BMS & controls in Al Quoz 

BMS & controls in Al Quoz: local context

Al Quoz is a long-established industrial and commercial area between Sheikh Zayed Road and Al Khail Road, full of warehouses, workshops, showrooms and creative spaces, alongside staff accommodation. Much of the stock dates from the 1980s–2000s and is now being renovated or converted. Work here is often refurbishment of older buildings rather than new construction. Recent years have seen many units converted into galleries, studios, fitness venues and showrooms.

• Older warehouses often need electrical upgrades, new main distribution boards and power factor correction to support new tenants or processes.
• Conversions to showrooms, galleries or offices require new HVAC systems, often ducted split or VRF, in buildings with limited roof capacity.
• The area is central, so logistics are simple, but streets are busy with trucks and limited parking.

Building types we serve in Al Quoz

For malls and retail centres, the work concentrates on large-volume air handling, tenant-ready chilled water or refrigerant capacity, smoke extraction for atriums and car parks and food-court exhaust.

Scope of work

• Points schedule development listing every sensor, actuator, alarm and meter to be monitored or controlled.
• Installation of DDC controllers, field sensors, valve actuators and damper actuators across plant rooms and floors.
• Control sequences for chiller staging, pump speed, AHU temperature and fresh-air control written and tested.
• Integration with district cooling ETS valves and meters, so return temperature and consumption can be trended against the provider's bills.

Systems we install

• DDC controllers for plant and floor equipment
• Operator workstations and web-based graphics

UAE site and climate challenges

• Fresh-air humidity varies greatly across a UAE day, so humidity sensors and control sequences adjust fresh-air treatment and coil temperatures to prevent condensation, mould risk and comfort complaints in occupied spaces.
• Sensors in dusty plant rooms and fresh-air ducts drift faster than in cleaner climates, so calibration checks and replacement intervals are included in the maintenance schedule.
• Open protocol versus proprietary systems: open protocols such as BACnet give flexibility in choosing future maintenance providers, while proprietary systems can be simpler to buy but lock the owner in.

Relevant Manolia projects

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