Maintaining business continuity for 30,000 workers.
Avoiding the Heat, Avoiding Disaster
Preventing evacuations in 100+ degree heat.
100+ degrees and 30,000 people. The Municipality of Dubai owns the Burj Khalifa (world’s tallest building) and the Dubai World Trade Center; high-profile facilities for the country’s economy. Maintaining business operations after a disaster and avoiding unnecessary evacuations of 30,000 building occupants in a harsh climate is paramount.
To address this risk, Reid Middleton performed a seismic evaluation of the facilities, and then worked with Kinemetrics to install a seismic monitoring system (SMS) and Rapid Evaluation & Assessment Program (REAP) in these facilities so that after an earthquake or large-scale disaster, building officials can immediately assess the condition of these structures to determine if they’re safe to occupy, functional, and operational.
