It is vital to preserve indispensable MEP-related expertise, and the skills and lessons learnt through putting in the hard yards, argue V Sekhar Reddy, Managing Director, Lexzander and Rahul Duragkar, Managing Director, Emitech Group
Posted: March 16, 2021
Speakers at the Second edition of The Consultant Contractor Conference attempted to analyse, understand and seek solutions to the issues plaguing the MEP contracting and consulting space. Here are the key issues that were discussed...
Posted: January 8, 2019
Blockchain will ensure that quality of work and output are not compromised, says Co-founder, Dubai Blockchain Center
Posted: October 21, 2018
UAE company will be exclusive distributor of North America-based company’s products in the UAE, Qatar and Kuwait
Posted: November 7, 2017
Raj Chinai, Managing Director, Sobha, speaks to Climate Control Middle East, on the company’s present development projects and its commitment to Green Dubai.
Posted: March 21, 2017
A uniform code of contract needed
Posted: March 20, 2017
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? In September, Climate Control Middle East published the first part of the report, where the focus was on the MEP consultancy industry. In this, the concluding part, the spotlight is on the MEP contracting industry…
Posted: October 30, 2016
Looking at IoT through the automation and controls lens, Vijay Kumar of Cylon makes a compelling case for adopting it in the MEP industry. He believes that we’ll miss the bus if we’re not quick to appreciate the power of IoT in the way the industry is poised to evolve.
Posted: May 25, 2016