Dallas MEP Firm

Name: Cleary Zimmermann Engineers
Address: 6275 W Plano Pkwy Suite 250, Plano, Texas, 75093, US
Telephone: (972) 777-3565

Proud to be Your Trusted Dallas MEP Firm

Cleary Zimmermann Engineers is a mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) engineering firm with a dedicated Dallas office serving projects throughout the DFW Metroplex and North Texas. Our Dallas team is led by Trent Oliver, PE, a principal with broad experience across the project types most active in this market. From K-12 campuses and healthcare facilities to higher education buildings and commercial construction, we design and commission MEP systems built for long-term performance in the North Texas climate. Backed by more than 20 years of Texas engineering experience across five offices, we bring both local presence and statewide depth to every project we take on in Dallas.

The DFW Metroplex is one of the most active construction markets in the country. Projects move fast, design teams are under constant schedule pressure, and the demand for qualified MEP engineers consistently runs high. Our Dallas team is built for that environment — responsive, well-coordinated, and focused on keeping projects on track without cutting corners on design quality. We show up as a true engineering partner from the first schematic session through construction closeout.

MEP Engineering Services in Dallas

Our Dallas team delivers the full range of building MEP services — mechanical, electrical, and plumbing engineering — along with commissioning and IT/security design for complex facilities. We integrate all disciplines under one roof, which means fewer coordination gaps, cleaner documents, and smoother construction administration for the architects and contractors we work alongside.

Mechanical Engineering: HVAC system design, load calculations, equipment selection, plumbing engineering, and energy code compliance for all building types. North Texas summers push mechanical systems hard — we size and specify for the real demands of the DFW climate, not a textbook average.
Electrical Engineering: Power distribution, lighting design, emergency and standby systems, low-voltage design, and coordination with utility providers across North Texas jurisdictions. We design for efficiency, code compliance, and long-term operational reliability.
Plumbing Engineering: Domestic water supply and distribution, sanitary and storm drainage, fixture scheduling, and specialty systems including medical gas for healthcare and laboratory environments.
Commissioning: Independent verification that building systems are installed, calibrated, and performing according to design intent and owner requirements. Our commissioning team operates across all project types and scales, from single-building renovations to large campus programs.
IT/Security Design: Data infrastructure, access control, surveillance, audio/visual, and communications systems design — fully coordinated with the MEP scope from the start of design.

Building MEP and Industrial MEP in North Texas

Cleary Zimmermann provides both building MEP and industrial MEP services in the Dallas market. The DFW Metroplex supports a diverse mix of institutional construction alongside significant industrial and manufacturing activity — distribution centers, processing facilities, and advanced manufacturing plants all require MEP systems designed to very different standards than a typical commercial or educational building. Our industrial practice brings the process knowledge and system design depth those projects demand.

Dallas Project Types We Serve

Our Dallas team has hands-on experience across the project types that define North Texas construction. Each sector below has its own engineering requirements — ventilation standards for healthcare, energy code priorities for schools, code compliance complexity for municipal work. We bring relevant sector experience to every engagement, not just general MEP capability.

K-12 Education: North Texas school districts are among the most active in the state, driven by population growth across the Metroplex and suburbs. We design MEP systems for new campuses, additions, and renovations — with deep experience on bond-funded programs where schedule, budget, and accountability all matter. Our Dallas K-12 MEP practice is led by engineers who have partnered with district facility teams on projects of every scale.
Higher Education: DFW is home to a dense network of universities and community colleges — UT Dallas, SMU, UNT, TCU, Dallas College, and others — each with ongoing construction, renovation, and infrastructure programs. We design mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems for academic buildings, research labs, student housing, and campus utilities, with an understanding of the operational and code requirements unique to higher education environments.
Healthcare: Dallas is one of the largest healthcare markets in the country. Hospitals, outpatient clinics, surgery centers, and specialty care facilities require MEP systems designed to exacting standards — pressurization, ventilation classification, redundancy, and infection control requirements that go well beyond standard commercial design. Our healthcare MEP practice brings the regulatory knowledge and design depth those facilities demand.
Municipal and Government: Public safety facilities, city and county buildings, libraries, recreation centers, and community infrastructure across the Metroplex require reliable, long-lasting MEP systems built for code compliance and operational durability. We’ve delivered municipal MEP projects across Texas and bring that institutional experience to North Texas public-sector work.
Commercial: Office buildings, mixed-use developments, corporate campuses, and retail centers throughout DFW benefit from well-coordinated MEP systems that balance energy efficiency, occupant comfort, and construction cost. We work with developers, owners, and architects at every stage of the process — from early feasibility through design development and construction administration.
Industrial: Manufacturing plants, distribution facilities, warehouses, and processing centers across North Texas require MEP systems designed for operational intensity. Process cooling, ventilation, power distribution, and controls coordination all look very different in an industrial environment — and our industrial MEP practice is built around those specific demands.

A Texas MEP Firm With a Dedicated Dallas Team

Cleary Zimmermann is headquartered in San Antonio and operates offices in Dallas, Austin, Houston, and Bryan/College Station. Our Dallas office is located at 6275 W. Plano Parkway in Plano, and our North Texas team is here for the long term — not a satellite operation, but a fully embedded presence in the DFW design and construction community.

Trent Oliver, PE, leads our Dallas market. He’s experienced across the sectors most active in North Texas — K-12, higher education, healthcare, municipal, and commercial — and stays directly involved in project delivery from design through closeout. When you work with our Dallas team, you get consistent communication, direct access to your project leads, and the broader technical resources of a statewide firm backing every engagement.

Our leadership team is accessible, our engineers stay on projects through construction, and we don’t hand off and disappear once design documents are issued. That approach has built lasting relationships with architects, contractors, and owners across Texas — and it’s how we operate in Dallas.

Start Your Dallas Project With Cleary Zimmermann

Whether you’re working on a K-12 bond project, a healthcare facility, a university building, or a commercial development in the DFW Metroplex, our Dallas team is ready to get to work. Bring us in early and we’ll help you make smarter decisions at every phase — from system selection and energy strategy through construction closeout and commissioning.

Contact Cleary Zimmermann to connect with our Dallas team and get the conversation started. You can also explore our full MEP engineering services or browse our project portfolio to see the kind of work we deliver.

Leadership

Trent Oliver, PE

Principal | Building MEP

Dallas MEP Engineering — Frequently Asked Questions

What does an MEP engineering firm do?

An MEP engineering firm designs the mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems that make a building functional — HVAC, power distribution, lighting, domestic water and drainage, and related infrastructure. On complex projects, MEP engineers also handle commissioning (verifying systems perform as designed after installation) and specialty systems like IT infrastructure and security. MEP engineering is typically contracted through the architect and coordinated alongside structural and civil engineering disciplines.

Does Cleary Zimmermann have a Dallas office?

Yes. Cleary Zimmermann maintains a full-service Dallas office at 6275 W. Plano Parkway, Suite 250, in Plano, TX. The office is staffed with engineers and project managers who work on North Texas projects locally — not remotely from another city. You can reach the Dallas office directly at (972) 777-3565.

What types of projects does your Dallas MEP team handle?

Our Dallas team handles MEP engineering for K-12 schools, higher education facilities, healthcare buildings, municipal and government projects, commercial construction, and industrial facilities across the DFW Metroplex and North Texas region. We work on new construction, major renovations, building additions, and infrastructure upgrades — at every scale from a single campus building to a multi-phase district program.

How does Cleary Zimmermann approach MEP coordination on complex projects?

The earlier, the better. MEP engineers brought in during schematic design can influence building layout, structural coordination, and energy strategy in ways that aren’t possible once design development is underway. Early involvement leads to better-coordinated documents, fewer RFIs during construction, and systems that are genuinely optimized — not just code-compliant. For most project types, we recommend engaging MEP engineering concurrent with or shortly after the architect’s initial design work begins.

When should I bring an MEP engineer into a Dallas project?

We integrate all MEP disciplines in-house — mechanical, electrical, plumbing, commissioning, and IT/security. That means coordination happens internally before documents go out, not between separate firms working in silos. On complex projects, we use BIM coordination and clash detection to resolve conflicts before they become field problems. Our construction administration team also stays engaged throughout the build, reviewing submittals, responding to RFIs, and making periodic site visits to confirm design intent is being carried through.

What makes North Texas MEP design different from other markets?

DFW’s climate demands mechanical systems designed for extreme summer heat, significant humidity swings, and the occasional hard freeze — conditions that stress both equipment and building envelopes. North Texas also has a fast-moving construction market where schedule pressure is real and coordination with multiple jurisdictions across the Metroplex adds complexity. Our Dallas team is experienced navigating local authorities having jurisdiction, DFW-area utility providers, and the code landscape that applies across Dallas, Tarrant, Collin, and Denton counties.