Neesha Gopal
Neesha is Regional Façade Director (Europe) at leading international multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy firm, Meinhardt (UK) Ltd. Neesha joined Meinhardt Façade Technology as Associate Director in the UK in 2013 bringing with her 10 years’ experience of façade engineering at whitbybird/Ramboll, and prior to that her experience as a project Architect. Neesha has worked on a number of major façade projects in the UK and the Middle East and her knowledge of façades is backed up by a true understanding for Architectural aesthetics. Neesha has a wealth of experience in various aspects of façade design, including curtain walls, glass walls, rainscreens, rooflights, stone and precast cladding in various sectors including commercial, residential, public, educational and retail. Neesha also has experience in reviewing existing building for refurbishment. Neesha has specialist skills in: Design offering façade solutions to the Architect for bespoke and standard projects Complex geometry assessing façade solutions that are feasible for complex projects Thermal advising on options for meeting requirements for different climatic conditions Structural advising on requirements for cladding design Materials and systems advice including: curtain walling; rainscreen cladding; stone Cladding; precast paneling and glass advice. Refurbishment review and solutions