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Electrical & Fire Safety SeminarBURJ AL ARAB, Al Falak BallroomMonday 23rd May 2016

Safeguarding against electrical fires

Thank you for joining us for our Electrical and Fire

Safety Seminar in the stunning surrounds of the Burj Al

Arab.

Following the catastrophic fire at Dubai’s Address Downtown

Hotel, on New Year’s Eve, and the devastating blaze that

ripped through the Ajman One development in March, an

updated Fire and Life Safety code – to be released in June

2016 – aims to change the culture surrounding fire safety

responsibilities throughout the Emirates.

To date, the responsibility to keep completed buildings

safe from fire has resided, predominantly, with owners,

tenants and residents but a growing awareness of how this

impacts negatively on incentivising fire protection among

consultants, developers and contractors has forced a policy

rethink.

Going forward, main consultants, manufacturers and

suppliers of fire safety materials will have to sign-off every

project, together with an independent, third-party inspection

agency, before being granted final approval from the Dubai

Civil Defence.

Placing greater emphasis than ever before on accountability,

it is hoped the new code will eradicate any buck-passing

among project stakeholders. Ultimately, it also means that –

should things go wrong – the authorities will readily be able

to identify exactly who has breached the code and where the

fault lies.

For MEP subcontractors, the implications are clear.

Although it’s rare for parties other than main contractors

to be able to present documentation directly to the Civil

Defence, the move will clearly mean an increased demand

for transparency, demonstrable safety implementations

and greater accountability among all those involved with a

project.

In order to do this seamlessly, it’s vital that all parties can

demonstrate an understanding of potential issues and a

commitment to ensuring there part of a project is delivered

to the highest standard of safety. Whether it’s winning work

on the back of a sound reputation for safety or showing how

your own safeguarding measures are put in place, knowledge

is becoming increasingly key to success among the region’s

mechanical and electrical sectors.

The purpose of today’s event is to provide you all with an

overview of the key issues affecting Electrical and Fire safety

in the region. It also offers an opportunity for networking and

for all delegates to join an open question and answer session

where they are free to ask our experts about any aspect of

this topical and complex area.

We have also included some additional information relating

to electrical working which we hope you’ll find useful.

Once again, thank you for attending today’s seminar which

we hope you’ll find enjoyable and informative.

Your Trimble MEP team

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Speakers

Paul Wallett Regional Director

TRIMBLE

Aaron specializes in international projects including mixed use high-rise buildings, large assembly occupancies, and healthcare facilities. He has focused his project work in code consulting, developing building fire and life safety strategies, and performance-based design. Today Aaron is going to be talking about how due to the maturing of the market and increased awareness of fire safety requirements, it is important the fire safety engineers become increasingly involved in the integration of MEP systems within the building architecture. His presentation will serve as an introduction of fire safety requirements that apply to various MEP systems that are often not fully coordinated with the building architecture or fire safety strategy and often cannot be rectified during construction.

Currently engaged supporting and designing a specific Middle East version of ProDesign, having worked with the UK version and its associated products since 1986. Today Roy is going to be talking about safe electrical design and cable sizing. Careful design of electrical distribution systems in buildings can deliver safe and efficient operation and at the same time minimise costs by avoiding wasteful oversizing. Poor design can lead to: wastage of materials, shock hazards, fire risks, unscheduled outages, etc.

An Aviator in private life with Aeronautical and Fire Engineering degrees, with 18 years of experience in core Health Safety & Environment in various industries, chiefly – Aviation, Smelters, Construction, Power Plants, Automotive, Oil & Gas and Real Estates. Joyveer has developed new tools and techniques for practical risk management and have explored and implemented best known Risk Management Techniques. A seasoned certified Accident Investigator, with a speciality on Fire Incidents and has assisted many Insurance Companies in such cases. A seasoned and well trained Fire Fighter in early career.

Aaron F. Vanney Vice President

JENSEN HUGHES

Mai Al Qaq Senior Electrical Engineer

KEO

Roy Hughes Senior Support Engineer

TRIMBLE

Joyveer Dutt Regional Safety Manager

AL FUTTAIM

Youssef Abu Hadhoud Fire Pumps Factory Manager

NAFFCO

Paul is responsible for managing and developing our GC/CM, MEP and Structural BIM businesses across the GCC region. Having worked in the UK, USA, Far East and for the last 6 years in the Middle East and having been involved with the evolution of Building Information Modelling from very early adoption in the early 90’s in its various forms until today in both the AEC and EPC industries. Trimble seeks to transform the construction industry driving BIM progresses from early concept through to intelligently linked field hardware applications and this drives Paul’s passion to educate and bring innovative Trimble solutions to the market.

Youssef is currently on his 12th year in NAFFCO as Fire Pumps Factory Manager. Specializing in Control systems, switchgear, drives, and automation, he has an active involvement in Research and Development and product development process in NAFFCO and in third party laboratories, certifications and investigations.

Mai is a Senior Electrical Engineer within the KEO DESIGN DIVISION – UAE / KEO International Consultants based in Abu Dhabi Office. Mai has 16 years of experience in design of Building Services.

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Agenda

TRIMBLE MEP DIC Building #3, Internet City, Dubai, UAE TEL 8000 3570 3818

08:00 Guest arrival

08:30 Coffee Break

09:00 Introduction - Paul Wallett, TRIMBLE

09:15 Fire Pumps Cloud System - Youssef Abu Hadhoud, NAFFCO

09:45 Safe electrical design and cable sizing - Roy Hughes, TRIMBLE

10:15 Effect of Fire in MEP Project/FM works - Joyveer Dutt, AL FUTTAIM Engineering

10:45 Coffee Break

11:00 Electrical power connections to fire pumps - Mai Al Qaq, KEO International Consultants

11:30 Integrating MEP Systems with Building Fire Safety Strategies - Aaron F. Vanney, JENSEN HUGHES

12:00 Q&A session

12:30 Lunch

14:00 Networking

16:00 Guest departure

Please visit our website for more information and fire safety resources:mep.trimble.ae