Dr Marcus George, CEO and Partner, Engineering Consortium Consulting Engineers (ECCE), citing globally renowned examples of actions that have led to permanent coexistence with extreme-weather conditions, says it is possible for the UAE to effectively mitigate the severity of damage
Posted: July 3, 2024
Fair budgets, timely payments and equitable contracts are indispensable in the quest for better building performance, says Omnia Halawani
Posted: October 31, 2023
Company budgets for 45% growth in team size to 140 professionals through 2021; announces its intention to expand physical presence into Asia with new regional headquarters in Singapore
Posted: January 6, 2021
Company’s CDO says it is going beyond the minimum requirements to protect the environment and conserve energy
Posted: September 10, 2017
Dr Marcus George, the CEO of UAE-based Engineering Consortium Consulting Engineers (ECCE), shares his opinion on having in-house MEP consultants
Posted: April 25, 2017
Hassan Younes, Director at Griffin Project Development Consultants, speaks on the issue of misrepresentation of product certifications
Posted: January 31, 2017
Experts feel that MEP consultants are limited to the client's design brief, and it needs to change
Posted: January 25, 2017
The September 2016 issue of Climate Control Middle East carried a detailed report on the state of the MEP consultancy industry. Here, as a follow-up, Hassan Younes, Director at Griffin Project Development Consultants, shares his views on the topic with B Surendar. Excerpts from the Q&A…
Posted: November 30, 2016
The leadership in the GCC region has been introducing a raft of vision statements and measures to encourage, urge and support the multiple stakeholders to raise the bar on building performance. Such path-breaking initiatives and thought processes as region-specific Green Building regulations, building-retrofit programmes, nearly zero-energy buildings, smart cities and IoT point to the right direction in terms of intent. Broadly, we are witness to market transformation and positive disruptive approaches, which have the potential to cut project timelines, and improve energy efficiency, indoor environment, reliability and resource conservation. But are building owners, architects, consultants, sub-consultants, contractors, sub-contractors and FM firms prepared to align themselves with these changes, broadly speaking? Are they showing a willingness to rise to the occasion? Or, are there factors – some self-induced and some beyond their control – that are proving to be challenges in the pathway to optimising their performance towards delivering better buildings? Climate Control Middle East brings you a two-part state-of-the-industry report, with the focus on the MEP consultancy and MEP contracting sectors. At the same time, the narrative includes aspects related to building owners and the role of policymakers and planners in influencing best practices. Here, we bring you the first part of the report, where the focus is on the MEP consultancy sector…
Posted: September 22, 2016