It showcased new applications for PE-RT Resins at the international exhibition.

Dow Europe took part in the international exhibition AQUATHERM Moscow 2010. The exhibition was held from February 2 to 5 at the Crocus Expo. Dow showcased advances in its portfolio of hot and cold water pipe resins. In addition, Sergey Druzhinin, Dow Basic Plastics Application Technology Engineer hosted a presentation titled, ‘PE-RT – New Applications for PE at Elevated Temperatures’, at the Engineering Systems Problems and Solutions, part of the Technologies Conference Programme, on February 3.

Speaking of the company’s 25 years of experience in the European pipe industry, in Russia and CIS, Dragan Visekruna, Dow’s Market Manager for Pipe Applications in Europe, Middle East, India and Africa, said, “Our technical expertise and experience is especially large in industrial pipes, and we foster close relationships with local producers of machine and equipment for multilayer pipes production.”

“Dow’s family of DOWLEX PE-RT Resins has a proven track record of almost 30 years for delivering excellent performance in hot and cold pipe applications, with over one million kilometers of DOWLEX pipe already produced.”

The international division’s success attributed to major Middle East projects.

DuctSox, US-based manufacturer of fabric duct air dispersion products, named DuctSox-MENA, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, as DuctSox Manufacturer’s Representative Number One International Sales – 2009, on January 25, at the AHR Expo, 2010, in Orlando, Florida.

From left to right: Cary Pinkalla, Tawfiq Attari and John Lipscomb

Tawfiq Attari, DuctSox MENA’s Global Sales and Technical Director, accepted the award from Cary Pinkalla, President, and John Lipscomb, International Sales Manager, DuctSox.

Attari attributed the DuctSox international division’s success last year, to several major Middle East projects – a 200,000-squarefoot aircraft hangar in Qatar featuring DuctSox’s brand, Sedona-Xm, an antimicrobial treated permeable fabric ductwork with High-Throw SG Diffusers, which helped the facility owner save thousands of dollars in HVAC air distribution labour/ materials.

According to DuctSox, another project, a complex of pharmaceutical warehouses in Saudi Arabia, featured 1,000 linear metres of Sedona-Xm Comfort-Flow for maintaining strict temperature tolerances and product quality control.

This is the third project the company has won in the first quarter of 2010.

Drake & Scull International Abu Dhabi, a subsidiary of Drake & Scull International (DSI), announced that it has been awarded a contract for mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) works for a prominent hotel in Abu Dhabi. The contract has been awarded by Arabian Construction Company (ACC) and is valued at Dh187 million.

This is the third project DSI has won in the first quarter of 2010, bringing the total value of projects won in the same period to Dh369 million.

“We are very pleased to be able to contribute to the growing market for construction and property development in Abu Dhabi,” said Khaldoun Tabari, Vice Chairman and CEO of Drake & Scull International.

According to DSI Abu Dhabi, since the company was established in 1966, it has also worked on projects, such as, Baynunah Tower the Shangri La Hotel Qaryat Al Beri, for which it won MEP Medium Project of the Year Award at the Middle East MEP awards in 2008, and the Yas Island Rotana Resort and Centro by Rotana Hotel.

Polyurethane foam systems supplied by BaySystems Pearl used for insulating cold stores in Burj Khalifa and Dubai Mall.

To guarantee that the cold stores in the world’s tallest building work efficiently, sandwich panels, consisting of polyurethane systems from BaySystems, have been used by the contractors, revealed BaySystems Pearl, Dubai.

BaySystems is the global umbrella brand for the polyurethane systems business of Bayer MaterialScience. The company´s joint venture system house BaySystems Pearl in Dubai supplied TSSC for the production of insulating panels. TSSC, in turn, supplied 4,000 square metres of the panels to the Burj complex, including several outlets in Dubai Mall and the Armani Hotel in the Burj Khalifa.

According to the manufacturers, the insulation material is a rigid polyurethane foam system which offers insulation with state-of-the-art fire protection. Thus, cold losses are significantly reduced even at low-wall thickness.

“The close cooperation between BaySystems Pearl and TSSC is typical for the intensive customer focus of our systems business, which Bayer MaterialScience has been operating globally since 2007 under the umbrella brand of BaySystems,” said Stephan Rosenthal, Senior Country Representative, Middle East, Bayer MaterialScience.

“The long-standing, close cooperation with BaySystems Pearl enables us to provide high-performance, tailormade products for the region’s iconic projects,” added Pasquale Dellapenna, Director of TSSC.

Feroz Saleem, Managing Director of BaySystems Pearl, seconding this view, said, “TSSC has been one of our oldest partners in the region and one of the market leaders in the field of cold stores. We are very pleased to be part of another landmark project with them in the region.”

According to Bayer MaterialScience, based on this success, BaySystem Pearls’s Baymer products have been approved for use in other projects headed by Emaar Properties.

The event will be held concurrently with the fifth gulfBID exhibition.

A high-level forum to discuss environment related challenges and issues facing the world through the eyes of the construction industry will be convened on May 5 in Bahrain.

The first Green Building Forum to be held at the Bahrain International Exhibition Centre (BIEC), it is the first of its kind in the Gulf. The event will feature debate and discussion among local, regional and international business leaders, environmental pioneers and entrepreneurs, on the role of the construction and housing sectors in developing green buildings and a cleaner environment, under the theme, Innovating to Protect the Environment.

Topics under the spotlight will include: The Copenhagen Treaty and its relevance to the Gulf; Government Regulations and Green Codes of Conduct; Green Building in the Gulf; Environmentallysympathetic Design and Construction; Challenges for the Construction Industry and Sustainable Building Materials; Smart Buildings; Renewable Energy Powering the Home; Carbon Trading or Zero Emissions; Innovation in Building; Recycling Waste; and Green Building Training and Education.

The Green Building Forum is organised by Bahrainbased Hilal Conferences & Exhibitions (HCE), in association with international event consultancy, North Star Associates. HCE and North Star also co-organised the Gulf Industry Forum in Bahrain in January.

Jubran Abdulrahman, Managing Director, HCE said: “The Green Building Forum is enormously relevant to the construction industry and the wider world. The Gulf’s construction sector is now looking to address environmental challenges and harness new opportunities and the Forum provides the intellectual platform for a high level exchange of information and opinions from regional and international experts.”

Ahmed Suleiman, Managing Director, North Star Associates, said: “The Forum is a demonstration of Bahrain’s potential as a base for intellectual exchange on a number of key issues that are important to the future of the environment, wherever we are. The Green Building Forum is a debating chamber relating not only to construction, but also energy usage, waste recycling, sustainable building materials and design.

“Moreover, the Forum will highlight education as a key component to changing our perceptions. That the power to make a difference is within the hands of everyone is the message that we hope delegates will take from the Forum.”

The Green Building Forum will be held concurrently with the fifth gulfBID exhibition – the exhibition for the construction and interiors industry in the Northern Gulf, which will be held from May 4 to 6 at the BIEC.

The organisers advise early registration, as seats at the Forum are limited.

The real estate company announces that 84 villas of Sahara Living will be ready for handover by October 2010, as scheduled.

Dubai-based Almasah International Real Estate Company has announced that construction work on Sahara Living, an 18,116-squaremetre residential development, consisting of 84 villas, is nearing completion, and would be handed over by October 2010, as promised.

“Sahara Living sold-out because of the great design, landscaping and community-feel,” said Almasah Chairman, Abou Taleb Talebi. “We have an obligation to deliver to the investors that believed in this project, and we would never let them down.”

Located in Dubai Industrial City, valued at Dh100 million and targeted towards middle-income investors and families, each of the three-bedroom villas includes a small garden, with villa clusters grouped around community pools, BBQ areas and playgrounds, surrounded by greenery.

Reem Dubai Contracting was appointed for the main construction project and began work in April 2009. Since then, say the developers, the project has made steady progress, despite many other projects coming to a halt in Dubai.

When asked how Almasah was able to continue work on schedule, despite the troubles facing most developers in Dubai, Talebi explained: “Our projects are well-planned, and we have firm backing; otherwise we would not be here. We hope that the completion of our projects helps encourage more investments in Dubai, because we are confident in the vision of the city, and of the UAE as a whole.”

Almasah presently has a total of 19 projects under construction, with a total value of Dh3.2 billion, including Chess Tower, valued at Dh200 million, in Dubai Sports City, Nathalie Tower, Blue Moon Tower and Noah’s Arc Tower, jointly valued at Dh800 million on Palm Jebel Ali, and 14 projects, all located in Jumeirah Village South, valued at Dh 2.1 billion.

This is the third project the company has won in the first quarter of 2010.

Drake & Scull International Abu Dhabi, a subsidiary of Drake & Scull International (DSI), announced that it has been awarded a contract for mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) works for a prominent hotel in Abu Dhabi. The contract has been awarded by Arabian Construction Company (ACC) and is valued at Dh187 million.

This is the third project DSI has won in the first quarter of 2010, bringing the total value of projects won in the same period to Dh369 million.

“We are very pleased to be able to contribute to the growing market for construction and property development in Abu Dhabi,” said Khaldoun Tabari, Vice Chairman and CEO of Drake & Scull International.

According to DSI Abu Dhabi, since the company was established in 1966, it has also worked on projects, such as, Baynunah Tower the Shangri La Hotel Qaryat Al Beri, for which it won MEP Medium Project of the Year Award at the Middle East MEP awards in 2008, and the Yas Island Rotana Resort and Centro by Rotana Hotel.

System installed at the hotel, in Liwa Oasis, in 18 days, says manufacturer

Nearly 200 SAV MonoLink Modules have been supplied to the Hotel Caravanserai project at Liwa in southern Abu Dhabi, announced SAV Systems, adding that commissioning is a major factor in the design and installation of air conditioning systems in the UAE, where application of US LEED Green Building Ratings requires employment of a Commissioning Authority.

SAV Systems, provider of building services solutions, has patented the MonoLink design, which incorporates a single casting for the cross-over/bypass section requiring fewer joints that might be disturbed during installation or maintenance.

The MonoLink concept is fully assembled and tested off site and delivered complete with 500mm braided stainless steel hoses that are impervious to dust, says SAV Systems. The product, therefore, offers specifiers the option of an ultra compact connection system for fan coils that can drastically reduce installation and commissioning time. The prepackaged assembly combines all the components required for flushing and commissioning the system into a single, compact unit that will fit in the tightest corners. Thanks to the FitraCim combined ball valve and strainer fitted on the flow side, it is possible to clear out debris without having to drain down the fan coil.

According to SAV Systems, the time taken to meet the contract from initial contact to delivery ready for installation at the hotel was 18 days.

Hotel Caravanserai, located in the Liwa Oasis, is considered to be the gateway to the Rub al Khali desert – the legendary Empty Quarter – 780,000 kilometres of rolling dunes and one of the world’s largest continuous deserts.

The new hotel has been built on a fast track programme aimed at opening in time for the next meeting in the 10-year camel racing cycle.

Seven pieces of AerFresco patio cooler/ heater ordered for the first hotel at CDC’s Pearl development.

The outdoor dining area of the Pearl Hotel, Doha showing four of the seven, AerFresco CP7 units, each fitted with LE D lighting, infrared heaters and programmable misting.

SpaceBreeze said it has received an order, via its Qatar Distributor, the Al Emadi Group, for seven of its AerFresco CP7 patio cooler/heaters for the Construction Development Company (CDC), headquartered in Doha, Qatar. The brief was to provide a year-round customer comfort for the outdoor dining area of the first hotel to be constructed and finished at CDC’s Pearl development.

Richard Ellicott, MD, SpaceBreeze, visited the customer in Doha to discuss the project. Subsequently, an order for seven pieces of AerFresco CP7 was placed, which, says SpaceBreeze, have now been installed and running successfully for several months. It added that CDC intends to purchase and install additional AerFresco units prior to the opening of its next hotel. It also reports that it is close to finalising a number of other sales in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Bahrain.

The standard AerFresco CP7 has over 7kW of cooling and can transform the immediate area under the parasol or sunshade extension into an area of comfort for diners or those who want to socialise outdoors, without suffering from the harmful effects of the sun.

Advance air systems fitted at all 29 Red Line Metro stations

Trane has announced that it has fitted Dubai Metro’s Red Line, comprising 29 stations, with 305 Trane air-handling units and 1,120 fan coil units. The Red Line boasts 24 elevated, four underground and one ground-level stations. The company added that all Trane CLCPEuro units are designed to be energy efficient and provide a sustainable and reliable air-system.

“It is imperative for us to meet the highest standards of safety and customer satisfaction for Dubai commuters,” said Ahmed Mohammed Sharif, Electromechanical Systems Manager, Construction Dept, Rail Agency, RTA. “By working with Trane and using its systems, we adhered to the standards and desired quality regulation needed.”

Aaid Ghassan Freiwat, Acquisition Director, Middle East, India and Africa: “Energy optimised CLCPEuro will save energy and reduce the carbon footprint of this mega project. The lower energy consumption of the system will contribute to a lower total cost of ownership for RTA, while exercising environmental responsibility. In addition the excellent indoor air quality will ensure the comfort and well-being of the commuters.”