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Middle East Newsletter Q4 2023

Jan 25, 2024

Catch up on the latest news from the Jensen Hughes Middle East Team as we discuss emergency preparedness, engineering safe railways, fire hazard awareness in high rise buildings and say goodbye to 2023.

TOAS Hippos

Jan 15, 2024

The student housing block, TOAS Hippos, is breaking new ground with a timber-based construction, and Jensen Hughes is providing a firewall solution for a modular mass timber.

Exploring Mass Timber’s Potential for Reuse in Building Construction

Jan 11, 2024

Mass timber's ability to be dissassembled and reused in the construction of entire buildings makes it the perfect construction material for sustainable, resilient structures.

Batteries in Household Waste – An Increasing Fire Hazard

Jan 10, 2024

Gregory Maines explores how Lithium-ion batteries revolutionize industries for climate-friendly solutions but highlights the environmental challenge of millions of tonnes of battery waste generated yearly due to their limited service life.

Cannabis Fire and Explosion Investigations Highlight Industry's Safety Challenges

Jan 4, 2024

Andrew Paris, Director, emphasizes the need for standardized safety protocols and regulations in the legal cannabis industry, highlighting the risk of fires and explosions.

Special Hazards Podcast | Performance Based Design for Lithium-Ion Technology: Part 3

Dec 27, 2023

Single- and Multi-Station Low-Frequency Audible Signaling

Dec 27, 2023

Carson Cook discusses the challenge posed by the 2021 IBC requirement for audible alarms activated by single- and multiple-station smoke alarms and how to meet the requirement for non-transient occupancies.

Will Fletcher Earns National Design-Build Certification

Dec 21, 2023

Will Fletcher has successfully achieved the design-build industry’s highest designation as a nationally certified Design-Build Professional®. Congratulations Will!

Special Hazards Podcast | Performance Based Design for Lithium-Ion Technology: Part 2

Dec 19, 2023

Covering the Basics: Designing Accessible and Adaptable Dwelling Units

Dec 13, 2023

Dominic Esposito, P.Eng., teams up with Avianash Gupta, P.Eng., to explore the factors involved with increasing accessible and adaptable single-family dwelling units (SFDUs) and multi-unit residential buildings (MURBs) across Canada

Tays Central Hospital

Dec 11, 2023

Ours team evaluated the steel trusses in atriums for the Tays Tampere Central Hospital through intricate fire simulations and temperature analyses.

Fire Safety Design in Semiconductor Manufacturing Cleanrooms

Dec 11, 2023

Paolo Bigatti, Fire Protection Engineer, delves into the challenges associated with integrating fire protection systems within semiconductor facilities, particularly within the controlled environments of manufacturing cleanrooms.