BMS & controls in Dubai Production City (formerly IMPZ) 

BMS & controls in Dubai Production City (formerly IMPZ): local context

Dubai Production City, formerly the International Media Production Zone, is a free zone near Al Khail Road combining residential and office towers with light industrial and media-production facilities. It was largely developed from the mid-2000s. Manolia completed MEP for a 2B+G+15 tower with gym here. Plots here are mid-sized and tightly spaced, with towers sharing service roads and neighbouring construction sites.

• Towers with two basement levels need car park ventilation, sump pumps, and drainage designed for groundwater and stormwater ingress.
• Office and media spaces require flexible electrical distribution, UPS-backed circuits and dedicated cooling for equipment-heavy rooms with high sensible loads.
• The area is inland and dusty, so condenser cleaning and filter access are planned into the design.

Building types we serve in Dubai Production City (formerly IMPZ)

For factories and industrial plants, the work concentrates on process cooling and ventilation, heavy LV distribution, hazard-appropriate fire protection and plant that tolerates dust and high ambient temperatures.

Scope of work

• Points schedule development listing every sensor, actuator, alarm and meter to be monitored or controlled.
• Control sequences for chiller staging, pump speed, AHU temperature and fresh-air control written and tested.
• Commissioning and operator training with a sequence-of-operations document for future reference.
• Integration with district cooling ETS valves and meters, so return temperature and consumption can be trended against the provider's bills.

Systems we install

• BACnet and Modbus integration with chillers and meters
• Operator workstations and web-based graphics

UAE site and climate challenges

• 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.
• Very high summer cooling loads make energy monitoring valuable, so meters on chillers, pumps and major AHUs allow efficiency to be tracked month by month.
• Depth of integration, from basic plant monitoring to full control of fan coils, lighting and metering, with each level adding points, cost and commissioning time.

Relevant Manolia projects

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