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This is because an implied obligation exists on the part of the main contractor to pursue with every means the rights and entitlements of the MEP sub-contractor, as though the MEP sub-contractor enjoyed a direct contractual relationship with the employer.”

Revised every three years, the current version of ASHRAE 90.1 was issued in January 2023, with its primary focus being to improve energy efficiency in commercial buildings. The impact of the new version will be determined by a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) study, which will quantify the expected energy savings.”

Today, the modellers that are being inducted into organisations, or the ‘outsourced service providers’, hardly have any construction knowledge and are mere ‘software application handlers’. The result is that the same work is being handled multiple times for QA/QC, and still the end-product – the ‘Model’ – is a disaster, when you view it in the 3D platform.” p17

In a fully developing fire, as per the standard time temperature curve, after two minutes from the start of a fire, the expected temperature reaches 444.5 degrees C, and at three minutes, this rises to a whopping 502.29 degrees C. This demonstrates that any duct system that has only been tested to 400 degrees C cannot be used as a fire duct and would be expected to fail just after a fire starts.

The opening of our office in the UAE in 2023 is part of the strategic actions we have undertaken as Castel to enhance relations in the Middle East – in particular, the GCC region. p24