Types of Engineering Consultants For Construction Projects

David Brown
3 min readJul 24, 2017

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Consultants play a vital role in construction projects. The main purpose of employing them is to indirectly support the project’s robustness and expectations of the clients. Their help is appreciated in every stage of a project.

Construction companies need some of them on regular basis. Depending upon project requirements, building firms may also employee additional advisors if needed. Engineering companies in Abu Dhabi usually employee the following advisors for helping construction firms in their routine projects.

Architects:

They are the drawing designers who professionally offer their expertise to fulfil the needs of a client. Their main responsibility is to design the project’s drawings having complicated nature. During construction, they assess every activity to meet the preparation and development rules and regulations.

Land Surveyors:

Land surveyors are required for leveling the building site. They set out the target location on an accurate way. Specifying most accurate constructing methods is the duty of a land surveyor. However, they are not always required for every type of project.

Geo-Tech Engineer:

The responsibility of a geo-tech engineer is to identify the soil class of a site. Before specifying requirements for assembling the project’s footings, soil class identification is required. They deliver an appropriate report of the origin of a soil sample to the structural engineer.

Structural Engineer:

They are responsible for structural arrangement of the project. They identify the size and grade of different elements such as beams, columns, footings etc. Their presence is extremely appreciated in every stage of developing the structure.

Mechanical Engineer:

Such type of engineering consultants in UAE is appreciated for their role beyond the building. They are specialized in offering advice related to the mechanical arrangement of elements in the project. Most often, the duties they perform are referred to as everything under the scope of HVAC.

Electrical Engineers:

Electrical engineering consultants are responsible for designing the overall electrical arrangement of a building. Their main duty include designing the power and lighting arrangement, switchboard strategy, circuit safety, cable assortment and assembling telecommunication components along with stand-by power generation.

Building Surveyors:

They are responsible to help the building procedures meet the specified regulations. They have to arrange everything satisfactorily. Once the overall building requirements met, they will issue a certification of occupancy to ensure the structure is obeying safety rules and is able for accommodation.

Energy Rater:

Energy rater consultant help in assuring that the project meet certain energy necessities. They observe the overall design, thermal performance, resources and insulation types with the help of software. If everything stays according to the specifications, they will prepare the building performance report.

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