Engineering guidance for building owners, developers and facility managers in East Africa.
Technical Guidance
Short, practical articles from our building-services engineers on design technology, energy efficiency, fire safety, healthcare systems and operations.
Buildings rarely fail suddenly; they fail slowly through neglected plant. A practical planned-maintenance checklist for HVAC, water, fire, power and drainage systems in East African buildings.
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Medical gases are a life-support utility, not ordinary pipework. What hospital planners should know about sources, resilience, distribution, zoning and the verification that proves a system safe.
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Drawings show where air should go. CFD shows where it actually goes. How computational fluid dynamics tests comfort, ventilation and smoke behaviour before a single duct is installed.
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Fire protection decided late is expensive and often inadequate. A practical guide to passive measures, active systems, water supply and the approvals every Kenyan development must clear.
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Both technologies can cut water-heating energy by more than half. The right choice depends on demand profile, roof space, grid reliability and climate. Here is how to decide.
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MEP services are where construction overruns concentrate. BIM coordination moves clash detection from the site to the design office, where fixing a conflict costs minutes instead of millions.
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