If you have trouble reading this message, view it in a browser Wednesday March 10 2021 Business People Projects Power List Events Suppliers Gallery “It won't be too long before AI and IoT will be imperative in every aspect of construction” Find out more Most Popular 1 Women in MEP feature on MEP Middle East's March 2021 Cover 2 UAE one of the Top 10 markets to build data centers in the world: Arcadis 3 “People are often surprised when I tell them I’m a mechanical engineer” 4 Dubai's RTA completes construction of Al Satwa, Oud Metha bus stations 5 Carving out "a place for women in MEP" Top MEP Contractors 2021 survey is out! Fill up the survey to increase your chances of being featured among the most powerful electro-mechanical and plumbing contractors in the Middle East ACCIONA to fund AI project at Qatar’s Umm Al Houl desalination plant The Umm Al Houl Seawater Reverse Osmosis plant will use the “Maestro” AI platform to optimise operations and achieve energy savings Thyssenkrupp Elevator now called TK Elevator with new global brand TKE TK Elevator’s service business maintains approximately 1.4 million elevator and escalator units with the help of 24,000 service technicians globally DuPont, Waterise collaborate on sustainable sub-sea desalination Subsea desalination reduces the energy requirements of conventional RO desalination by 40% and eliminates the discharge of concentrated brine into coastal waters ABB urges adoption of high-efficiency motors to combat climate change In 2020, ABB’s high efficiency motors enabled 198TWh of electricity savings; with additional savings of 78TWh per year estimated by 2023 Sensgreen appoints marketing director, country managers for the UAE & Turkey Sanela Habbab takes over as UAE Country Manager; Senem Gungor takes over as Turkey Country Manager; and Gozde Mert is appointed the director of marketing Bauporte Gulf launches new service to reduce automatic door breakdowns The service prevents broken or jammed automatic doors that lead to increased chiller costs, expensive repairs, and business interruptions “It’s our duty to not only engineer systems, but also engineer change” “Finding ways to more responsibly cool our built environments is the single most important theme for the HVAC industry” Women in MEP: “We have seen progress … we still have some way to go” Leading voices within the MEP sector talk about female representation in STEM, inclusion, diversity, recruitment, workplace opportunities, and more Editorial Anup Oommen Editor, MEP Middle East Direct: +971 4 444 3448 Email: anup.oommen@itp.com Advertise Anup Nagpurkar Group Sales Manager, MEP Middle East Telephone: +971 4 444 3573 Direct: +971 52 895 0931 Email: anup.nagpurkar@itp.com Published by ITP Digital Media Inc. All Rights Reserved © 2021.