Mep Contracting Companies In Uae

How the MEP contractors in Dubai and UAE are helping a significant backbone of the construction industry.

Over the years, Dubai has emerged itself as one of the fastest growing economies in the world and just like its Burj Khalifa; its real estate sector has scaled new heights. The real estate sector accounts for nearly 6% to 8% of the total GDP of UAE. In recent years, Dubai has really managed to build world class infrastructure. Future infrastructure investments include expo2020, malls, resorts, Dubai water canal, etc. Since, Dubai focuses a lot more on its tourism, developing a strong state -of- art infrastructure is a need of the hour. Along with the emergence of many construction companies, there has been a surge in building maintenance companies in Dubai as well.

Creation or development of infrastructure includes building roads, bridges, and dams, providing water, electricity facilities and building proper commercial and residential buildings. Construction of buildings be it commercial or residential is no easy task. It requires proper planning, budgeting, quality control and finally impeccable execution. And this is where MEP contracting companies in UAE excel at!

Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing also known as MEP companies can also be called as the back bone of the construction industries. MEP contractors in Dubai and these services form an integral part of the construction process and require highly qualified personnel with niche expertise. The importance of MEP companies can be highlighted from the fact that MEP costs nearly account for ¼ of the total construction cost.

The costs included in these three components are highlighted as below:

• Mechanical service includes heating, cooling and ventilating residential or commercial buildings, specification for safety and control equipment (these services are also known as HVAC services), 3D model testing for HVAC system, calculation of HVAC load demand.
• Electrical services include providing energy efficient electric systems, electrical power and distribution design, installation of security systems, electrical measurement and verification, preparing electric design briefs, calculation of electric load, preparing layout of lighting, power and cable routing, calculation of cable sizing and cable schedule, preparing layout for earthing and lightening protection, designing of transformer yard and cable room, design and preparation of low voltage system and designing fire proof systems.
• Plumbing services typically include designing and installing hot/ cold water systems, developing commercial plumbing systems design, installing vacuum systems, 3D modeling of the plumbing structure, ensuring quality control, supporting the engineers in the plumbing systems outside the building including storm water, sewer, natural gas, fire suppression water, domestic water, irrigation water, and other specific water needs.

MEP contractors in UAE have inevitably gained impetus on account of the development of the real estate sector. The magnitude of their work can be gauged from the fact that some of the top MEP companies in Dubai employ close to 4500 employees and can boast of earning contract values of upto $1.1billion (annual value). The work hemisphere of these companies is not limited to Dubai anymore as many of them have ventured into other Asian countries too.

MEP contracting in Dubai (and also elsewhere) has to face the constant challenge of innovation. The MEP companies have to be more careful about future projects. New designs come up far more frequently and the companies have to keep themselves abreast of the latest developments in this sector. A new challenge for the MEP contracting companies in UAE is the implementation of BIM (Building information & modeling). BIM is the digital representation of the building. BIM will influence the decision of designs of the buildings in future. BIM will enable to see the position of every material used in the building right through its bottom. Although this technology has not been applied to all the projects, contractors need to adopt these and integrate it with all the other MEP technology in use today.

BI Dasmal Contracting is an Iso certified & one of the leading Contracting Companies in Uae.