What is the role of the electro-mechanical systems manager/supervisor in a construction project?
Yoram Kraus: “The electro-mechanical systems manager/supervisor in a construction project is supposed to coordinate all of the different systems planned for the building. He must ensure that there are no clashes between the systems and their infrastructures, as well as the correct interoperation of the various systems. For example, ensuring that the various openings and passages do not interfere with each other, that the ducts do not interfere with the electrical ladders, that the air conditioning drainage pipes indeed fit in with the structure’s duct system, that there is nothing to interfere with the operation of the smoke and fire detectors, not from the air conditioning or any other system, so that smoke removal will be optimal, and innumerable other elements whose installation must be handled and steps must be taken to ensure perfect and clean operation thereof”. How is that done? Yoram Kraus: “The electro-mechanical systems manager/supervisor begins working in the preliminary pro
