As buildings become more complex and smarter, the age-old traditional maintenance methods that are based mostly on hands-on human monitoring are becoming more and more inadequate. Instead, the world is fast adopting building automation as a key component of smarter and more proactive maintenance strategies.

Our aim is to free up maintenance staff and give them time to focus on other tasks while machines monitor the different systems that work together to make the facility functional.

Specifically, Internet of Things – or, IoT – enablement appears set to transform the way facility managers deliver service to building occupants.

Revolutionise Maintenance Through Condition-Based Maintenance

For years now, the norm among maintenance professionals has been a time-based approach, or in simpler terms, performing maintenance operations after a set period of time. But a major flaw of this system is that components were being replaced periodically whether the parts were actually worn out or not.

To avoid this waste from continuing, we recommend the use of IoT to optimise the maintenance process.

By implementing condition-based maintenance, we can effectively monitor a wide range of systems such as lighting, HVAC, fire suppression, security, etc.

Security and Access Control

Smart surveillance is another important area where Al Mugeeb is investing resources and enhancing application of IoT in facilities management. We cover a wide range of services like: the monitoring of life-saving systems such as intruder or fire alarms, invisible barriers, and other safety installations.

Facility managers are using IoT across different industries to obtain live information about potential emergency situations with a view to responding before the issue escalates.