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MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING INFRASTRUCTURE MEP 3 INFRASTRUCTURE A MULTIDISCIPLINARY GROUP Urbanisation and the demands of modern society pose significant challenges for infrastructure in cities across the globe. 55% of the world’s 7.6 billion people live in urban The COWI Mechanical, Electrical and Plubming areas. By 2050, it is estimated this number will (MEP) group is a global leader of mechanical rise to 68%, adding another 2.5 billion people to and electrical engineering for infrastructure cities all over the world. This puts an enormous projects such as tunnels, underground structures, pressure on transport systems, building stock, bridges, highways, airports, water and energy natural resources and the environment. At projects. We combine our global presence with COWI, we are dedicated to delivering answers to local knowledge to take on projects anywhere in these pressing needs. Working in teams across the world. disciplines, geographies, gender and culture, our 7300 employees provide solutions within We have extensive experience in project infrastructure, buildings, environment, water, management, design, site supervision and energy, industry and planning. Combining our testing and commissioning on large and world-class expertise and experience globally and complex infrastructure projects involving multiple locally, we help societies move forward. stakeholders and disciplines. One of the challenges associated with the COWI. Your experienced partner for MEP Design increasing complexity of these infrastructure and Installation. projects is the integration of the mechanical and electrical design and installation. MEP 5 INFRASTRUCTURE MEP SERVICES COMPLETE MEP PUMP STATIONS / A HOLISTIC WATER TREATMENT METROS DESIGN PACKAGE APPROACH OPERATIONS AND APPROVALS › Tunnel Operation › Tunnel Management › Tunnel Safety Officer MECHANICAL, › Principal Inspection COWI is a one-stop-shop partner delivering ELECTRICAL, › Tunnel Audits services throughout the entire project life cycle. COMMUNICATION AND ITS SYSTEMS DESIGN RAIL WHERE DO ROAD › Firefighting Systems TUNNELS TUNNELS COWI provides comprehensive consulting on mechanical and › Drainage electrical design and installation for infrastructure projects WE PLAY › Tunnel ventilation around the world. We utilise and offer a holistic design approach › Cooling – HVAC throughout the entire design process: FIRE LIFE SAFETY › Lifts, escalators & travellators › Fire Engineering for rapidly NUMERICAL ANALYSIS › Emergency fire doors – Flood › FEASIBILITY evolving technology › Evacuation modelling gates – Platform Screen TEST AND › CONCEPT › Analyze fire risk and › 1D Simulations – Aero/ Doors – Access hoists COMMISSIONING › PROCUREMENT behavior of fires & Thermodynamic › Power supply and › Firefighting testing and › DESIGN explosion Simulations distribution – Lighting commissioning › CONSTRUCTION › Evacuation strategy & › Air velocity – Volume flow › Fire detection & Alarm › Instrumentation › TEST AND COMMISSIONING analysis › Air temperature › Transformers – UPS › FAT /SAT test › OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE › Tunnel Safety case › CO concentration › SCADA / PLC › Airfow monitoring STORMWATER AND › Design Fire Assessments › NOx concentration › Intelligent traffic systems (ITS) › Noise and vibration SEWAGE TUNNELS BRIDGES › Qualitative, semi- › 3D Simulations – CFD › Data Network › Field Experiments and quantitative and › Fire Simulation › RAMS / SIL analysis Model Tests quantitative Fire Risk › Smoke Spread › Meteorological Assessment › Pollution Dispersion Measurements › HAZMAT / HAZOP / HAZID › Toxic gas › Wind Tunnel Tests DESIGN PROCESS MEP 7 INFRASTRUCTURE COPENHAGEN METRO – THE CIRCLE LINE AND SOUTH EXTENSION, DENMARK FACTS LOCATION: Copenhagen, Denmark PERIOD: 2007–2024 CONNECTING CLIENT: Metroselskabet A/S COPENHAGEN COWI SERVICES › Fire & life safety and risk analyses › Heating, ventilation and air conditioning Cityringen is Copenhagen’s circle line with fully automatic, driverless › Tunnel ventilation and 1D and trains running through 17 underground stations and 15,5 km long twin CFD analyses bored tunnels. › Station smoke management and CFD analyses Sydhavnen extension is a part of the new metro line consisting of a 4.5 km › Electrical system tunnel and additional five stations, connecting the town center and Cityringen › Lighting of back of house areas to the southern part of Copenhagen. › Drainage and sanitary and water supply systems For more than 25 years COWI has been a trusted partner to the project › Fire detection & suppression owner, Metroselskabet, as design lead by performing tender design, design › SCADA system review, design follow up and providing assistance and site supervision during › Flood protection gates construction, testing and commissioning. › Earthing & bonding › Corrosion monitoring system A large component of this scope of work has been to undertake the MEP › RAMS analysis & system design delivered through the tender, design and construction. assurance plan MEP 9 INFRASTRUCTURE DOHA METRO RED LINE, QATAR FACTS LOCATION: Doha, Qatar PERIOD: 2013–2019 REALISING A NEW TRANSPORTATION CLIENT: ISG JV Impregilo, SK, Galfar INFRASTRUCTURE IN DOHA COWI SERVICES Using 3D drawings and Building Information Modelling our engineers developed solutions to: The Red Line North Underground is part of the Doha Metro, a rapid › Fire & life safety transit system under construction in the capital of Qatar and surrounding › Heating, ventilation and air municipalities. The project is part of a wide-ranging plan to realize a new conditioning transportation structure in Doha, which represents urban life and comfort in › Tunnel ventilation and 1D and a hostile climate for the many residents and visitors in the capital. CFD analyses › Station smoke management and The line extends over approximately 13 km that includes of 11.6 km CFD analyses twin-bored tunnels and seven underground stations. › Electrical system COWI undertook the planning ,detailed design and construction of the MEP, › Vertical transportation systems architectural and civil works for the project by the successful design and › Lighting of back of house areas build joint venture. › Drainage and sanitary and water supply systems Using 3D drawings and Building Information Modelling the MEP engineers › Fire detection & suppression came up with solutions to incorporate all MEP features in an architectural › SCADA system construction with vertical routing and limited space. › Storm water management system › Earthing & bonding › District cooling system MEP 11 INFRASTRUCTURE FORNEBU METRO EXTENSION, NORWAY FACTS LOCATION: Fornebu and Oslo, Norway PERIOD: Ongoing GREEN MOBILITY CLIENT: Oslo municipality, Fornebubanen SOLUTION LINKING COWI SERVICES › Fire and life safety and risk assesment › Heating, ventilation and air FORNEBU AND OSLO conditioning › Tunnel ventilation and numerical analyses › Station smoke management system › Electrical system The 8.5 km long extension of the Oslo Metro is the largest transportation › Lighting of back of house areas project in Oslo in more than 20 years and will connect Fornebu peninsula with › Drainage and sanitary and water the Norwegian capital. supply systems › Fire detection & suppression The project is an important urban development initiative and will be a catalyst › SCADA for greener mobility solutions. › Earthing & bonding › RAMS analysis As a part of a Design Joint Venture, COWI was awarded the contract to develop the concept design, and detailed design including cost estimation and project wide procurement support for the Fornebu Metro Extension. The scope includes signalling infrastructure, seven new stations and new maintenance facilities at Fornebu. COWI developed all the MEP systems and delivered the space planning and optimised solutions for the tunnels, caverns and six very deep underground stations. MEP 13 INFRASTRUCTURE LOWER THAMES CROSSING, UNITED KINGDOM FACTS LOCATION: London, UK PERIOD: 2016 – Ongoing EASING CONGESTION ON CLIENT: Highways England THE DARTFORD CROSSING COWI SERVICES › Fire & life safety › Operational risk assessment › Tunnel ventilation, 1D and The Lower Thames Crossing will be a bored tunnel under the River CFD analyses Thames east of Gravesend and Tilbury. › Portal buildings space planning › Cooling The new crossing will ease congestion on the Dartford Crossing which › Tunnel and ramp drainage handles around 55 million journeys every year – six million more than it was › Fixed fire fighting systems designed for – and suffers frequent closures. › Power services, electrical distribution › Lighting COWI is the technical partner to Highways England to develop the scheme › RAMS analyses for authority approval and to assist in the procurement of design and build and maintenance contractors. COWI is responsible for the development of the preliminary design and reference design for the bored tunnel delivering optimum solutions for tunnel safety, availability and customer experience. COWI’s MEP engineers have utilised their design and construction background to promote a positive outcome from the beginning , with a focus on helping Highways England understand construction cost, time and risk and total life cost. The design has been focused on space planning to optimise the space usage, allowing for future installations as technology progresses. MEP 15 INFRASTRUCTURE 1915 CANAKKALE BRIDGE, TURKEY FACTS LOCATION: Çanakkale Strait, Turkey PERIOD: 2017–2023 CLIENT: Daelim, Limak. SK E&C. IMPROVING THE TRAFFIC Yapi Merkezi NETWORK OVER THE COWI SERVICES
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