

Strata helps project teams connect mechanical design decisions to the energy compliance path, equipment selections, and permit requirements so mechanical scope does not become a late-stage revision problem.

## Best Fit

Architects, builders, owners, and contractors who need practical mechanical engineering coordination for California residential and light commercial projects.

## What This Includes

- HVAC load and equipment coordination
- Mechanical scope review for permit alignment
- Coordination between design documents, Title 24 assumptions, and field needs

## Outcomes

- Mechanical decisions tied to the compliance strategy
- Clearer HVAC assumptions for the permit set
- Fewer late changes around equipment, ducts, and field verification

## How the work moves

- **1:** Review the project constraints - Plans, property type, timing, and performance goals are reviewed first so the compliance path starts with the right assumptions.
- **2:** Shape the compliance strategy - Title 24, CALGreen, and field requirements are translated into a scope the project team can actually carry through design and construction.
- **3:** Deliver permit-ready documentation - Reports, notes, and supporting documents are prepared for city review and for smoother coordination inside the project team.
- **4:** Support field verification - Testing and inspection are coordinated so the approved path carries through installation, verification, and final closeout.

## Related services

- [CALGreen Documentation](/services/calgreen-documentation.md) - CALGreen documentation prepared for smoother submittals and clearer field coordination.
- [CALGreen Inspection](/services/calgreen-inspection.md) - On-site CALGreen inspection support to verify that documented requirements are being carried through in the field.
- [HERS Testing](/services/hers-testing.md) - HERS testing and verification support that keeps the approved compliance path on track.



## Helpful next steps

- [Discuss your project](/contact) - Send Strata the city, scope, timing, and current plan-check or field question.
- [Title 24 permit checklist](/resources/title-24-permit-checklist) - Gather the inputs that usually affect energy reports, HERS measures, and closeout.
- [Read practical guides](/blog) - Review California compliance notes for permit teams, contractors, and owners.

## FAQs

### What mechanical engineering scope can Strata support?

Strata supports practical mechanical permit coordination for California projects where HVAC design, energy compliance, and field requirements need to align.

### How does mechanical engineering connect to Title 24?

Equipment type, efficiency, ventilation, duct location, and zoning decisions can affect the Title 24 compliance path and HERS measures.

### When should mechanical assumptions be reviewed?

Review them before permit submittal and before equipment substitutions. That helps avoid conflicts between plans, compliance forms, and field installation.