MEP Desk is actively developed by a practising building services engineer. Every feature is shaped by real project work — the kind of tasks that come up week to week in a consulting or contracting environment. Here's where things stand and what's coming next.
What's recently shipped
Version 2.75 introduced the auto-run calculation pipeline, replacing scattered triggers with a centralised event bus that detects input changes and re-runs affected calculations automatically. This release also added the account system — sign up for free and get immediate access to the desktop application. The project health dashboard, which shows completion status and flags missing data across rooms, shipped in v2.70 alongside the improved export preview with selectable categories.
What's on the roadmap
- Regulation change tracking. When a standard or regulation updates that affects your project assumptions or calculation references, MEP Desk will flag it. The goal is to reduce the risk of working with outdated guidance without requiring you to manually monitor every publication.
- Equipment recommendations. Duty-based suggestions backed by manufacturer data. Enter your calculated duty and MEP Desk will show you which products from supported manufacturers meet the requirement — with datasheets and selection criteria attached.
- MEP Desk Pocket. A mobile companion app for on-site reference lookup and note-taking. Run quick calculations, search the reference library, and capture notes that sync back to your desktop workspace. Currently in development for iOS and Android.
- Enhanced exports. More format options, cleaner outputs, and the ability to customise export templates. The aim is to get calculation summaries into client reports with less manual formatting.
- Desktop-to-mobile sync. Notes, project context, and reference bookmarks that move between your desktop workspace and Pocket, so information captured on site is available when you're back at your desk.
How development is driven
MEP Desk doesn't follow a traditional product roadmap with fixed dates and milestones. Features are prioritised based on how much time they save in real engineering workflow. If a task comes up repeatedly in practice and the current tooling makes it slower or more error-prone than it needs to be, that's what gets built next.
If there's a workflow that MEP Desk should support — something you do regularly that's slower or more fragmented than it should be — get in touch. Development is shaped by engineers who use the tool, and feedback is taken seriously.