Richard Roustom

Project Engineer at Pierre Dammous and Partners

• Lebanon - Beirut
• My current job since September 2011

• HVAC Design:
- Concept design and MEP requirements.
- Heat load calculation and Simulation (Hourly Analysis Program).
- Ventilation for acceptable indoor air quality complying with Ashrae standards.
- Underfloor and conventional radiator heating system.
- Chilled water plant and pumping station.
- VRV and DX systems.
- Schedule of equipment.
- Equipment selection.
- Sequence of operation and BMS schedule.
- Pumps and fans external static pressure calculation.
- Smoke management design and calculation in accordance with NFPA and French Code.
- Stairwell pressurization in accordance with Ashrae, NFPA, French and British standards.
- Design, draw and check of HVAC Drawings.

• Plumbing Design:
- Water demand estimation, calculation and distribution in accordance with National Standard Plumbing Code (NSPC) and Ashrae.
- Drainage design in accordance with NSPC.
- Water treatment plant.
- Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) capacity estimation and distribution.

• Fire Fighting Design:
- Concept design, calculation and estimations.
- Sprinkler, fire suppression and fire zoning in accordance with NFPA and French standards.
• 3D modeling BIM through Revit MEP.
• Advanced technical knowledge and experience in Designing hospital critical spaces such as operation rooms, airborne infection isolation room, protective environment, laboratories, imagery department, Laundry and CSSD.


Skills:
• Advanced knowledge and experience in Data center mechanical systems such as continuous cooling of server rooms, UPS and battery rooms using thermal storage tanks. Positive displacement cooling of server rooms using down flow CRAH units.
• Inspection, supervision and submittal reviews
• Good and effective communication skills with contractors.
• Troubleshooting or evaluating the system to increase maximum performance.
• Assist Chief Engineer in determining the technical requirements of the project, defining resource requirements to achieve schedule and budget commitments, and solving technical issues as they arise within the field of competence.
• Project Planning and division of responsibilities to insure on-time project completion.
• Project design brief to establish the concept of the MEP systems proposed.