Ventilation & smoke extraction in Jumeirah 

Ventilation & smoke extraction in Jumeirah: local context

Jumeirah is a long-established coastal district stretching along Jumeirah Beach Road and Al Wasl Road, made up of villas, low-rise residential buildings, boutique hotels, clinics and street-front retail. Much of the stock dates from the 1980s–2000s, and older villas are steadily being demolished and rebuilt as larger homes, clinics or small commercial buildings. Manolia completed the MEP works for a B+G+4 building here.

• Sea air within a few hundred metres of the beach attacks condenser coils, fixings and exposed electrical enclosures, so coated coils, stainless or hot-dip galvanised supports and IP-rated outdoor gear pay off.
• Villa rebuilds sit on plots with tight setbacks and neighbours on all sides, which limits where outdoor units, water tanks and generators can go and how noise is managed.
• Clinics and medical centres converted from villas need fresh-air AHUs, extract for treatment rooms, medical gas coordination and resilient power for critical equipment.

Building types we serve in Jumeirah

For hotels and serviced apartments, the work concentrates on quiet guestroom fan coils, kitchen and laundry extract, hot-water generation at scale, BMS supervision and phased handover to the operator.

Scope of work

• Installation of car park ventilation with jet fans, main extract fans and CO or NO2 sensors controlling normal ventilation.
• Interface wiring with the fire alarm system for zone-by-zone activation and fan status feedback.
• Cause-and-effect testing, door opening force checks and Civil Defence witnessed tests.
• Natural ventilation openings, automatic smoke vents and their actuators where the fire strategy relies on them, tested to open on alarm.

Systems we install

• Smoke exhaust fans rated for high temperature
• Motorised smoke dampers and relief dampers

UAE site and climate challenges

• Rooftop smoke fans and motors are exposed to extreme heat and direct sun, so motors, enclosures and fire-rated cabling are selected for high ambient conditions as well as smoke temperature.
• Basement car parks in coastal towers can see condensation on cold surfaces when hot humid air is pulled in at high rates, so supply air paths and ramp openings are reviewed to limit wet floors and corrosion of jet fans.
• Jet fan systems versus ducted car park extract: jet fans save ceiling depth and ductwork, but require careful layout, approved design analysis and coordination with sprinklers and lighting.

Relevant Manolia projects

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