Construction industry professionals in the Middle East require rapid and reliable access to the most up to date information. CIS-ME provides rapid access to fundamental industry information and legislation, as well as additional sector material, critical for effective construction project completion.

The extensive range of full-text scanned documents covers all aspects of the building, engineering, design and construction process, allowing the completion of projects accurately and on time.

CIS-ME is available as a complete collection of the core service plus for supplements

•  Building.

• Mechanical & Electrical.

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• construction management .

• Civil & Structural.

Core Selection Criteria

The starting point is the inclusion of technical standards, design and construction guidance for common building types in the Middle East and North Africa region. The library builds on this by providing a basic grounding in:

• Construction management   information  .

• Environment, Sustainability, accessibility , international regulation .

•  Health and Safety, legal, design guidance and good practice material.

Building Supplement

•  Documents that assist complex building and landscape design.

• Guidance documents complementing those in CIS-ME core covering legal aspect of design, eg Fire

• Building and energy conservation .

• Building interior design.

• Sustainable building.

Mechanical and Electrical Supplement

This supplement provides guidance materials on planning regulations for architects and other planning professional, including all relevant legislation covering town & country planning, development, conservation and the environment, further legislation covers:

•  Complex engineering services documents.

• Building electrical services.

• Heating ventilating and air conditioning.

• Energy production and distribution.

• Building mechanical services.

 Construction Management Supplement

• Construction procurement.

• Design management.

• Managing construction quality.

• Operational maintenance.

• Contractual claims and disputes.

• Project management.

• Cost and value management.

Civil and Structural supplement

•  Complex structural design , repair and maintenance not within normal  remit of the architect or contractor.

• Advanced highway and bridge design and construction.

• Complex groundworks.

• Marine , coastal , river and flood control engineering .

 Targeted Professionals  

CIS-ME is intended for all construction industry professionals including:

• Building Control Officer/ Managers.

• Architect.

• Building Service Engineer.

• Construction Manager.

• Project Manager.

• Design Manager.

• Civil Engineering ( Transportation , Geotechnical , Environmental & structural .

• Landscape Architect .

• Construction Inspector.

• Building / Quantity  Surveyor   and many more

Materials from a wide range of Organizations

• ASTM American Society for Testing Materials.

• AASHTO American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials.

• ACI American Concrete Institute.

• API American Petroleum Institute.

• AWS American Welding Society.

• AWWA American Waterworks Association.

• OSHA  Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

• Uniform Building Code /  International Code Council.

• US Army Corps of Engineers.

• BRE Building Research Establishment.

• CIRIA Construction Industry Research Association.

• BSI British Standards Institution.

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