Autodesk Revit MEP

Autodesk Revit MEP software is the building information modeling (BIM) solution for mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) engineers. Revit MEP offers purpose-built tools for building systems design and analysis. AutoCAD Revit MEP Suite building design software combines Autodesk Revit MEP building information modeling (BIM) software and AutoCAD MEP software to offer a comprehensive energy-efficient building solution for mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) engineers, designers, and drafters. 

Use Autodesk Revit MEP software to gain the competitive advantage of BIM by analyzing and optimizing building system designs before they are built. AutoCAD MEP automates tedious drafting tasks, enabling designers and drafters to create more accurate construction documentation faster. AutoCAD Revit MEP Suite helps MEP design teams accelerate better design with tools that foster productivity and support sustainable building design and analysis.
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Green Building

A Green Building is an environmentally responsible and a healthy place to live and work. Green Building ensures that waste is minimized at every stage during the construction and operation of building, resulting in low cost .Green Building applies to both existing and new construction from simple spaces to large development projects.
A green building is one that incorporates several features involving
Effective Landscape Usage
Energy Efficient and Eco-Friendly Equipment Usage
Recycled & Environmental Friendly Building Materials Usage
Indoor Air Quality Maintenance.
Efficient Water Usage
Green building is the practice of increasing the efficiency with which buildings use resources-energy, water and materials-while reducing building impacts on human health and the environment through better sitting, design, construction, operation, maintenance and removal-the complete building life cycle. 

A green building, also known as a sustainable building, is a structure that is designed, built, renovated, operated, or reused in an ecological and resource-efficient manner. Green buildings are designed to meet certain objectives such as protecting occupant health; improving employee productivity; using energy, water, and other resources more efficiently; and reducing the overall impact to the environment.
A Green Building can have tremendous benefits, both tangible and intangible. The immediate and most tangible benefit is in the reduction in operating energy and water costs right from day one, during the entire life cycle of the building. The energy savings could range from 25 – 40 % depending on the extent of green specifications. Other tangible savings would be reduction in first costs and enhanced asset value. Intangible benefits of Green Buildings include increasing productivity of occupants’ health, safety benefits and a green corporate image. Several Corporate are now seeing Green Building Rating as a tool to enhance marketability. Even simple modifications and strategies will improve the current situation.

Burj Khalifa - World Tallest Sky Scraper


The world's tallest tower, developed by Emaar Properties, was unveiled. The official height of the tower was announced as 828 metres.The tower's height breaks all existing world records for tall buildings. Burj Khalifa is the tallest building in the world according to the three main criteria of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH). The CTBUH ranks the world’s tallest buildings based on ‘Height to Architectural Top,’ ‘Height to Highest Occupied Floor’ and ‘Height to Tip.’
At 828 metres, Burj Khalifa is 320 metres taller than Taipei 101, which at 508 metres had held the record for the world’s tallest building measured to the architectural top since 2004, the year the project was announced. 
Burj Khalifa achieved the distinction of being the world's tallest structure – surpassing the KVLY-TV mast (628.8 metres) in North Dakota , USA – 1,325 days after excavation work started in January 2004. 
The tower also beats the 31-year-old record of CN Tower, which at 553.33 metres had been the world’s tallest free-standing structure on land since 1976. Burj Khalifa employs a record-breaking 330,000 cubic metres of concrete, 39,000 metric tonnes of steel rebar and 142,000 square metres of glass; and it took 22 million man hours to build. 


Other world records for Burj Khalifa include the highest occupied floor in the world, at over 550 metres; the highest outdoor observation deck in the world – At the Top on Level 124; and the tallest service elevator, which travels to a height of 504 metres.

Sick Building Syndrome

Have you noticed that your colleagues are taking much more sick leave, performing badly, or are unhappy with their surroundings? If so, it could be a case of Sick Building Syndrome. 
The problem could be with the building you working and your working environment. Almost everyone occasionally feels unwell because they are suffering from one or more common symptoms of discomfort such as headaches, dry throat or sore eyes. But there are occasions when, for no obvious reasons, people working in particular buildings experience these sorts of symptoms more often than is usual. 
The symptoms tend to increase in severity with time spent in the building and improve over time or disappear away from the building. This is often described as Sick Building Syndrome. The main symptoms associated with Sick Building Syndrome are:

- dry or itchy skin or skin rash
- dry or itchy eyes, nose or throat
- headaches, lethargy, irritability, or poor concentration
- stuffy or runny nose
The symptoms are often mild and do not appear to cause any lasting damage. To those suffering, however, they are not trivial and can cause considerable distress. In severe cases, they can affect attitudes to work and may represent a significant cost to business in the form of: 
- reduced staff efficiency
- increased absenteeism and staff turnover
Sick Building Syndrome is not a recognised illness. It is simply a convenient term to describe a particular phenomenon and cannot be diagnosed precisely. It should not be confused with specific illnesses that can be directly associated with workplaces, such as humidifier fever, legionnaire's disease, the effects of exposure to specific toxic substances in the workplace or to long-term cumulative hazards such as asbestos and radon. It does not cover discomfort from adverse physical conditions in the workplace such as excessive noise, heat or cold.

Building Services Softwares

AutoCAD MEP: 2D and 3D modelling and drafting,Load Calculation,Piping & Ducting
Cymap Building Services Software: Mechanical and Electrical Building Services Calcualations Software Including Part L compliance
AMTECH Power Software: Electrical design and verification, discrimination studies and quick cable calculations
Relux Informatik AG: Lighting planning and design
DIALux: Lighting planning and design
Hevacomp: Load calculations, pipe and duct sizing, lighting systems design
Integrated Environmental Solutions (IES): Advanced simulation and modelling
Elevate: Elevator traffic analysis and simulation software
FINE MEP: Building services engineering suite for Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing design
Carrier HAP: Calculating building HVAC loads, sizing mechanical equipment, perform hourly analysis of the building
MagiCAD: AutoCAD expansion for mechanical and electrical services. Performs duct & pipe design and sizing etc.
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About Building Services


Building services engineering is the engineering of the internal environment and environmental impact of a building. It essentially brings buildings and structures to life. Building services engineers are responsible for the design, installation, operation and monitoring of the mechanical, electrical and public health systems required for the safe, comfortable and environmentally friendly operation of modern buildings. Building services engineers work closely with other construction professionals; architects, structural engineers and quantity surveyors. They influence the architecture of a building and play a significant role on the sustainability and energy demand of a building. Within building services engineering, new roles are emerging, for example in the areas of renewable energy, sustainability, low carbon technologies and energy management. With buildings accounting for around 50% of all carbon emissions, building services engineers play a significant role in combating climate change. As such, a typical building services engineer has a wide-ranging career path:
Building services engineers work closely with other construction professionals; architects, structural engineers and quantity surveyors. They influence the architecture of a building and play a significant role on the sustainability and energy demand of a building. Within building services engineering, new roles are emerging, for example in the areas of renewable energy, sustainability, low carbon technologies and energy management. With buildings accounting for around 50% of all carbon emissions, building services engineers play a significant role in combating climate change. As such, a typical building services engineer has a wide-ranging career path
Design: designing layouts and requirements for building services for residential or commercial developments.
Construction: supervising the construction of the building services, commissioning systems and ongoing maintenance and operation of services.
Environmental: developing new energy saving methods for construction, designing new and improved energy conservation systems for buildings.
Heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC): specialising in the design, development, construction and operation of HVAC systems.
Electrical technology: specialising in the design and development of electrical systems required for safe and energy sustaining operation of buildings.
Building services engineering comprises Mechanical engineering, Electrical engineering and Public Health (MEP) engineering, all of which are further sub-divided into the following:
Communication lines, telephones and IT networks (ICT)
Energy supply - gas, electricity and renewable sources
Escalators and lifts
Fire detection and protection
Heating and air conditioning (HVAC)
Lightning protection
Low voltage (LV) systems, distribution boards and switchgear
Natural lighting and artificial lighting, and building facades
Security and alarm systems
Ventilation and refrigeration
Water , drainage and plumbing

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