Abu Dhabi sets gas cylinder safety protocols for building sites
ABU DHABI, January 8, 2024
The Gas Safety Committee has collaborated with the Abu Dhabi Department of Municipalities and Transport (DMT) to announce new gas cylinder safety protocols for all construction sites within the emirate.
As part of its commitment to uphold the highest environmental and health standards at construction sites and ensure fire safety, the Gas Safety Committee, in collaboration with the Abu Dhabi Department of Municipalities and Transport (DMT), has issued a circular addressing the safe use of gas cylinders at construction sites.
The Gas Safety Committee was established in response to an initiative by the Department of Energy – Abu Dhabi, to assess the safety of liquefied petroleum gas systems in buildings across the emirate.
One of the committee’s aims is to ensure the safety of its supply and usage by coordinating efforts, reviewing procedures and establishing standards for gas supply and installation activities, in order to prevent gas-related accidents in the Emirate.
The committee urges all contractors and suppliers to follow the circular, implement all recommended safety measures and take necessary precautions.
According to DMT, the committee will closely monitor compliance with safety standards, ensuring a safe working environment at construction sites in order to reduce fire accidents.
All contractors and suppliers must fully comply with the safety requirements contained in the circulars. Consultants are responsible for ensuring contractors adhere to these requirements, it stated.
Engineer Khalid Nasser Al Menhali, the Executive Director of the City Planning Sector, highlighted the important role that contracting companies, consultants and developers play in adhering to the environmental, health and safety requirements at construction sites.
Emphasizing the mandatory nature of complying with circulars issued by the authorities, Al Menhali stressed the positive outcomes for the emirate, companies and workers in the building and construction sector when these standards are applied.
The municipality has urged consultants and developers to supervise contractors’ adherence to circulars issued and to educate workers in the building and construction sector about environmental, health and safety risks through awareness workshops, to reduce fire accidents.
The DMT and its strategic partners, will be conducting proactive inspection campaigns to ensure compliance with circulars and specific laws by contractors, consultants and developers.
The committee, led by the Department of Energy (DoE), has 12 entities in Abu Dhabi. Its main responsibilities include reviewing and proposing gas-related requirements, security and safety standards, technical standards and suggesting violations, fines and penalties for violators.
The committee ensures establishments and individuals comply with licenses, permits, requirements and standards for gas activities.-TradeArabia News Service
