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  • A major occupancy study by consulting engineers Hoare Lea (CIBSE Journal, December 2019) found that daylight, indoor air quality and thermal comfort are the environmental factors that have the biggest influence on workplace satisfaction. Among the insights gained from this survey is the fact that......

  • Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic early in March 2020 in Malta, a number of business and property owners have spoken to us at Sammut & Associates and asked us questions in relation to the safety and risks of heating, ventilation and air conditioning......

  • If the Prime Minister of Malta, Dr Robert Abela, were to revisit his statement of earlier this year, when, on the 27th of March, and merely three short weeks after Malta was hit with its first COVID19 cases, he was reported to have said that......

  • Diane Micallef, our business administrator, speaks about delivering what the customer needs.  How do you feel at the end of a crazily busy day? By nature women generally tend to be good organisers and instinctively know how to prioritise. Without thinking about it, most women......

  • The new open-air arena in Ta’ Qali One of the projects that we have been very excited about in the past few weeks is the crowd evacuation planning for the new recreational space in the site situated between the National Football Stadium and the formal......

  • Whether the worst of the COVID19 crisis is behind us or whether we find ourselves in a period of recovery but should still be on high alert for the coming of the second wave, is not a debate that we shall enter, because as building......

  • The good news is that necessity is the mother of invention, especially in the kitchen! Over the past few weeks, since the outbreak of the COVID19 disease in Malta, we have witnessed different reactions by businesses as they try to turn around the crisis into......

  • The outbreak and spread of a pandemic such as the present COVID-19 is not a risk that a business would normally foresee and try to control. It is so far out of the chart of normality, that even if an intelligent agent had warned us......

  • It is not the first time you make use of a facility, such as a restroom, where you have the option of rating your customer experience. For us, things get complicated when as an M&E consultancy, we would have been responsible for the design of......

  • Choosing the right type of fire damper in ventilation ducts In the case of a building fire, the safety of all occupants is of utmost priority. To limit the rapid spread of fire within a building and to keep escape routes clear from smoke –......

  • This year was a very special one for us, because, believe it or not, we are now 10 years old! Although our business as usual is already project-driven, during the past year, each of the four dimensions of project success –internal efficiency, impact on customers,......

  • Building engineers are expert professionals who use technology in the design, construction, assessment and maintenance of buildings, so that the performance and quality of the building is as optimal as possible. This means that, whether it is residential, commercial, or public, the building is made......