Acquisition of District Cooling Assets on Saadiyat Island

Services by DC PRO : DC PRO provided Technical due-diligence services for the Acquisition of District Cooling Assets on Saadiyat Island. The main scope of DC PRO Engineering was to evaluate the assets technical viability, construction, operating and performance conditions and risks, site conditions (including geological/sub-soil, seismic), Compliance with EPC and O&M contracts, Compliance with Concession and Service Agreements, Provide technical and operational risk register and mitigation measures, and conformance to internationally accepted standards and practices.
Speciality: “Al Saadiyat Island is one of the iconic developments in Abu Dhabi, UAE. DC PRO was appointed as their District Cooling Technical Advisor to provide assessment studies, value engineering, different sea water supply options feasibility and analysis, preparation of ETS & technical guidelines. During the technical assessment and value engineering, DC PRO managed to reduce the project district cooling plants capacity from 87,000 TR declared by the client to 50,000 TR.
DC PRO developed the chilled water piping detailed design for 15 Km CS piping network. We also prepared the concession agreement, service agreement, and BOOT invitation to tender for the District Cooling
Scheme of the 50,000 TON.
In Addition DC PRO was involved in the following technical advisory services in the Island: Technical Advisory Services for District Cooling Plants 2,3 & 4 at the Island where DC PRO assessed the technical suitability of the plants in addition to the material procured price, quality and quantity, reviewed and commented on the O&M agreements, reviewed and commented on the EPC contract both from technical and commercial point of view.
New York University, where DC PRO prepared employer’s technical requirements and specifications for the major equipment’s, technical bid submission requirements and performed scoring sheets and evaluation criteria and technical evaluation and recommendations report.
Multiple assignments on chilled water network design and hydraulic modeling to insure redundancy for critical loads, reduce cooling cost through phasing strategies, feasibility studies and design for new chilled water networks & branches and interconnection of multiple plants”

Size (TR) : 50,000
Country : UAE