Synopsis:

The Beirut Digital District (BDD) is expected to attract more than 200 companies and will be the center of IT events. BDD Hub consists of 4 parcels covering an approximate building floor area of 122,500 m² with a total number of 10 building volumes and temporary structures of different uses including office spaces (50%), residential area (30%), hotel facilities (12.5%) and retail centers (7.5%). 

Scope:

The Electromechanical scope of work comprises the vertical transportation study for BDD Hub-Phase B consisting of a 2B+GF+21 floor residential building, a 3B+GF+9 floor hotel building, a 6B+GF+25 floor office building and a 6B+GF+18 floor office building respectively.

For each of these 4 buildings, the vertical transportation study shall cover the following:

- General description of functional areas to develop an optimized dedicated vertical transportation system serving the specific function.

- Review of floor levels and their translation to parameters affecting the vertical traffic assumptions and calculations.

- Overview of several scenarios and recommendations of a preliminary vertical transportation scheme.

- Summary of the considerations forming the basis of the design recommendations and ride performances in terms of handling capacity, waiting time and maximum expected waiting time.

- Identification of the lift performance and control mode adopted to achieve the recommended arrangement.

- Identification of architectural space requirements for machine rooms and elevator wells