Author: Paromita Dey

Honeywell has launched an updated version of its leading building management system to support the Middle East’s smart building and smart cities ambitions. Enterprise Buildings Integrator (EBI) R500 leverages the connectivity of today’s buildings to help make them more strategic assets that are green, safe and productive, Honeywell said. The new features help facility managers better streamline management and decision-making, promoting improved business efficiencies and providing greater control over operations. EBI R500 improves the region’s facility managers’ ability to turn building data into actionable insights to deliver real outcomes in real time. New features include: The enhancements have increased point capacity…

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The structure of Abu Dhabi International Airport’s new Midfield Terminal Building is now completely self-supporting after de-propping of the last arch in the roof was completed. Work took three days and 90 jacking points were used around the building for support while the process was underway. This last stage released 8,000 tonnes of weight onto the roof, which weighs 21,000 tonnes in total. Sulaiman Al Siksek, Chief Programs Officer at Abu Dhabi Airports commented: “Now that the complex process of de-propping the roof structure has been completed, the construction team has started clearing the 50 support towers under the roof,…

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