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This document aims at establishing the minimum design standards for the design of public health systems for buildings in Abu Dhabi. It covers the following topics:
- Design codes, standards and guidance
- Local green building requirements
- Domestic cold water services, design criteria, codes, standards and regulations
- Water storage design criteria
- Pipe sizing
- Legionella control
- Domestic hot water services, design criteria, codes, standards and regulations
- Building system pipe sizing
- Plot/ building system peak flow rate
- Condensate drainage: design criteria, codes, standards and regulations
- Stormwater design criteria, codes, standards and regulations
- Fuel gas systems: design criteria, codes, standards and regulations
- Water services: design considerations
- Cold water storage, treatment and distribution
- Hot water generation and distribution
- Foul and wastewater drainage: system design considerations
- Underground drainage
- Above–ground drainage
- Kitchen drainage
- Interceptors
- Stormwater design considerations
- Soakaway design
- Fuel gas design considerations
This publication does not relieve the designer of responsibility for accurately determining design arrangements and/or complying with the local authority requirements and/or relevant international codes or regulatory requirements. It should be used for initial design guidance, and provides minimum design requirements for specific design issues.
This guide has been produced by the CIBSE UAE Technical Committee to promote best engineering practices in Dubai, without legal or financial liability of CIBSE UAE or the authors, in order to assist engineers coming from elsewhere in the world to work in Dubai, UAE. It should be read alongside existing CIBSE guidance relevant to the region, including Buildings for Extreme Environments: Arid.
Authored by the CIBSE United Arab Emirates Technical Committee:
Isaac Coker (Chairperson) (WSP); Reid Donovan (AECOM); Hassan Younes (Griffin Consultants); Keith Perry (Polypipe); Farah Naz (Buro Happold); Conor Moore (AECOM); Azmi Abou Hoda (EMergy); Jim Sebastian (Ecoval).