Importance of involving an electromechanic in a project

We have shared with you before about the importance of having an electromechanical engineer on site, since situations can arise at any of the edges or stages of the project. On this occasion, we share the main reasons for such importance, highlighting two key stages in a construction work: the closure of the project and its start-up.

The involvement of the electromechanical engineer in these two stages is considered a very good practice. Being able to count on the site —at the time of project closure— with an expert in all these systems provides us, without a doubt, incalculable support since it contributes in this crucial stage both to the validation that all the systems comply with current regulations, as indicated by its design, such as to guarantee that at the time of commissioning, attesting or acceptance before the authorities, everything is in the correct way, in order to culminate with a final and successful delivery of the project to the clients.

Another value that is generated from the transition or start-up process is the training of the operational team, which takes place during the acceptance and receipt stage, and in which it is important that the systems are duly commissioned and audited. In this way, the personnel in charge of the operation of the product or service, have the capacity to handle all the systems that were executed in the project with the due feedback from the personnel that installed each one of the systems within the project. Only in this way can they know in detail all the unique intimacies that each project has.

In the other sense, not having this figure in these stages can bring negative impacts, since it can generate various setbacks, unnecessary changes, and security problems in the project. A risk, which should always be the main reason in the electromechanical part as well as in any project, is human safety; for this reason, it is important that electromechanical personnel have critical personnel by specialty or electromechanical personnel on site.

Our electromechanical experience in successful projects: Liberty and Sofitel

The Liberty project was a gratifying experience in which we found ourselves with a lightweight wall system, different from what we normally deal with. Another differentiation was that, from the beginning, the client opted for a good evaluation and selection of premises where many important points were taken into consideration, among which, variables such as the efficiency of the construction material and the orientation to the sun, designed to have energy savings in air conditioning systems, stand out. We cannot fail to mention that this accompaniment highlighted the good form and communication of the different actors: client, contractors, suppliers, designers and, on our part, the entire team of specialists from Mar Azul, as project administrator, which contributed greatly to our customer success and satisfaction.

The Sofitel Legend project was a renewing and rewarding experience, since it was a rather atypical project that, without a doubt, has been a great challenge, with amazing results. The topic of electromechanics was no exception, since it maintained activities that were being carried out in parallel and with different stages within the life of the project, so the approach to manage the completion of the work was complex.

Being able to make all these electromechanical systems comply, allowed the project to be executed in the shortest possible time. Having years of experience working with high quality standards was of an even significant value for Mar Azul, especially in this project that stands out for being ultra-luxury with brand standards and high expectations from all stakeholders. Added to its complexity as a project itself, it required a greater and dedicated effort in details and our constant focus to ensure the project would be completed to everyone’s satisfaction. Achievement that we feel satisfied to have fulfilled according to the expectations set.

To recap, being able to count on an electromechanical engineer throughout a project greatly contributes to guaranteeing its closure and successful start-up. It can also have positive impacts on the improvement of a project or within a value engineering in previous stages, such as in the bidding of the project, when resolving conflicts with other systems during the execution of the project, and in monitoring the systems to ensure compliance with current regulations and design.

All of this leads to a successful, efficient and fast closure of the project and start-up. But, if we cannot count on this figure from the beginning, we can share two suggestions to obtain an effective closure and start-up. The first is that the person (or group of people) who will operate the product or service be involved during the acceptance and receipt stage of the project to make it easier for the person in charge of these activities and to achieve a shorter learning curve. . Second, that the necessary tools are available to facilitate the operation of the product or service.