One team from the first estimate to the last service visit.
Most of the risk in an MEP package sits in the handovers: from designer to installer, from installer to commissioning engineer, from contractor to maintainer. We take them out. The same team carries your project through seven stages, described once here with the proof that applies to every discipline.
From the first estimate to the last service visit.
- 01
Estimating and preconstruction
Our estimation department prices from the drawings, specification and BOQ, with quantities taken off in house and quotations from approved makes. On design and build tenders we propose value engineering and state its effect on cost and programme.
- Estimation is its own department, separate from engineering
- 02
Design, shop drawings and coordination
On design and build contracts our engineers design the MEP systems; on build-only contracts they prepare shop drawings from the consultant’s design. Services are coordinated in a 3D model with the architect, the structure and every trade, so clashes are closed on screen, not on site.
- Design and build record: FedEx, Weatherford, UPC, Galadari Engineering and the Dubai Maritime City hydrant system
- 03
Authority approvals
We prepare the submissions and attend the inspections with DEWA, Dubai Civil Defence, the district cooling providers, Dubai Municipality, RTA and the telecom operators, and plan each inspection into the programme instead of waiting for it.
- DEWA-approved LV/MV contractor
- 04
Procurement
Long-lead equipment such as switchgear, transformers, chillers and pumps is ordered early from approved makes and tracked against specification, delivery date and warranty. Every order is placed on AZEMCO’s Terms of Purchase.
- AZEMCO Terms of Purchase, Rev. 01, on every order
- 05
Installation and quality
Our own teams install to approved method statements and inspection and test plans. Mock-ups are approved before roll-out, and every stage is inspected and recorded before it is covered up.
- ISO 9001:2015 quality management
- 06
Testing and commissioning
Systems are proven in five levels, from the factory test to the integrated test of all systems together. The consultant and the authorities witness the tests their approvals depend on.
- 07
Handover, service and maintenance
Handover comes with as-built drawings, manuals, test certificates, training and spares, and the offer to maintain the systems under a planned or annual contract.
- Maintenance contracts for substations, MEP systems and solar plants
Five levels, from the factory to the integrated test.
The consultant and the authorities witness the tests their approvals depend on.
- 01
Level 1 · Factory acceptance
Switchgear, generators and chillers tested at the factory before they ship.
- 02
Level 2 · Delivery and installation checks
Equipment inspected on arrival and installation checked against the drawings.
- 03
Level 3 · Start-up
Each piece of equipment started and set up on its own.
- 04
Level 4 · Functional performance
Each system tested through its full range of operation.
- 05
Level 5 · Integrated systems test
All systems tested together, including power failures and fire scenarios.
Digital construction
Every package is coordinated in a 3D model before it is installed, with the clashes closed and the openings, sleeves and supports agreed with the other trades.
- 3D coordination with the architect, the structure and every MEP trade
- Clash detection and weekly coordination reviews
- Shop drawings, builder’s work drawings and openings produced from the model
- As-built model and asset data at handover
Off-site prefabrication
Work built off site, such as pump skids, plant-room modules, riser and corridor modules and pre-wired panels, cuts site hours, improves quality and makes the programme safer.
Five ways to bring us in.
- Design and buildTo a developer or owner, with one party responsible for the design and the installation of the MEP, and the civil works where needed.
- Design-assist and early contractor involvementAlongside the consultant during design, to fix cost, buildability and programme before the tender.
- Build to the consultant’s designAs MEP subcontractor to a main contractor, for a complete MEP package or a single discipline.
- Civil and MEP contractorTo a utility or infrastructure client, for the network and the plant it serves.
- Service and maintenanceUnder planned, call-off or annual maintenance contracts, for systems we installed or did not.
Tell us what you are building.
Send the drawings, the BOQ or just the brief. Our estimation team replies within two working days.