Panos Pylarinos
Technical Manager — Façade Engineer
Façade Technical Manager working across system optioneering and design, specification and demonstration of performance, product R&D, and technical delivery — from design-stage analysis to on-site compliance.
7+
Years in Façade
Engineering
Engineering
£470M+
Combined Project
Value Delivered
Value Delivered
9
Major Projects
3
Gateway 2 Submissions
Authored
Authored
7
Engineers & Designers
Led
Led
Experience
Ramboll UK → Laing O'Rourke → JRL Group / ASFD
Technical Manager
Sept 2024 — Present
JRL Group — Anglo Swiss Façade Design (ASFD)
- Own façade delivery from tender to Practical Completion; lead a team of 2–3 engineers and 3–4 senior/junior designers
- Personally authored the Gateway 2 compliance statements and façade performance specifications on three live schemes — Woking High Street, Newcombe House Residential, and Sparkle Street, Manchester
- Technical authority on façade systems, materials and constructability; review and sign-off on design compliance
- Manage project budgets and supplier relationships, and run site inspections through installation
Senior R&D Façade Engineer
May 2023 — Jul 2024
Laing O'Rourke
- In-house R&D façade consultant for the division, supporting live projects group-wide
- Researched DfMA methodologies — Architectural Brick, precast concrete panels, lightweight façade systems
- Engaged design and manufacturing functions across the business to scope new product development opportunities
- Project-managed a transformational light steel frame product covering modular MEP frames, group-wide
Façade Engineer, then Graduate Façade Engineer
Oct 2019 — May 2023
Ramboll UK
- Came out of Ramboll as the team's thermal performance champion — built the calculation templates and the 3D model library the team used, and trained graduate engineers
- Project-managed 4 live projects across RIBA stages; handed Stage 3/4 design leadership early on
- Delivered façade engineering across £393M+ of project value — Kings Cross Plot S1, BBC Television Centre Plot D, Eton House, 129–137 Marylebone Road, and the PassivHaus-targeted Life and Mind Sciences Building, Oxford
Key Projects
Selected Projects
Unitised and stick curtain wall, precast concrete, masonry, aluminium rainscreen, steel-framed GRC, zinc cladding, and a fire-rated EI120 build-up.
King's Cross Plot S1
£90M Project Value
- Stage 5 CMT — witnessed site testing, ran weekly snagging reports, produced the final PC report
- Developer Argent LLP, architect Mossessian; 52,600m² combined with Plot S2; BREEAM Excellent
Life and Mind Sciences Building, Oxford
£200M Project Value
- Drafted precast & unitised details to PassivHaus-level thermal targets from RIBA Stage 3
- Owned thermal validation, condensation risk, glass structural and thermal-breakage analysis
BBC Television Centre, Plot D
£60M Project Value
- Scripted the whole-building U-value calculation; validated envelope hygrothermal performance
- Witnessed CWCT testing and inspected a glass processor's factory in Estonia
Eton House
£16M Project Budget
- Project manager and client contact; steered system selection on architectural, cost and supply-chain grounds
- Defended the façade spec through contractor value-engineering proposals at tender
129–137 Marylebone Road
£27M Project Value
- Project manager from RIBA Stage 3; ran façade spec compliance at Stage 5 CMT
- Checked contractor submittals, drawings and calculations against design intent on site
Woking High Street
329 Studios · 17 Storeys
- Authored the Gateway 2 compliance statement and performance spec across 4 façade systems
- Led a team of 2–3 engineers and 3–4 designers, tender through to Practical Completion
Newcombe House Residential
15 Storeys · 6 Buildings
- Authored Gateway 2 compliance spanning apartments and institutional/medical space under one façade logic
- Modularised, off-site prefabricated SFS system for quality control and reduced material waste
Sparkle Street, Manchester
£75M · 359 Apartments · 28 Storeys
- Authored Gateway 2 compliance across SFS/GRC, an RC wall build-up, and a Schüco FWS-60 stick CW entrance
- Live project — construction targeted Q2 2026 pending Building Safety Regulator approval
Light Steel Frame / Modular MEP Initiative
Group-Wide Product R&D
- In-house R&D façade consultant; researched DfMA across Architectural Brick, precast and lightweight systems
- Project-managed a transformational modular MEP frame product, group-wide
Education
Politecnico di Milano
MSc, Building & Architectural Engineering
2016 — 2019
Politecnico di Milano — Building Engineering track
Thesis: a lightweight modular robotic system for on-site digital fabrication and façade component installation — 1st place, Silk Road Robotics International Competition, China (2019); exhibited at SAIE Bologna's Built Environment 4.0.
BSc, Architecture
2012 — 2016
Politecnico di Milano
Tools
Software
2D / 3D Drafting & Visualization
AutoCAD
Rhinoceros
SketchUp Pro
Enscape 3D
Digital & Algorithmic Design
Revit
Grasshopper
Fusion 360
Inventor
ANSYS Mechanical + Thermal
Façade-Specific Analysis
Flixo Pro
SJ MEPLA
Buildesk U
Vitrages Décision
Physibel Trisco