PROJECT DATA

Contract value: AED 158 million

Contract duration: 15 months

Client: EMPOWER

Consultant: Allied Consultants

Main contractor: Trans Gulf Electromechanical LLC

Completion date: 2014

District Cooling Plant (DCP-02) is located in Business Bay Dubai, UAE. The built up area of the plant is 101,625 sq. ft. with a total capacity of 43,750 TR.

This is the region’s first district cooling plant constructed using green principles and is a certified LEED gold building.

Trans Gulf was responsible for the design and development of engineering drawings, plant and material selection, procurement, installation, commissioning and performance validation of mechanical and electrical chilled water process plant for the District Cooling Plant.

Scope of work included the following:

Fire Fighting

• Fire pump x 1 - diesel pump & electric pump of capacity 1000 GPM @ 11 bars
• RCC fire water tank x 1 of capacity 60,000 US gallons
• Sprinkler x 1000
• Alarm check valve x 1
• 21/2” landing valve with 30m long hose x 11
• 1” hose reel with 30m long hose x 22
• 6kg DCP fire extinguisher x 22
• FM 200 gas flooding system x 4 rooms

Fire Alarm System

• Fire alarm control panel x1
• Photo electric smoke detector x117
• Duct smoke detector x 8
• Heat detector x 29
• Strobe x 53
• Speaker/sounder x 46

Emergency Lighting System

• Central battery panel x 1
• Emergency lights x 178
• Exit lights x 68