Smart Buildings Consultancy Engineering was founded in March 2014 with strict compliance to local and international construction standards and a strong belief in transparent business ethics, SBC maintains strong client loyalty and establishes strong, new relationships. SBC’s multicultural team conceptualizes creative, efficient designs that are robust and adaptable, requiring minimum maintenance, while maximizing lifespan and long-term customer satisfaction.
At SBC, projects are defined by an holistic approach allowing for enough flexibility to accommodate changes over the lifespan of the structure, in order to meet market demands. The practicalities and concepts of a space should be inherently flexible in order to respond to changes. A concept that incorporates a high level of standardised design will facilitate change. Responsibility translates by the practice endeavours to employ technologies that sustain rather than pollute, that are durable rather than replaceable, and that add value over time rather than falling prey to short term economies.
Our main purpose is to integrate low energy design within the residential environment, to design buildings to optimise passive solar energy, natural ventilation and daylight. SBC is a multicultural competent architectural and engineering group based in Abu Dhabi, working on a range of different projects from more than fifteen years. In the practice exchange philosophy is employed at every level, to enable design and management leaders to collaborate and contribute their individual expertise.
Quality is in the blood of all team members at SBC. We continuously ensure by evaluating and improving the level of service we offer our clients to ensure the reputation for quality on which we pride ourselves is maintained and grown. Our reputation for both the quality of our project management and finished projects is achieved through our proven Quality Management System as it is an integral part of our comprehensive set of procedures and controls which are documented in accordance with ISO 9001:2008. QMS follows six basic Principles of Quality:
1- Long-term quality control through established processes and systems.
2- Nurturing our Quality Culture through its proven policies and procedures.
3- Successfully identify and control the quality standard and design as defined by our clients.
4- Identifying planning measures of achieving the required quality, including construction methods, equipment, materials and personnel.
5- Provides for a process of continuous improvement correcting any potential quality deficiencies that may arise.
As we design a sustainable building, it consists of four principles: social, economic, biophysical and technical. Therefore, our methodology is future centric in terms of the design and technology that we apply. We recognise the importance of utilising the most modern and most sustainable materials within the construction process as SBC strives to perform to sustainable best practice in construction At SBC, environmental sustainability is our focus in structures which may last centuries. Minimizing polluting emissions and preventing nuisance from noise and dust by good site and depot management is one of our critical commitments and in the conclusion of any project waste minimization and elimination effectively will help tremendously in preventing pollution incidents and breaches of environmental requirements on the site. In order to achieve a sustainable future in the building industry one of the methods is the adoption of multidisciplinary approach covering a number of features such as: energy saving, improved use of materials, material waste minimization, pollution and emissions control by following these strategies:
1- Resource conservation
2- Cost efficiency
3- Design for Human adaptation
