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EDITOR‘S NOTE

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ver the years, the need for both commercial and residential buildings are increasing, which means more construction projects are being done.

Safety But as the number of construction projects skyrockets, more injuries and risks are faced by workers due to onsite accidents. The usual cause of fatalities and injury are electric shock, falling from heights, scaffold collapse, and others.

Although construction safety is observed, we still cannot guarantee that the job site is accident-free.

The Latest Autonomous Heavy Equipment Trends

Productivity Apart from protecting the lives of the workers, automated vehicles can help increase productivity and efficiency.

Unlike humans, machines are more accurate and precise.

Automation

Driverless heavy equipment can also work for long hours But with the use of power while performing dangerous tools, computer-aided jobs, which may cause software, applications, robotics, and automated heavy injuries. As a result, projects are completed on time and equipment vehicles, this within the budget. problem can be prevented.

Instead of risking lives to accomplish work, construction workers can become operators for automated excavators, dozers, trucks, cranes, and others. This will protect them from excessive exposure to dust, heat, and other factors that may bring injury and sickness.

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Automation and Job Loss In truth, companies are building autonomous construction vehicles not to replace human construction crews but to work with them.

It may pose a threat to the number of human resources needed on the site, but it can improve the quality of

buildings and structures.

Using driverless vehicles in the job site can lead to better designs while saving money, time, and labor.

Quality Construction Digital modeling paired with autonomous machinery, can indeed improve the quality of construction. The faster a construction project is built, the more profit it can give to the contractors and the more value it can offer to the users.

With the benefits that autonomous heavy equipment can provide, future construction sites will definitely make use of them promising a safer working environment.

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32 FEWA and Mubadala - ACWA Power consortium ink Agreements for Desalination Plant in Umm Al Quwain

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Advanced Stadium Cooling: Innovative Technology Coming to the Qatar World Cup

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Without a doubt, the advancement of technology and robotics have played a considerable impact in construction as they increase productivity and reduce risks.

Power tools, computer-aided machines, construction software, and even robots are just some of the tools that are very useful to increase production and efficiency in a job site.

But it doesn’t end there.

One of the top challenges that contractors face is the lack of skilled workers who can efficiently handle jobs with less supervision. As a result, the best workers have more work

than they can handle.

Contractors are also left with no choice but to hire workers that still need proper training. However, this dilemma is about to end as autonomous construction equipment are starting to intervene in today’s construction sites.

The creation of automated equipment like trucks and excavators pave the way for more improvement in job sites.

If these are used along with other technological tools, the construction industry will indeed move forward.

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COVER STORY

Autonomous Vehicles Today

Although most of these vehicles are still in the planning stage, there are already construction machines that are in use these days.

Komatsu began developing autonomous mining trucks in 2008 and released the world’s first dozer with fully automatic blade control semiautonomous D61i-23 dozer in 2013.

Built Robotics created the autonomous track loader (ATL) in October 2017 which digs and grades a large space operated via an iPad. In the same year, Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) unveiled the battery-electric HX2 load 10

carrier with vision capabilities and the hybrid wheel hauler called the LX1.

Meanwhile, Caterpillar released more than 100 autonomous haul trucks that can be remotely controlled by an operator. Undoubtedly, these machines have made a massive difference in construction sites. And the industry is expecting to see more of these in the coming years.

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The Advantages of Autonomous Vehicles Over the past years, there have been significant improvements in autonomous car technologies for transportation, which is believed to make roads safer.

But the benefits of automated vehicles are also integrated into the construction sector.

The construction site is a controlled setting, making it an ideal place for driverless equipment.

There are advantages that automated vehicles can bring the construction sector. Con-

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sidering this, many contractors will prefer to use one in their future projects.

Safety. Driverless vehicles

can be controlled remotely, which lessens the risks of human construction workers since they can work from a distance. Humans may get tired and take naps during night time operations resulting in increased risks and inefficient results. Workers do not need to be exposed to excessive dust, which may result in illnesses. Machines

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can also work longer hours and are more efficient.

Efficiency. Internet-connected sensors are commonly used to monitor vehicles, ensuring that they are working at peak performance. The operation requires less labor, less fuel, and less money.

Productivity. With the

real-time monitoring of these machines, work is completed efficiently and accurately eliminating human error. It can also help speed up the process in finishing the project, which means that the contractor will be able to receive payments on time without worrying of fines.

Cost Effective. Another perk

of using autonomous vehicles is the amount of costs that are reduced over time. Its geofencing features deal with fuel consumption and shortened work operations.

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Driverless vehicles can be controlled remotely, which lessens the risks of human construction workers since they can work from a distance.

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Will Automated Equipment Eliminate Workers?

Apparently, the release of these vehicles will have an impact on the number of manpower needed for a project. But construction workers don’t need to fear. The automation of machines in a job site will not lead to operator extinction. Although it will indeed reduce the number of workers needed, it can lighten the workload and upgrade their skills. This will also allow skilled laborers to focus on other areas and complete the job faster.

Using these vehicles will also change their roles and functions while reducing risks and ensuring safety. Instead of being at the center of action, workers are merely holding on to joysticks and iPads to manage the project.

Operators will function like airplane pilots since they will input the necessary information that a machine needs. The right data will guarantee the vehicles’ accurate performance.

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If we look at it, automated heavy equipment can indeed bring advancement in the construction site. But apart from the speedy completion

of projects, it will also improve the quality of construction, resulting in better structures.

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New California dam built with Black & Veatch’s management help reaches key milestone Replacement dam supplants earthen one long considered seismically unsafe near San Francisco, ensuring reliability of region’s water supply Seventeen years after being deemed seismically vulnerable and having its capacity restricted, a San Francisco-area dam and reservoir near an active fault line soon will be at full volume, thanks to a new dam 22

that ensures a reliable water supply to millions of residents.

Marking the biggest milestone on the massive, 7-year-old construction project featuring construction management by Black & Veatch, the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission recently celebrated completion of the new 220-foot-tall Calaveras dam embankment that will replace the nearly century-old one. The

The former dam was widely seen as vulnerable to a sizable temblor, and that impoundment’s failure could send a devastating, likely deadly torrent of water into densely populated areas on its way to the bay. First erected in 1913 and rebuilt after it collapsed five years later, that dam once was considered the world’s biggest earth-fill impoundment.

new dam will begin impounding water this winter, with ancillary projects including automation of instrumentation and controls to be completed early next year.

At a cost of $823 million, the new dam and its crest length of 1,210 feet, base thickness of 1,180 feet and crest width of 80 feet holds back the 4-mile-long reservoir crucial to providing clean, safe water to 2.7 million Bay Area customers. While impounding the water reserve also represents an insurance policy during California’s years-long drought, the dam also is the centerpiece of one of the nation’s biggest water infrastructure programs:

the commission’s $4.8-billion, 16-year push to overhaul the 167-mile-long regional water delivery system.

Built to contemporary seismic standards, the new dam – just 1,000 feet downstream from the existing embankment it replaces and designed to withstand a 7.2-magnitude earthquake – will restore the reservoir to its original capacity of 31 billion gallons. In 2001, California regulators declared the previous dam seismically unsafe and ordered that its capacity be lowered to less than 40 percent.

Replacing it was a 21st-Century engineering feat, involving the moving of 12 million cubic yards of earth and rock – enough to fill four National Football League stadiums. Most of the materials were sourced from on-site borrow areas, including a hillside that was sliced off to remove an ancient landslide formation towering above the spillway.

Crews drilled 100 feet down into the rock below the new dam, injecting grout that sealed the foundation and the abutments.

More than 500 tons of concrete was injected into the new impoundment’s foundation, creating a “grout curtain” to ward off underground seepage and strengthen the base.

The new 1,150-foot-long spillway – completed in April 2016 and designed to bypass excess water from the reservoir around the new dam and send it safely to Alameda Creek below – is crafted of roughly 40,000 cubic yards of concrete. As a critical safety feature, that channel is anchored to the hillside by nearly 2,000 steel rods bored 25 feet into the rock. The spillway’s chute featuring a 30-percent downward slope leads to a stilling basin 23

that slows the water before it is released into the creek, paring its erosion potential and protecting the fragile ecosystem.

“This new dam, without question, was a massive undertaking, and now San Francisco-area water consumers will benefit from water supply reliability for decades to come,” said Chris Mueller, Black & 24

Veatch’s project director.

San Francisco Mayor London Breed stressed the importance of the impoundment’s structural upgrade, noting that “it is only a matter of time until we experience another major earthquake, and our critical infrastructure needs to be ready.”

“This important improvement project at the Calaveras Reservoir

will make sure that our water systems are seismically resilient and our local water supply is secure when the next big one strikes,” Breed is quoted as saying in a SFPUC news release about a Sept. 21 ceremony touting the completion of the top of the dam.

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Like fine wine and cheese, water and energy just fit together. With shortages in both ahead, here’s a look at two Jacobs-supported projects maximizing mutually beneficial outcomes across the water-energy nexus.

The United States uses more than 58 trillion gallons of water each year to produce energy – enough to fill 88 million Olympic-sized swimming pools! This water is drawn from lakes, rivers and underground aquifers – parts of our freshwater reserves that account for just three percent of the global water supply.

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By 2030, the U.S. Intelligence Community estimates that the global middle class will surge to 4.9 billion people, introducing a significant increase in freshwater consumption globally.

Satisfying the thirst created by growing populations impacts more than just having enough water to drink and bathe in.

When populations boom, there is an increased demand on the energy sector to provide resources needed to power livelihoods. Water and energy are interdependent. Extracting, pumping and delivering water for human use treating wastewater

for safe return into to the natural environment requires energy – and water is used in every phase of energy production.

Unless current practices change, we won’t have enough water to drink, let alone serve energy and power needs in the next two decades.

Utilities, industries and water-scarce regions that are implementing water reuse schemes and water systems capable of recovering energy, carbon and nutrients – like Singapore’s Tuas Water Reclamation Plant (WRP) or Denmark’s award-winning Ejby Mølle net-positive energy wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) – recognize the value of conserving and reusing water, optimizing their operations and reducing their energy and carbon footprint.

Solutions such as these are made possible by advanced

wastewater technologies like anaerobic digesters for biogas production, generators for electrical energy, fluid-bed incinerators for heat recovery and more. In Singapore for example, the Singapore Public Utilities Board’s new Tuas WRP will be pivotal in helping the island nation serve more than half of its future water needs with NEWater, its own brand of high-grade reclaimed wastewater. Tuas WRP will be the largest membrane bioreactor facility in the world.

A first in Singapore, it will be co-located with a solid waste incineration plant to harness potential synergies of integrating used water and solid waste treatment while optimizing land use. Co-digestion of food waste with used water sludge at Tuas WRP will increase the yield of biogas, which can be used at the incineration plant to improve steam quality and give rise to higher overall plant thermal

efficiency. This process will increase electricity production and export more energy to the power grid, while allowing both facilities to be energy self-sufficient.

VCS Denmark’s Ejby Mølle WWTP in Odense achieved energy neutrality primarily using carbon redirection to reduce process energy consumption while increasing energy generation from a biogas-driven combined heat power system.

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AECOM awarded five-year, US$475 million USAID Public Financial Management II multiple-award IDIQ contract

AECOM, a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, announced today that it has been awarded an indefinitedelivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) five-year, multiple-award contract from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) with a maximum aggregate value of US$475 million.

As part of the contract AECOM will support USAID’s Bureau for Economic Growth, Education and Environment by providing technical and advisory services, training and research to support governments in the following areas: fiscal policy and management; public financial planning, debt; operations and debt management; monetary policy, banking and central bank operations; trade and exchange rate policy; macroeconomic policy coordination and integration; trade and investment; business enabling 30

environment; labor market analysis and policy; sectoral policy analysis and review; and planning, national income accounting and strategic development.

“We look forward to continuing to partner with USAID and supporting the agency’s efforts to promote economic growth and achieve poverty reduction,” said John Vollmer, president of AECOM’s Management Services group.

“This contract vehicle offers us an opportunity to expand our service offerings to USAID while assisting developing countries to design and implement sound economic policy and public financial management systems that can facilitate good governance practices.”

Over the last 12 years, AECOM has implemented more than 500 donor-funded projects in each of these Public Financial

Management (PFM) II IDIQ technical areas. This new contract will allow the firm to continue the important work of assisting developing countries to design and implement sound economic policy and public financial management systems that can facilitate good governance practices. In addressing economic growth and PFM challenges, AECOM will be able to provide inclusive, evidence-based solutions based on its extensive experience, strengthen local systems and build local stakeholder capacity to support sustainability, and stand firm in integrating gender and marginalized populations into its programming.

AECOM’s technical experts have experience working in countries along the development spectrum and tailoring their approaches to each country’s context. Examples of the firm’s technical experience include: working at the nexus of PFM and trade; improving tax and PFM policies, international competitiveness and regional trade, and banking systems and financial services; and implementing legislative and policy reforms.

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FEWA and Mubadala - ACWA Power consortium ink Agreements for Desalination Plant in Umm Al Quwain Under the directives of His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed AI Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and His Highness Sheikh Mohamed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and in fulfillment of the UAE Water Security Strategy 2036 - His Highness Sheikh Saud bin Rashid Al Mualla, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Umm Al Quwain, harnessed the full potential of the emirate to implement the project in support of the water security strategy, which will accelerate the sustainable development of the UAE.

government of Umm Al Quwain will join as a partner in the project and will own a stake at a later date.

The Federal Electricity & Water Authority (FEWA) and a consortium consisting of ACWA Power, a global leader in water desalination and power generation, and MDC Power Holding Company LLC, an entity fully owned by Mubadala Investment Company PJSC (Mubadala), has entered into a water purchase agreement for a 150 million imperial gallon per day desalination plant in the Emirate of Umm Al Quwain. The plant will utilise Seawater Reverse Osmosis technology.

His Highness Sheikh Rashid bin Saud Al Mualla, Crown Prince of the Emirate of Umm Al Quwain, stated: “The crucial and strategic project in Umm Al Quwain is considered an important milestone in the series of development projects in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), as it enhances the partnership between the public and private sectors and reflects positivity on the overall national economy; the project is also strategically located between Ajman, Umm Al Quwain and Ras Al Khaimah”.

Under the terms of the agreement FEWA will hold 20 percent of the stake, while ACWA Power and Mubadala will each own 40 percent. The

H.E. Eng. Suhail Mohamed Al Mazrouei, UAE Minister of Energy & Industry and Chairman of FEWA, said: “This

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project is FEWA’s first asset in partnership with the private sector. Its implementation will reinforce UAE’s Water Security Strategy 2036 as well as bolster its core programmes. The plant is set to supply 150 million imperial gallons per day to the Northern Emirates and will prompt the private sector to further invest in those areas.”

Once commissioned, the Umm Al Quwain plant will be the largest desalination project in the Northern Emirates. The project cost is deemed as highly competitive and will utilize state of the art technology allowing it to efficiently produce water while preserving the environment.

Construction is expected to commence in the second half of 2019, with initial water production scheduled in 2021.

The project is part of the UAE’s effort to optimise water production and meet the increasing demand for water in the country.

Mohammad Mohammad Saleh, Director General of FEWA said: “This project will be FEWA’s first IWP project to be held in the Northern Emirates, which will help in utilizing an efficient water generation system to meet and secure the demands of both residential and agriculture sectors with competitive economical prices. FEWA will continue to achieve its ambitious vision of meeting the growing water demands in the Northern Emirates by improving and investing in its water facilities infrastructure and seeking to adapt new technologies to enhance sustainable developments.”

“Our agreement with FEWA is a strong indicator of how ACWA Power has developed a stronghold in the United Arab Emirates. Setting up the first IPP infrastructure in Umm Al Quwain, while simultaneously expanding our portfolio of projects is a major milestone for us. We look forward to capitalising on this opportunity and supporting the envisioned growth for the country.” Chief Investment Officer, Rajit Nanda Mohammed Al Huraimel Al Shamsi, Director of Utilities at Mubadala, said: “We are pleased to partner with FEWA and ACWA Power on this strategic development. The project is in line with our Leadership’s vision of developing a sustainable more efficient water infrastructure that can cater for the growing demand whilst preserving natural 34

resources in the country.

Mubadala looks forward to continue working with our partners to bring the project to completion and support FEWA

in its objective of securing water in the most efficient manner.”

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Advanced Stadium Cooling: Innovative Technology Coming to the Qatar World Cup Every stadium has it’s own unique form and structure

The 2018 World Cup marked the World Cup debut of using the Video Assistant Referee, also known as VAR, as the newest technological innovation coming to the stadiums. According to FIFA, the VAR system had a success rate of 99.3 percent and many football analysts have praised the introduction of VAR. In their opinion, the World Cup was a perfect example of how technology can work well for football, although it did show that there are some risks involved in relying on the technology.

In 2022, when the World Cup will be played in Qatar, a newer and bigger technical innovation will come to the stadiums. All host stadiums will be air-conditioned, making it doable to organize the World Cup in a country with extreme heats. Since Qatar was announced as the competition’s host in December 2010, many have been critical of the controversial choice wondering how an event like the World Cup could be organized in the desert.

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In only one generation, Qatar has transformed from a handful of poor fishing villages into the richest country per capita in the world. It turns out if you combine gas revenues with foreign labor and the firm hand of the ruling monarchy, a country can be transformed rather quickly. Now, Qatar is taking on one of the biggest sports events the world has to offer.

Because of the extreme heat, revolutionary cooling technology is going to be used at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar after tests proved everything is working as it should at the proposed World Cup stadiums. The development is an important step in the build-up to the tournament, which has courted controversy since Qatar was announced as the competition’s host.

The 2022 tournament is therefore being held in winter for the first time, to avoid the searing summer heat. With temperatures averaging 42

degrees Celsius in summer, the decision was made to move the dates of the World Cup to winter, when temperatures around 30 degrees are to be expected.

This is the reason why the stadiums will have air-conditioning installed, in order to bring down the temperature to about 20 degrees on the pitch and 23 degrees in the stands. The innovation being trialed in Qatar involves a system where cold air is being pumped into stadiums through a system powered by chilled water, which is the transformed into a cold mist after passing through cooling nozzles.

They way it works is that the platform of the stadium is used to defend it against the infiltration of warm wind. This means the stadium is a barrier that is basically containing a cold bubble inside.

The technology works by maintaining the cold bubble for as long as necessary in order for people to watch the game, and so the players are comfortable enough to play their game.

The Al Wakrah Stadium also has a roof that can be opened and a seating-bowl cooling system to allow football to be played all-year round. At Al Wakrah Stadium, they are using an air circulation 38

technique, which means some of the air is drawn back, cooled again and then pushed back to the supporters and players. The cooling technology for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 has been a crucial part since the country announced its bid for the tournament in 2009.

Every stadium has it’s own unique form and structure. For example, the Khalifa International Stadium is a big stadium with an athletics track which makes it so an unconventional treatment is needed. At Khalifa, fresh air is taken and pushed to the people. Moreover, a new line of under-seat diffusers has been developed in order to deliver the air to fans in a gentle manner.

No doubt, Qatar wants to show itself to the world, building the most advanced stadiums that ever have been built. The stadiums are also built so close to each other, fans could actually attend more than one game per day. The longest distance between two venues is just 55km, a short journey that will be seamless thanks to an advanced underground railway system.

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This high-rated quality makes this kind of electric linear actuators to be the most popular choice for marine engineering. Such actuators are capable to work within -20 to +60 °C temperature window. The warranty covering this electric actuator lasts for 18 months since the purchase. This linear actuator is mounted with the help of BRK-06 mounting brackets that

make the installation process extremely easy.

Furthermore, this kind of electric actuators is compatible with a whole range of control systems and control boxes transforming the operation process into a pleasure. Control boxes allow installing electric linear actuators of high water protection merely everywhere if dimensions are suitable for their installation.

Actuators of Progressive Automations all-the-time provide the most effective performance while at the same time they are always reliable. These actuators can easily undergo the most terrific weather conditions and prove themselves to be the best solution where other alike technologies feel themselves uncomfortable and present poor performance.

During long-lasting periods of work under heavy workloads such actuators of Progressive Automations show the highest resistance towards harsh environment conditions. Such type of electric linear actuators can be easily adjusted for various types of work more or less associated with serious humidity and marine implementation.

Preferring the waterproof actuators of Progressive Automations customers make their investment into the qualitative and long-lasting technology that will fully justify their expectations.

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Tips to Enhance Your Workspace to Increase Employee Productivity Tron-like stationary bike generate “Healthy Electricity” to power small gadgets.

Here are some tips for creating a workspace that triggers your employees right on point to produce the best results Every business yearns to turn into a corporate giant and reach an unparalleled height where no competitor can reach them.

That’s why every organization pays attention to boosting employee working and productivity.

No matter how much competent and qualified your employees are, there are always ways to bring betterment in their performance and efficiency.

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But most organizations don’t understand that employee productivity isn’t all about accomplishing an assigned task quickly and in a better way. It’s about continuously improving employee efficiency while retaining their mental well-being and happiness.

Besides self-grooming and training, workplace ambiance also plays a major role in employee productivity. If you have been ignoring the significance of a healthy workplace, then it’s time to pull it on top of your priority list:

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Here are some tips for creating a workspace that triggers your employees right on point to produce the best results:

Update Office: Positive change in the physical environment of an office plays a significant role in employee engagement and productivity.

It doesn’t mean that you should hire a designer or create a lavishing space.

Focus on little things like proper furniture, lightning, and equipment also create a huge difference. The key is to create a work environment which fosters new ideas, creativity, and where employees don’t feel depressed and bound.

Focus on little things like proper furniture, lightning, and equipment also create a huge difference. The key is to create a work environment which fosters new ideas, creativity, and where employees don’t feel depressed and bound.

Organize your Office: You are wrong if you think that a messy office symbolizes that you are too busy creating great ideas. Don’t get inspired by Einstein’s messy hair. Cluttered and messy work environment hinders creativity rather than fostering it.

Just imagine how you will feel if you enter a space where spare chairs are rolling on the floor, cartons are piled up in a corner, 48

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and dust-covered broken printer and photocopy machine are placed helplessly in the other corner? Wouldn’t that be suffocating? So, how can you expect your employees to work in such an environment?

You should create a space to keep all these spare, broken, and other service goods to increase your workspace potential to do more.

You can choose any industrial shed design according to your requirement and create a place to place excessive and broken things to get an organized workspace.

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they know that individual space is also essential to enhance employee productivity.

Employees feel more emotionally connected to a personalized workspace, tailored to their requirements and mood.

So, you should give your employees the liberty to create a personal workspace to enhance their productivity and well-being.

Room for a Break: Humans’ brain doesn’t like the feeling of being bound. That’s why you start feeling dull and depressed after sticking to a particular space for a long time.

A little change in the environment has a pleasant impact on your mood and creativity. Same goes with your employees! Looking at the same

walls, sitting on a particular chair and living in the same environment can decrease their productivity and creativity.

It is essential to have a break room for your employees where they can relax, recharge their brain, and have a much-needed change of environment for better productivity.

Your employees are not machines, they are humans, and humans need favorable ambiance and surroundings to produce better results. Make sure you provide them their desirable work environment if you want your employees to show good performance and company grow.

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Floor Standing Air-Conditioner is the Best Cooling Solution in Offices and Large Homes

It may seem like a breeze, but choosing an air conditioner is no cakewalk. The decision to purchase the best Air Conditioning unit to get the coolest, cleanest air for a particular room is one that requires a lot of forethought. This decision rests on hitting the mark with many factors, such as room size, ease of use, amount of energy saved, appearance, and much, much more. Needless to say, research, as with all major purchase decisions in life, is paramount before the inevitable purchase.

For owners of sizeable homes and offices, the floor standing air conditioner is a typical frontrunner. When situated in the right place, floor standing AC units stand out among its competitors and counterparts.

With that being said, here is a snackable list of four benefits to remember when investing in a floor standing air conditioner unit.

1. You are free to cool whatever room you want Central air conditioning units are the go-to products for holistic, facility-wide cooling.

However, people tend to feel different levels of comfort when faced with different temperatures.

Nowadays, individuals crave a certain level of control in their homes and offices. Some want to snuggle together and watch movies in a cold room, while some want to turn up the heat when having their workout. Thus, the floor standing units are the best option for effortlessly adjusting the temperatures to appease the needs of different individuals.

2. Getting to it is a breeze Ease of use is everything in this day and age. While some may argue that having a remote control for a wall-mounted AC is easy (and it is), these units are oftentimes embedded in hard-to-reach places that may prove difficult when turning it on or off. In contrast, floor standing air conditioners are perhaps one of the least difficult AC units to reach and access, being situated in the corners of various rooms.

If one feels hot or cold, they only need to walk up to the unit and turn it on or off as needed.

3. It can be installed and moved anywhere Floor standing air conditioners are highly mobile units. They are capable of being installed and moved in any of the facility’s rooms, offering a wide range of customizability when choosing which room in the house or

office to cool. All this type of AC unit needs for instalment is a flat surface, as not all every wall is suitable for a wall-mounted air conditioner. Not only are they easy to install, floor standing air conditioners can also be moved anywhere should the facility owners decide to place the unit in another room.

4. It cools rooms faster The higher an air conditioner is installed, the more time it takes for a room to be cooled. This is apparent with wall-mounted units which are, more often than not, situated in higher parts of the room. Since the installation level of a floor standing aircon is lower than its wall-mounted counterpart, these floor standing units cool the room quicker. This is especially handy after one gets back home after a hot, lengthy commute.

For larger homes and workplaces, as well as facilities that revolve around convenience, the floor standing air conditioning unit is a definite choice.

However, one of the main critiques against floor standing units are their space-consuming bulk and uninvitingly industrial design. Luckily, the TOSOT I-CROWN Floor Standing (Premium Series) air conditioner units face no such problems. With a sophisticated, elegant appearance, unique design, and slim shape manufactured to fit with any aesthetic or room theme. With its slim figure, this air conditioner can be placed in tighter nooks and crannies, which a plus for saving space.

Not only is its design an instant

mood-booster, the TOSOT I-CROWN Floor Standing unit also performs as good as it looks. With a powerful, two-stage compressor, it promises an efficient cooling effect. It can control the speed of the compressor motor, making this air conditioner less prone to breakdowns, unlike other models. It also boasts smart Wi-Fi control, allowing remote online activation. A 140° wide air swing angle, 8.5m super long airing distance, and 1 to 1.2m large air outlet ensures far-

reaching cooling capabilities. It has a R410A eco-friendly refrigerant, allowing you to lessen your carbon footprint while enjoying maximum comfort in your home or office.

Truly, the TOSOT I-CROWN Floor Standing air conditioner is top of the line and gives nothing but cool, clean air. One could even say that compared to this, other AC units are floored by its many advantages and is an outstanding pick overall.