EUR ING Keith Calder

C.Eng, FIMechE, MCIBSE, MASHRAE,

LEED AP (BD+C)
Partner, Senior Environmental Engineer

Keith Calder studied environmental engineering and construction

economics and management.
He joined Foster + Partners in 2011 as a Partner when the practice
acquired the environmental design consultancy PHA Consult. As Operations
Director of PHA Consult he worked alongside Foster + Partners playing a
central role in the engineering design and management of many projects,
including the Zénith auditorium in Saint-Étienne in France, the Willis
Building in London and the Courtyard of the Smithsonian National Portrait
Gallery, in Washington DC. For each of these projects Keith took the role of
lead mechanical designer as well as MEP team lead.
He has designed engineering installations for a wide variety of
schemes including commercial, retail, urban regeneration, public, mixed-
use, data centres and critical systems as well as undertaking fit-out and
refurbishment design. He has a deep interest in sustainable development,
with a particular emphasis on the delivery of robust and realistic solutions
for low and zero-carbon design.
During the past four years of being with Foster + Partners, Keith has
acted as environmental engineering partner for a variety of global projects, Zénith auditorium, Saint Etienne
leading a multi-discipline team with specialist sub-consultants, including Keith was the lead mechanical
the Ireocity mixed-use development in Delhi, Terminal 2 at Tocumen designer and MEP team leader for
this auditorium in France
International Airport in Panama, and latterly a series of significant retail
outlets in the US, China and Europe.
As part of his wide-ranging involvement with industry, Keith mentors
C.Eng candidates for the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) and
the Chartered Institution of Building Service Engineers (CIBSE). He is a
member of the steering committee of CIBSE’s Energy Performance Group
and a professional review interviewer for the IMechE.

T2 Tocumen International Airport

Panama
Keith is the environmental engineering
partner for this new terminal, leading
a multi-discipline team.