Categories for Insights

Enhancing Indoor Air Quality for a Healthy Building

Geographic and cultural features pose particular challenges for air quality in the UAE. Your choice of HVAC systems and facilities management provider can help influence indoor air quality and improve comfort, but you need to make the right choices to get the full benefits. Here’s what you need to know.

The Role of Facilities Management in Ensuring Workplace Safety

Facilities management plays a crucial role in ensuring workplace safety for employees and visitors. From preventing accidents to managing emergencies, facilities management is involved in every aspect of workplace safety, and requires collaboration and coordination with all the other departments and stakeholders of an organization.

Investing in Peace of Mind for Your Home

In today’s busy world, few people have the time to spare for adequate preventive home maintenance or regular inspection of homes and household equipment and appliances.

Fire Prevention in Residential Houses and Buildings

According to the Ministry of Interior, over 2,000 fires were reported across the emirates in the UAE last year. Although most were limited and minor, around 66% were in residential buildings, and the number of blazes in residential units, including villas and apartment blocks, increased by 8.4 percent from the previous year. The major causes of fire in residential units come from the kitchen, although smoking, burning incense, improper storage of flammable material, and inappropriate electrical equipment are also major contributors to fires at home.

Industrial Fire Prevention and Control

According to the Ministry of Interior, over 2,000 fires were reported across the emirates in the UAE last year. Although most were limited and minor, around 44% were industrial. Most fires break out in Pantry/Commercial kitchen, non-regularized or non-monitored Hot work, and inappropriate electrical equipment.