Yas Island: Integration of ICT in Infrastructure Management for Urban Services

Cities are, among other things, the sum of different services (health, education…) and infrastructures (gas, water, or electricity). Information and communication technologies (ICT) are changing the way we manage them, as well as the final services they provide us. Some of the changes facing cities include issues such as integrated management, platform development, cooperation in city networks, and sensor deployment. But how can this integration be implemented?

Kamal Diab, Head of Operations in the Middle East area of Logitek, offers us a very practical vision through the explanation of a real project.

The presentation has focused on the work being developed in Abu Dhabi, specifically on the artificial island of Yas Island, which he presents to us as a large entertainment and leisure complex similar to the offer of Monaco, even including a Formula 1 circuit.

The project presented by Kamal D. is the construction of a tunnel that will connect Al Raha Beach with Yas Island and will be more than 1 km long, 43 m wide with capacity for 6 lanes. An ambitious engineering project that is part of a global plan that will be completed in 2030. The tunnel will play a vital role in connecting the island’s main attractions with residential areas, shortening connection times to and from Abu Dhabi International Airport.

The project contemplates the deployment of a platform that allows managing in real time multiple functionalities, such as lighting, traffic lights, pressurization, telephony, vents, fire protection, emergency doors, ventilation, or traffic control, etc. All this integrated with 3,000 control points and dashboards. A great challenge that is beginning to become a reality thanks to Logitek Middle East with the deployment of Wonderware technology by Schneider Electric.

This is the material that has been used in his presentation.