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E D I T O R ‘ S N O T E 

The era of smart home 

devices has dawned 

upon us. The 

advancement of 

technology has come a long 

way, from its first use in the 

military to the integration of 

smart gadgets in our very own 

homes. And with each year, 

we are taken a step closer to a 

fully automated home system. 

Smart Products 

With the convenience and 

security these products offer, 

it is no longer surprising that 

smart products are starting to 

take over our once traditional 

homes. 

Our voices now act as a 

switch, capable of turning on 

and off the devices at our 

disposal. It was once a 

science fiction idea which is 

not being utilized in all 

sections of the industry. 

Smartphones 

Smartphones are also starting 

to be integrated into the 

equation. This can be of great 

use and convenience, 

especially if, in the future, 

you can control your 

cookware from virtually 

anywhere with just a tap on 

your smartphones. 

Artificial Intelligence 

The use of Artificial 

Intelligence (AI) is also an 

excellent game changer. While 

AI is particularly at its infancy, 

it is making a significant 

impact on home automation, 

specifically in the security 

sector. 

Home Automation 

Technology 

It is predicted to be used in 

plenty of applications, such 

as face recognition and threat 

detection. 

As AI continuously becomes 

sophisticated, we will no 

longer need to manually 

control our home devices as 

they will automatically adjust to 

our needs and preferences. 

Wireless Technology 

The advancement of wireless 

technology has opened up to 

a wide array of opportunities 

for controlling virtually 

anything, from light bulbs to 

home entertainment. 

The range of smart devices in 

the market continues to grow 

up to today. It will only be a 

matter of time before this 

intelligent home 

consciousness is spread 

across the globe. 

By then, we will be living in a 

world of smart lights, smart 

carbon monoxide detectors, 

and even smart cities. 

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International Trading LLC, Mr. Wail Halbouni, Tel: +971 50 481 3570, email: fortintl@emirates.net.ae; Ghantoot Trading, Mr. Nour Haboush, Tel: +971 50 109 4109, email: 

nour.h@ghantootgroup.ae; District Cooling Company, Mr. Ahmed Henedi, Tel: +971 50 658 4832, email: ahmed@districtcoolingcompany.com; Al Yousuf Electronics, Mr. Moitra, Tel: +971 

50 457 6170, email: pmoitra@alyousuf.com; Bahrain, AJM Kooheji and Sons, Mr. Jayachandran, Tel: +973 36888801, email: v.jayachandran@ajmkooheji.com: Al Babtain Air Conditioning & 

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Gulf Enterprise, Mr. Narender Kumar, Tel: +968 9 747 4505, email: narenderk@otegroup.com; Aspire Projects and Service, Mr. Vivek Wagh, Tel: +968 99357694, email: 

vivekwagh@aspireoman.com; Azerbaijan, NBC LLC., Mr. Elkhan Sadikhov, Tel: +994 50 216 3363, email: elkhan.sadikhov@nbc.com; Al-Con Maxiwell Group, Mr. Vagif Alexperov, Tel: + 

994 50 216 2092, email: maxiwellbaku@inbox.ru; Armenia/Georgia, ARAY Gulf, Mr. Vilson Melikjanyan, Tel: +374 9 307 7755, email: vilson@aray.am; Yemen, Modern House 

Exhibition, Mr. Khaled Jabr, Tel: +967 71 172 0202, email: mail@mhe-yemen.com; Pakistan, Iceberg Industries (Lucky Goldstar), Mr. Imran Jamil Khan, Tel: +923 21 277 6100, email: 

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C O N T E N T S 

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How to Choose the Right Paint 

and Color for Your Home 

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Advantages of Installing Multi 

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System in PH Buildings 

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Latest Technologies in Home 

Automation 

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Will you give your unwanted 

items a ‘second life’ 

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Phinge Introduces 

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Rewards-Based, 

Interchangeable Social Media 

Platforms to Compete with 

Facebook and Instagram 

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Chinese Consumers Live on 

‘Super Apps’ Thanks To In-App 

Payment System 

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Yanmar Completes Acquisition 

of North American Loader 

Manufacturer ASV Holdings 

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James Fisher Offshore 

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decommissioning activities with 

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project in Saudi Arabia. 

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How to Choose the Right Paint and 

Color for Your Home 

Building your dream house is not an easy task; 

painting your dream house is a whole different 

story. The color of both your exterior and interior 

walls says a lot about the vibes of your entire house. 

But while it is easy to look at the broad array of 

color options in the hardware store, picking the best 

ones to fit your house might not be as easy. 

Whether it’s your first time or your second, the 

paint job is not always a piece of cake. But you need 

not worry about that anymore. Here are a few tips 

and tricks to help you in decorating 

(or redecorating) your home. 

Pick your room color starting from the 

largest and most centrally located room. 

The biggest part of the house is always a great place 

to start imagining what your color palette would 

look like. It can be either your living room or 

kitchen. A soft, neutral hue for this room, like the 

colors of Rain or Shine’s ROS Classic, will make the 

color selection a lot easier for you. From there, it 

should be easy to move on to the next spaces in the 

house. 

Create a palette with colors of the same hue. 

Once you’ve settled on the color of your main 

room, all you need to do now is to select the shades 

of the same hue for your walls and adjacent rooms. 

This will make the building of your palette easier 

and faster. Simply move on the next shade of that 

particular color and you’re done! The advantage of 

this trick is that you’re sure that the final colors of 

the rooms will blend well together. 

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Separate the downstairs and upstairs rooms. 

When you’re working on two or three-story 

houses, it is best to work on the colors of both levels 

separately. Feel free to create one mood or theme 

for the downstairs space and another mood for the 

upstairs space. This will create a diversified vibe in 

your home and will not make it look 

monotonous. 

Use neutral colors for connecting spaces. 

Halls and landings are best painted with neutral 

colors such as white, greige, or beige. This will put 

the highlights in the colors of the room and not on 

the blank spaces in between. However, if you chose 

the mentioned colors for your rooms, then the 

connecting spaces should be painted with hues that 

are about a shade or two darker from the colors of 

your room. 

Whether you’re looking forward to finally adorning 

your new home with inspirational colors or just 

simply want to redecorate your house and conceal 

ugly cracks and spaces, Rain or Shine Paint is ready 

to serve all your painting needs. Select from a wide 

variety of colors of the ROS Classic or the ROS 

Hi-Gloss for your interior paint. For your exterior 

walls, you can count on ROS Dirt Shield and ROS 

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FEATURE STORY 

Advantages of Installing Multi Variable DC 

Inverter VRF System in PH Buildings 

When the air conditioning system in 

the office is faulty, you must decide 

between investing in a replacement 

or spending for another costly 

repair. Whether these units have been performing 

poorly from the get-go or are nearing the end of 

their lives, these air conditioning systems, at their 

current state, cannot efficiently serve their purposes 

in the Philippines’ urban environment any longer. 

That being said, a Variable Refrigerant Flow (VRF) 

air cooling and conditioning system is one of the 

must haves in cooling the places the average, 

ordinary, everyday working Filipinos frequent. 

Compared to traditional HVAC systems composed 

of a large central unit pumping out air to a whole 

new space, VRF system installations are gaining 

traction to urban locations. And, if one thing is for 

certain, there are countless business districts and 

high-rise buildings all around the metro just 

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Having a TOSOT TMV-5 VRF system in the 

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advantages. These advantages can be surmised to 

overall operational efficiency, which is important 

for the facility visitors’ comfort and the least 

harmful to the wallet. 

While efficiency and cost effectiveness alone is 

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1. It does not interrupt the comfort of others 

A VRF system’s compressor unit is able to identify 

the requirements of each area and expel the exact 

amount of refrigerant needed to cool that room 

or area. The precision of these systems stamps out 

awkward cold spots, hot spots, and corrects off 

humidity issues. The TOSOT TMV-5 VRF steps it 

up by using an All DC inverter technology to 

improve compression efficiency 

2. It is as silent as a breeze 

Instead of having one large, noisy central unit, the 

TOSOT TMV-5 VRF system is a quiet outdoor and 

indoor unit. They are much smaller and generate 

less sound. Since a VRF’s louder condensers are 

located outside the building, these contraptions 

operate silently, ensuring a quiet environment for 

visitors and workers alike. 

3. It is energy efficient 

With up to 22 HP in a single outdoor unit and the 

ability to connect a maximum of 80 sets indoor 

units per system, you can cool more rooms at a 

lesser cost with the TMV-5. The system is also able 

to intercept heat and, as part of the cooling process, 

channel this heat to other locations in the building, 

which may need heating. This cyclical process is 

another indication of the VRF’s cost-effectiveness. 

4. It is clean, compact, and takes little space 

In response to the many minimalists and Marie 

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and a cleaner look. Still in the theme of cleanliness, 

The TOSOT TMV-5 VRF system also has 

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carbon footprint while making you comfortable. 

5. It talks to you 

Everything utilizes smart technology nowadays, so 

it should come as no surprise that even air 

conditioning and cooling systems are jumping on 

that technological trend. TOSOT TMV-5 VRF 

system boasts ease of use and a smooth user 

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CAN technology to improve communication 

efficiency and season setting and key card control 

functions for added security. These features allow 

users a less cluttered, less complex experience with 

the VRF system. It is like talking to the system itself. 

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the nooks and crannies of urban Manila, or looking 

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Some years ago, controlling your 

home with just the sound of your 

voice seems like an idea straight 

out of a sci-fi movie. But today, 

the smart technology market has 

grown to new heights, and by 

2022, it will be at an all-time high 

of $53.45 billion according to 

Zion Market Research. 

Modern homes are now 

integrating smart devices like 

Google Home, Amazon Echo, 

and Alexa into their systems. 

These smart home gadgets 

provide you with the 

convenience you need, on top of 

making sure your home is saving 

energy and cost and keeping out 

intruders. 

Although the integration of these 

devices is considered to be new, 

the amount of these devices 

coming out in the market is 

increasing by the minute. Here 

are some of the top favorites to 

date. 

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C O V E R S T O R Y 

Smart Security 

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is 

seen to be of a massive 

impact on automating threat 

detection and alerting 

homeowners of any 

disturbance and abnormalities 

in the home. While it is yet to 

be integrated into the 

modern security cameras, 

today’s cams are just as 

flexible and intuitive. 

The Arlo Q security camera 

tops the list of the best smart 

cameras in the market. With its 

1080p camera, it can capture 

high-quality video, both during 

the day and night. Its motion 

detection feature serves as an 

added security to capture live 

feed of real-time motion in the 

home. It also comes with free 

video storage for one week. 

Another top placer in the 

market is the August Smart 

Lock Pro that should go 

hand-in-hand with smart 

security cameras. It features 

easy installation and works 

with current technologies, 

such as Alexa, Z-Wave, 

Google Assistant, and Nest, to 

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name a few. It will let you know 

whether your door is ajar, 

although it lacks alarm 

features. 

While security cameras are on 

top of the line when it comes 

to securing the home, the Nest 

Hello doubles that security 

with a video doorbell camera. 

Its face recognition feature 

proves to be of significant use, 

especially if you want to keep 

strangers out of the house. It 

continuously records video in 

a 1600x1200 resolution, and it 

can easily be integrated with 

Google Assistant. 

Smart Appliances 

The market today is focusing 

on making appliances smarter, 

not only for convenience but to 

also take more of the workload 

than what is expected of the 

homeowner. It is predicted that 

soon enough, there will be a 

fully functional platform where 

smart home devices can be 

interoperable. 

Among the best appliances in 

the market today includes the 

Ecobee, a smart thermostat 

aimed at keeping your home’s 

temperature as comfortable as 

possible. Ecobee can be fully 

integrated with Alexa, and now 

has built-in speakers for your 

Spotify needs. It comes with 

improved remote sensors with 

better range and longer 

battery life. 

Another impressive installation 

in the home is the Philips Hue 

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The smart 

technology 

market has 

grown to new 

heights, and 

by 2022, it will 

be at an alltime 

high of 

$53.45 billion 

according to 

Zion Market 

Research.

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White A19 Starter Kit, a set of 

two bulbs and a hub for 

interconnectivity. This smart 

light bulbs can be connected 

to a wide array of other 

intelligent home systems, 

some of which are Apple 

HomeKit, Alexa, and Google 

Home. Although colors cannot 

be changed, it can be dimmed 

at your bidding and can be set 

to flash in time with your Mac 

or Windows PC’s music. 

Using a smart plug in a smart 

home makes perfect sense, 

and that is where the Koogeek 

2-in-1 Smart Plug comes in. It 

comes with two plugs, both of 

which are remotely 

controllable and can be 

scheduled independently. You 

can set the plugs to turn on 

and off based on the 

connected smart devices and 

environment conditions. 

Smart Kitchen 

Gadgets 

The integration of smart 

kitchen gadgets in our home is 

now becoming more 

commonplace, from asking 

Alexa how much time is left 

on a device to allowing smart 

crockpots to cook by 

themselves. 

Among the top competitors in 

the market is the Anova 

Precision Cooker Nano, a 

sous-vide machine which can 

cook your food to the exact 

temperature just with a hot 

water bath. It comes in a small 

size, so it doesn’t take up 

much of your kitchen space. It 

can be controlled via an app, 

which also happens to come 

with a wide variety of recipes 

as well. 

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N E W S 

Will you give your unwanted items 

a ‘second life’? 

Looking around, do you 

have any items sitting 

idle and unused for a 

long time? Smaller items 

such as makeup, an iPad, a pair 

of trainers or larger items such as 

a desk, a wardrobe or even a car? 

These may seem like unnecessary 

items to be put aside by you, but 

they could be just what someone 

else needs -- and that person may 

be your next-door neighbor, or 

somewhere far away. 

The second-hand trade, a kind of 

transaction which is both 

traditional and modern, is now 

very popular among young 

Chinese people. However, the 

scene has shifted from an offline 

flea market to an online app 

platform. Statistics show that, by 

the end of 2017, the volume of 

China’s second-hand goods trade 

had reached 500 billion yuan 

(about $71 billion), and is 

growing at an annual rate of more 

than 30%, most of which is from 

online transactions. 

The second-hand economy has 

enjoyed a mature development 

in the West. But in China, many 

people still prefer to own new 

items, and this habit makes them 

resistant to buying second-hand. 

However, people’s views change 

with changing times and the 

development of the Chinese 

economy. As living standards 

improve, consumption increases, 

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and so too does the number of 

idle items. Items such as cars and 

mobile phones have gradually 

changed from luxury products 

to daily necessities. Nowadays, 

cars are just a common means of 

transport, so a second-hand car 

with a moderate price and 

quality is a very cost-effective 

and smart choice, and it won’t 

make people feel embarrassed. 

From a social perspective in 

China, the idea of environmental 

protection and public welfare has 

found its way deep into people’s 

hearts. Many sell second-hand 

goods not only to make 

money, but also to avoid waste. 

This allows unwanted items to 

go to the needy, giving them 

a “second life.” While buying 

and selling second-hand goods, 

people can experience the joy of 

haggling, sharing and engaging 

with buyers. Some even find it 

fun and rewarding to participate 

as a social event. Chen Weiye, the 

founder of Xianyu (Idle Fish), 

a well-known online trading 

platform for second-hand goods 

in China, said that the huge value 

created by Xianyu comes from 

the reuse of social resources as 

well as environmental protection 

and social progress. 

China’s internet has great 

advantages in both infrastructure 

and users. Particularly there is 

a boom in the fields of mobile 

internet and e-commerce, which 

has promoted the development 

of China’s shared economy. As 

a kind of shared economy, the 

second-hand economy will no 

doubt develop by drawing on 

earlier experiences and lessons, 

analyzing and solving the 

problems through technological 

and ideological innovation. In 

this way, more and more people 

will be confident to participate in 

the practice, which will allow 

them new ways to consume 

goods. 

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N E W S 

Phinge Introduces Phriendle and Piccial, the first 

Rewards-Based, Interchangeable Social Media 

Platforms to Compete with Facebook and Instagram 

Phinge announces the 

introduction of 

Phriendle and Piccial, 

the first social 

media sites to be launched on 

the world’s first rewards-based 

OS and platforms. In addition to 

earning rewards, these sites will 

offer unique and user-friendly 

features. Users will be able to 

switch between multiple Phinge 

apps with a simple side scroll 

and combine their storyline from 

multiple Phinge social media 

apps with a simple tap of a 

button. For improved 

efficiency, when combined, they 

may be filtered, sorted, and 

displayed by time and date, 

subject, friend name, media 

type and more. 

Social media use consumes 

increasing amounts of people’s 

time each day. Phinge believes 

users should have the option to 

spend less time on social media 

while enhancing and not limiting 

their experience. Why is this not 

possible on today’s major social 

media applications and 

platforms? Currently the 

industry’s social media 

companies make the majority 

of their revenue from 

advertisements targeting their 

users, and they benefit financially 

by keeping users engaged for 

longer lengths of time and 

exposing them to more ads. 

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Users cannot view their timelines 

and use the platforms without 

scrolling through the endless 

advertising clutter. 

In contrast, Phinge’s business 

model will be consumerfriendly. 

Phinge will partner 

with its users through its 

platforms and share its revenue. 

For example, Phriendle and 

Piccial will be the first and only 

social media platforms to reward 

their users when they post, like 

and share videos, pictures, 

comments and more on their 

social media accounts. Phinge 

and its platform users will earn 

rewards every time another 

Phinge or platform user 

responds to those interactions by 

purchasing products or services 

mentioned or promoted by other 

users’ social media activities. 

Those earned rewards can then 

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In the future Phinge will be 

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Chinese Consumers Live on ‘Super Apps’ 

Thanks To In-App Payment System 

WeChat remains China’s king of social media with its 94% adoption rate towering 

over second-place Tencent QQ, which got 70% 

China’s ‘super apps’ enable a 

variety of capabilities from 

third-party service providers 

within a single app including 

ride-hailing, ordering food 

delivery, messaging and mobile 

payments. Many of these 

services started primarily as 

mobile payments platforms 

which is why WeChat Pay and 

Alipay are currently the two 

largest apps in China, boasting a 

90% and 94% usage rate by adult 

internet users, respectively, with 

86% reporting that they use both, 

according to results from a 

survey by Kagan, a media 

research group within S&P 

Global Market Intelligence. 

Among other mobile payments 

users, 45% of survey respondents 

indicated that they use 

UnionPay’s mobile payment 

system, with 43% of all 

respondents saying that they use 

both UnionPay and WeChat Pay, 

and 44% saying that they use 

both UnionPay and Alipay. 

“WeChat Pay, Alipay and 

UnionPay dominated China’s 

mobile payments industry, with 

43% of our survey takers 

reporting using all three 

providers,” said Julber Osio, 

Research Associate for Kagan at 

S&P Global Market Intelligence. 

“In most emerging markets in 

Asia, including China, people 

access the internet primarily 

through their mobile phones. 

This “mobile-first” culture meant 

that app developers had to find a 

way to capture a variety of 

services in the simplest way 

possible.” 

The 2019 China Online 

Consumer Survey includes over 

10,000 data points based on 

feedback received from 1,000 

online adults in China on mobile 

operator providers, mobile 

payment providers, video 

subscription services, device 

usage, device activities, attitudes 

towards new technology, social 

media and e-commerce 

platforms and basic 

demographics. 

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Yanmar Group today 

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of its acquisition of compact 

equipment manufacturer 

ASV Holdings Inc. (“ASV”), 

a designer and manufacturer 

of renowned compact tracked 

loaders (“CTLs”) and 

skid-steer loaders (“SSLs”). 

The announcement is the final 

step in the acquisition, 

following on from the June 

disclosure of a definitive 

agreement to acquire the 

company through the 

mechanism of a statutory 

merger. 

Yanmar Completes Acquisition 

of North American Loader 

Manufacturer ASV Holdings 

Yanmar has acquired 100% of 

ASV’s outstanding shares of 

common stock for total 

consideration of $70.70 

Million, or $7.05 per share. 

ASV’s independent dealer 

network throughout North 

America, Australia, and New 

Zealand will join Yanmar’s 

existing global construction 

equipment operations. The 

company also sells OEM 

equipment and aftermarket 

parts, and owns and operates 

a 238,000 square-foot 

production facility in Grand 

Rapids, MN. 

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significant, channel and 

product synergies after joining 

the Yanmar Group,” stated Mr. 

Giuliano Parodi, Executive 

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“In addition, the ASV Grand 

Rapids facility will continue as 

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compact tracked loaders and 

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benefiting from the global 

capacity and resources of the 

Yanmar Group.” 

The acquisition strengthens 

the Yanmar’s range of compact 

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it to offer full dig, load, 

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and contribute to Yanmar’s 

prospects for growth in North 

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James Fisher Offshore increases Middle East 

decommissioning activities with major offshore 

jacket removal project in Saudi Arabia. 

Innovative cutting solution deployed is capable of delivering time-saving efficiencies 

James Fisher Offshore (JFO), 

a global provider of specialist 

offshore engineering solutions, 

has increased its oil and gas 

decommissioning activities in the 

Middle East with a new offshore 

platform jacket removal project 

in Saudi Arabia. The work will 

utilise its pioneering cutting 

solution which is capable of 

delivering significant time-saving 

efficiencies. 

This extensive project, which 

requires two full spreads of 

advanced abrasive cutting 

equipment to be mobilised in 

support of a leading regional 

contractor’s jacket removal 

programme, secures JFO’s 

integral role in this critical scope 

of work well into 2020. 

A regional supplier of 

ultra-high-pressure abrasive 

internal cutting solutions, JFO’s 

innovation has been well received 

– this new project comes in quick 

succession from a wave of recent 

regional scopes, with JFO 

continuing to broaden its 

decommissioning activities in 

the Middle East. 

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Offering enhanced accuracy and 

severing capabilities as well as 

proven time, cost and resource 

savings, the JFO system delivers 

benefits across subsea cutting 

scopes from piles and jackets, to 

well casings and well heads. 

Exceeding customer expectations 

during the initial regional 

deployment, JFO’s system adds 

value to customers’ 

decommission projects through 

speed, accuracy and reliability, 

supporting cost and time 

reductions. 

Jack Davidson, managing 

director, JFO comments; 

“As a key market for JFO, the 

appetite for our solutions in the 

Middle East region is very 

encouraging. There is a clear 

recognition of our experience, 

track record and innovation in 

delivering measurable efficiencies 

for some of the region’s most 

notable decommissioning 

projects. 

We are looking forward to 

adding both breadth and depth 

to these burgeoning regional 

relationships and continuing to 

demonstrate our growing 

decommissioning capabilities.” 

With the recent successful 

completion of multiple regional 

decommissioning scopes, this 

new project further validates 

JFO’s methodology and unique 

combination of experience and 

innovation - delivering tangible 

benefits to the global 

decommissioning sector. 

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ASIA PACIFIC NEWS 

Rockwell Automation Expands 

Its Threat Detection Services 

Globally 

Cybersecurity services powered by Claroty protect 

supply chains from unknown threats and provide 

operational benefits 

Masud, manager security services 

portfolio, Rockwell Automation. 

“Our Threat Detection 

Services combine our innate 

understanding of industrial 

automation with Claroty’s 

trusted OT network visibility. 

The services can give companies 

peace of mind by protecting not 

only one facility but their entire 

supply chain from unpredictable 

threats.” 

More than half of 

all respondents to 

an LNS Research 

survey said their 

industrial facility has 

experienced a cybersecurity 

breach. To help prevent such 

incidents and combat the 

unpredictable threats that cause 

them, industrial companies 

around the world can now 

manage cyber risk in their 

operations using the Rockwell 

Automation Threat Detection 

Services powered by the Claroty 

threat detection platform. 

Rockwell Automation recently 

expanded the services globally 

to help more companies combat 

the unknown nature of today’s 

rapidly evolving industrial 

cybersecurity threats. 

“A scary aspect of security threats 

is what you don’t know about 

them – what techniques they’ll 

use, what attack vector they’ll 

leverage, what vulnerabilities 

they’ll exploit,” said Umair 

The Threat Detection Services 

help safeguard connected 

operations in three key ways: 

• Identify and Protect: 

Identifying all industrial 

control networked assets, and 

their vulnerabilities, to help 

companies know what to protect 

• Detect: Monitoring networks 

for not only known threats but, 

more importantly, anomalous 

traffic or behaviors to alert 

companies of a security incident 

– possibly before it even happens 

• Response and Recovery: 

Developing plans for containing, 

eradicating and recovering from 

attacks to keep operations 

running or more quickly return 

to a fully operational state 

Companies that have used the 

Threat Detection Services have 

also discovered operational 

benefits. For example, collected 

asset data can help uncover risks 

like obsolete technology, 

outdated firmware and spare 

parts shortages. 

The Claroty threat detection 

platform creates an inventory of 

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a user’s industrial network assets, 

monitors traffic between them 

and analyzes communications 

at their deepest level. Detected 

anomalies are reported to plant 

and security personnel with 

actionable insights. 

“The Claroty platform, used 

within the Threat Detection 

Services, can accelerate a 

company’s journey to more 

connected and digitally driven 

operations,” said Amir 

Zilberstein, co-founder and CEO, 

Claroty. “Most critically, the 

platform can help companies 

detect and quickly respond to 

threats that bypass their security 

controls. But it can also give 

companies a deeper 

understanding of their industrial 

assets and improve their ability 

to keep operations running.” 

Claroty is a Rockwell 

Automation Encompass Product 

Partner in the Rockwell 

Automation PartnerNetwork 

program. 

About the Rockwell 

Automation PartnerNetwork 

Program 

The Rockwell Automation 

PartnerNetwork program offers 

global manufacturers access 

to a collaborative network of 

companies mutually focused 

on developing, implementing 

and supporting best-in-breed 

solutions to achieve plant-wide 

optimization, improve machine 

performance and meet 

sustainability objectives. 

About Rockwell Automation 

Rockwell Automation Inc. 

(NYSE: ROK), the world’s largest 

company dedicated to 

industrial automation and 

information, makes its customers 

more productive and the world 

more sustainable. Headquartered 

in Milwaukee, Wis., Rockwell 

Automation employs 

approximately 23,000 people 

serving customers in more than 

80 countries. 

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ASIA PACIFIC NEWS 

The Most Innovative and 

Applicable Projects for the 

Recovery and Reuse of 

Water Resources 

the other hand, is borne out 

by an important event held in 

September precisely in Italy: 

The 3rd edition of the 

Resource Recovery 

Conference (www.iwarr2019. 

org) of the IWA (International 

Water Association), of which 

IEG expo was a partner: it is 

the major international summit 

on this matter, which brings 

together hundreds of world 

experts intending to implement 

projects of circular economy in 

the water sector. 

Today, the circular 

economy applied to the 

integrated water sector 

- only calculating the 

resource’s reuse in agriculture 

– is able to provide a turnover 

of 777 million euros and 

approximately 4000 jobs in 

Italy (“Circular Economy in 

Italy”, Duccio Bianchi, Edizioni 

Ambiente publishers). But 

its potential is much greater: 

there again, the 2017 edition 

of the United Nations’ World 

Water Development Report 

has an eloquent title: 

“Wastewater: the untapped 

resource”. 

The topic of the management 

and sustainable exploitation 

of wastewater, at urban and 

industrial level, has a high 

profile at Ecomondo 

(5-8 November, Rimini Expo 

Centre, Italy), the Italian 

Exhibition Group’s platform 

for the circular and green 

economy in Italy and Europe. 

With the Global Water Expo 

section, and thanks to the 

partnership with Utilitalia, 

Ecomondo provides a 

showcase for the innovation 

every stage of the integrated 

water service and wastewater 

cycle. The central role of 

Ecomondo in this context, on 

At Ecomondo, the expo 

section of Global Water Expo 

is constantly growing (two 

halls - D1 and D2 - are 

reserved for it at the 2019 

edition), while a panel of very 

high profile scientific meetings, 

prepared by Professor 

Francesco Fatone 

(Marches Polytechnic 

University), responsible for the 

“water” area on the Ecomondo 

Technical-Scientific 

Committee, will ensure 

opportunities for in-depth 

networking on all the major 

topics connected with the 

water sector: from the 

combination of water and 

agriculture, to that of water 

and health, from the integrated 

management of wastewater 

and urban waste in cities 

(water and the city), to issues 

of governance and 

regulations. A focus will also 

be dedicated to digital 

solutions (water 4.0), with a 

view to improving efficiency, 

planning and management for 

better economic and 

environmental sustainability. 

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HORIZON 2020 EUROPEAN 

INNOVATION ACTION 

At this edition of Global 

Water Expo it will be again be 

possible to obtain close-up 

knowledge of the evolution 

of the innovation projects in 

the water sector co-financed 

by the European Commission 

through the Horizon 2020 

action. As well as the 

conclusive results of the 

Smart Plant project which, in 

large-scale pilot plants, has 

validated for over two years, 

the possibilities of the recovery 

and reuse of cellulose, 

biopolymers and nutrients from 

wastewater and purification 

sludge, Ecomondo 2019 will 

enable attendees to know the 

characteristics and steps of 

the innovative Hydrousa 

project, which has the 

objective of responding to the 

problems of water shortage, 

typical of the Mediterranean 

islands in the summer tourist 

period, by means of 

innovative nature-based 

solutions: recovery of 

wastewater, collection of 

rainwater, low-cost 

desalination of seawater, replenishing 

ground-water 

water and collecting air 

humidity. Innovative solutions 

that will be tested on three 

Greek islands (Lesvos, 

Mykonos and Tinos), while 

other areas of the 

Mediterranean (including 

the Tuscan archipelago) will be 

involved for the repeatability of 

the concept. New solutions for 

the reuse of purified 

wastewater in the 

Mediterranean basin are also 

at the centre of the European 

project Fit4rReuse. 

All innovative projects that 

combine research and 

applicability, and which in the 

context of Ecomondo will be 

covered in depth on 

Tuesday 5th November 

during the meeting entitled 

Water reuse in agriculture, 

sustainable irrigation and 

nature managed water cycle 

in the new European 

framework. 

The European project 

Digital Water City (DWC) aims 

at finding digital solutions for 

the optimization of urban water 

services and will be presented 

at Ecomondo on Thursday 7th 

November in the context of 

the conference on Water and 

sanitation safety plans, 

organized in collaboration with 

the Superior Health Institute 

and Utilitalia. Professor Fatone 

explains, ”Digital technology 

can be of great use for efficient 

management of services 

and water resources, but also 

for properly planning 

investments and contributing 

to safeguarding the 

population’s health by means 

of smart systems and early 

warning experts.” The Digital 

Water City project involves five 

European cities: Paris, Berlin, 

Copenhagen, Sofia and, for 

Italy, Milan. 

On the other hand, the issue of 

legislation on matters of 

sustainable sludge 

management and valorization 

in wastewater treatment is the 

topic of the meeting being 

held on Thursday 7th 

November entitled Barriers 

and solutions for sustainable 

sludge management and 

valorization in wastewater 

treatment. 

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Project Engineers Win Construction 

Contracts Putting These Skills to Test 

Becoming a project 

engineer goes hand in 

hand with being a good 

project manager. 

Engineers help build structures 

through accurate technical 

reading. Project managers 

facilitate the design-buildoperation 

process by managing 

people. 

What makes the two so distinct 

yet very similar? Their purpose— 

which is to put their individual 

strengths toward project 

completion. Managing the technical 

and people side of the 

business isn’t a skill honed 

overnight; a project engineer 

jumps through many hoops to 

assimilate a strong culture of 

caring into tight bottom lines. 

Project management in 

engineering is a growing 

discipline where engineers apply 

project management techniques 

to better manage their role on 

site. 

Responsible for product 

design, engineers prepare 

detailed sketched and engineering 

reports after reviewing 

drawings built by architects to 

ensure compliance with code and 

client specifications. Enormous 

technical detail and support 

go into materializing the final 

design, which creates an equally 

big room for errors if consistency 

and accuracy are affected. 

The bid-to-win ratio of 

construction contracts has 

diminished over the past two 

decades, where in the prefinancial 

crisis era more 

projects would be up for auction 

to a select few contractors in lo- 

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cal areas. Today, the sheer growth 

in construction activity has also 

generated a parallel growth in 

the number of contractors, 

except now those that are 

digitally inclined bring more 

business due to the cost and time 

saved in managing bids vis-à-vis 

manual processes. 

The reality can be improved by 

turning a fresh leaf in the way 

project engineers approach 

contracts. For aspiring engineers 

looking to join large construction 

firms as project engineers, 

mapping out your career doesn’t 

have to be daunting. Procore 

informs of the many aspects of 

project engineering to help you 

make a well-informed decision. 

In its essence, good project 

engineering draws from a good 

education as an essential first 

step. If you’re at the crossroads of 

choosing to study further, 

reading this might ease your 

decision-making process. 

Alternatively, those at the 

crossroads of applying for project 

engineer jobs often get stumped 

creating resumes; this post could 

inspire you to build a compelling 

application. 

Still hanging on to discover tricks 

to win more construction contracts? 

We might be onto something. 

Project Management 

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How Construction Project 

Engineers Communicate 

PEs work with multiple teams for 

months until the end of a 

project. Communication about 

daily project events helps them 

collaborate even under 

pressure—something that young 

PEs easily give in to before 

weighing their options to get to 

an agreeable solution. 

Construction projects are volatile 

and that brings ambiguity even 

to the most thoroughly-planned 

project items. The 

superintendent and PE are in 

close quarters which can lead to 

as much efficiency as anxiety for 

PEs to prove themselves on the 

job. When things don’t go 

according to plan, PEs can take 

on more than is reasonably 

manageable without raising 

queries, since they may view 

themselves as seeming 

incompetent if they raised 

difficult questions. 

This can deter effective teamwork 

as the focus drifts away from the 

task on hand to pandering to the 

perceived interests of the project 

stakeholders. Hence, it’s always 

advisable to raise issues when 

they arise to ensure that everyone 

involved has enough bandwidth 

to arrive at a fair solution. 

Stabilized communication 

increases your chance to convey 

what’s deliverable to a client, 

resulting in greater accuracy in 

bid proposals which in turn is 

likely to improve your winning 

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Project engineers, as already 

seen, collaborate with a variety of 

stakeholders. From clients to 

subcontractor teams, they’re 

deeply involved throughout the 

project lifecycle, which requires 

them to nurture relationships to 

achieve desired outcomes. 

Strong internal relationships 

determine their success at 

bidding events since a full and 

fair estimation of projects 

enables them to promise only 

what’s achievable—not what they 

think the client would want in an 

effort to outdo their competitors. 

Setting yourself apart from the 

competitors is a multi-faceted 

process, one that needs clarifying 

what type of work you can do 

and at a price that beats direct 

rivals. 

If you’re on strong terms with 

your customers, you can glean 

valuable insights from their past 

engagements with contractors to 

prepare and price your projects 

accordingly. Many times, bidding 

at the lowest price isn’t feasible 

while coming in at a higher price 

point isn’t entirely risky since 

you must be on the same page 

with the client about the value 

your resources and expertise will 

deliver. 

Avoid speculating on what your 

client wants. Instead, actively 

work with them to form a 

proposal that appears to hit their 

targets. For instance, you can 

include a list of past projects 

showing how you surpassed the 

schedule and result expectations 

through pictures of similar projects. 

Draft a phased schedule of 

delivery to help your client think 

about how you intend to 

complete the project. Aim to 

include appealing added services 

to your proposal that prove you 

can reach your completion date 

with no pending work and all 

obligations met. 

Onboard a Construction 

Estimating Software 

Using software is yet to become a 

universal SOP; however, a 

construction estimating tool is 

effective to centralize bid 

information and define 

workflows to control costs 

and schedule. 

Should your company find value 

in a digital solution, here’s a 

comprehensive guide on 

construction project manage- 

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ment software to move to the 

next level. 

Construction bidding software 

is widely integrated into project 

management software to cover a 

variety of activities across 

project phases. It automates 

costing jobs and comes with a 

range of integrations and product 

support that smoothens tasks 

from creating drawings to billing 

clients. 

Being a smart data management 

tool, it regularly notifies users of 

price fluctuations in the market, 

labour costs, material supplies, 

and offers a plethora of bidding 

resources that come in handy 

wherever you are in the 

construction bidding process. 

The database adapts to the 

method you use to cost jobs 

while updating with the 

incoming market and industry 

trends. 

This minimizes errors and risks 

and gives contractors, engineers, 

owners, and clients the confidence 

to visualize the project to 

completion. 

Lean Construction for 

Higher Bid Wins 

The most viable approach to 

greater bid wins is to have the 

lowest possible costs and the 

most efficient field project 

management process. Field 

teams must adopt lean and 

productive approaches to 

executing on project design 

requirements with zero 

downtime, lags, quality slip-ups, 

and errors. With everyone 

managed according to lean 

construction parameters, your 

jobsite will function as was laid 

out during the planning phase. 

Here are some tactics to help you 

imbibe lean construction project 

management: 

• Present a realistic proposal 

• Onboard digital solutions and 

show their application 

• Offer specialized services 

• Offer a complete package of 

trained staff and value-added 

engineering services 

• Provide proof of being 

well-financed alongside permits 

and liability coverage 

• Give a walkthrough of a 

schedule to show faster project 

completion 

• Develop a partnership and 

promise to do whatever it 

takes to account for what 

you’ve proposed 

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How Engineering Can Keep 

In-Person Casinos Alive 

The world we live in today is one that’s moving constantly toward 

new innovations and greater tech dependency. We’ve seen the rise of 

services that allow you to place orders for meals and groceries, 

experienced ride sharing’s transition from horror story to everyday 

utility, and watched as streaming services took over television. It’s not 

the first thing we think about as we consider these changes, but in all 

of these instances physical venues and product stand to suffer as a 

result of innovation. And when we think of things this way, another 

industry comes to mind as one that’s approaching a crossroads of 

sorts in its ongoing digital revolution. Internet-based casinos have 

become so sophisticated, and so widely available, that it’s become fair 

to wonder if in-person alternatives can continue to survive. 

That’s an open question, but thinking of it from a creative engineering 

standpoint, there’s more than a glimmer of hope for these traditional 

commercial venues. 

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The Expansion of Online Casinos 

Online casinos are nothing new, but they do seem to have grown 

both in number and audience as of late. And while this seems in an 

overarching way to be a sort of natural evolution resulting from better 

software on gaming platforms (in some cases it really is that simple), 

there would appear to be a few more specific explanations for what 

we might call the second rise of online gambling. 

For one thing, the best games on the internet are easier to find than 

ever before. Fifteen or 20 years ago, finding the best online gambling 

opportunity meant testing out different poker sites - essentially to 

find the one that was least annoying. Now, it’s as simple as going to 

one of a handful of trusted, aggregator platforms hosting wellreviewed 

games from top genre developers. Furthermore, these same 

platforms and games can now be accessed easily via mobile, putting 

the best online casino games in history right in people’s pockets. 

There’s also the legal side of things to consider, and this is actually 

where we’re seeing the most evidence that the surge in online casino 

popularity could continue in the coming years. Specifically, new 

online casinos in the U.S. are beginning to expose the American 

market to the industry. It’s going to take state-by-state legislating to 

make the games legal to play with real money, but the first steps have 

been taken, and tens of millions of U.S. gamers could add significant 

revenue and attention to the market. 

It’s these developments that seem to be at least opening the door for 

physical, in-person casinos to see a decline in popularity. But as 

alluded to above, this is where creative designers and engineers can 

come into play. 

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How Casinos Can Survive 

Casinos have long attracted crowds of people all over the planet, for 

a number of different reasons: bright, exciting visuals, a positively 

charged atmosphere on location, and of course, the dream of earning 

boatloads of cash. But with online gambling opportunities 

improving so rapidly, some of those attractions are becoming 

decidedly less special. Exciting visuals? These are easily replicated by 

modern casino gaming graphics, if not improved upon. The chance to 

risk and win real money? This is, if anything, more convenient 

online, and with more options at hand. This doesn’t mean people 

won’t continue to enjoy in-person casino floors, but it does mean 

casinos that want to continue thriving may have to emphasize other 

aspects of their appeal. And the things not even the best of the best 

online platforms can compete with are atmosphere and physical 

impact. 

To some extent we’re already seeing casinos acting on this. There does 

appear to be more emphasis being placed on live attractions, from 

shows to restaurants run by celebrity chefs. And some of the newer 

casinos in places like Las Vegas are clearly built with beauty and 

luxury as the first priorities, and gaming merely a feature. These 

trends, subtle though they may be, are likely to continue, and the 

thinking here is that they can be enhanced significantly by bold and 

exciting engineering projects. 

To explain this idea, look back at a previous post you may have seen 

here regarding Dubai’s push to attract more tourists. The famously 

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innovative city is constructing the world’s largest ferris wheel, 

adding yet another engineering marvel to an impressive list that’s 

been amassed over a relatively short time period. Now think about 

this in the context of attractions like The Venetian Macau’s artificial 

canal network, or the miniature New York City at the New York, New 

York in Las Vegas, or even the sky-scraping infinity pool at the 

Marina Bay Sands in Singapore. All of these are effectively 

engineering and design achievements that have come to define 

casinos already, and in some cases entire towns! 

This, given all of the digital takeover potential described above, is 

what casino owners and operators will need to be thinking about in 

the next five, 10, or 15 years. Just another casino resort - even a 

beautiful and luxurious one with a massive gaming floor - is 

unlikely to offer much specifics appeal to the modern gamer who’s 

used to digital convenience and sees nothing special in an in-person 

slot machine or poker table. However, what if a new Vegas 

establishment hired an engineering team to beat out Dubai’s new 

ferris wheel? What if a major European city challenged the highest 

skyscraper in its country with a new casino resort? What if a country 

built an artificial island incorporating ferry service to a faux-tropical 

casino venue? These features and attractions can still make an impact 

that online gaming can’t match. 

It’s for this reason that we might expect a significant push toward 

innovative and daring engineering in this particular space. 

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