What our engineers are learning on live sites across Qatar and Saudi Arabia, written for the people who own, design, and runbuildings.
LatestSustainability · 21 July 2026
Half the electricity in a Gulf building goes to cooling. Districts that share their chilled water are cutting that bill by a third, and freeing entire floors of plant space while they do it.
Yousef Al-Hariri
Head of MEP Engineering
Site Stories2 July 2026 · 6 min read
Any cooling system works in January. We schedule the hard tests for the exact weeks the climate is trying to kill the design, because that's the performance the client actually bought.
Marwa El-Sayed · Commissioning Manager
Standards11 June 2026 · 8 min read
Kahramaa's Grade A classification is the difference between wiring a building and being trusted with serious infrastructure. Here's what the inspectors are actually looking at.
Daniel Okafor · Electrical Engineering Lead
Engineering19 May 2026 · 6 min read
Clash detection on screen is table stakes. The gains show up when the model reaches the drill: cast-in sleeves, prefabricated racks, and total stations instead of tape measures.
Priya Raman · BIM Manager
Site Stories28 April 2026 · 7 min read
There is no 'off switch' on a live hospital. Tying new theatres into old risers means choreographed shutdowns measured in minutes, with clinical staff in the room when the valve turns.
Marwa El-Sayed · Commissioning Manager
Industry30 March 2026 · 9 min read
The Kigali Amendment reached the GCC's mechanical rooms. Between F-gas phase-downs, A2L refrigerants, and CO₂ going mainstream, every owner is about to make a refrigerant decision, knowingly or not.
Yousef Al-Hariri · Head of MEP Engineering
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