CORETECH is a new engineering and technical services company in Riyadh. It was formed by people who have run hotels, together with engineers who build and maintain them. Hotels are where we start; hospitals and clinics, which can't close either, are our second sector.
Why we started
The contractor plans to get the floor empty. The hotel plans to sell its rooms on Thursday. Usually the two plans are written by people who never meet. At CORETECH one team writes both.
A chiller can't be swapped in August. A wedding on the ground floor changes the week's programme. Housekeeping needs the floor back by 3 pm. We plan engineering work around all three.
What the operator asks
What the engineer has to answer
How we are organised
We keep the roles that carry responsibility in-house, and bring in installers for the trades a hotel only needs in bursts.
You sign one contract with us. The specialists work under our programme, the permits and our inspection plan, so when something goes wrong you call one project manager. CORETECH is liable to you for every subcontractor's work.
We don't employ every trade, and here is why. A hotel needs a sprinkler fitter for weeks rather than years, and fire systems may only be installed by Civil Defense-licensed contractors anyway. Our engineers and site supervisors are on site every shift; installation crews work under the permits and our inspection plan. Keeping engineers permanent and installers prequalified lets us match the right crew to each job without passing idle payroll into your price.
Prequalification means we check a partner's licences, safety record, references and supervisors before they are allowed on a hotel site. Every specialist is then submitted to you for approval before mobilisation, with their licence, insurance and supervisor's CV. Our HSE plan, permit-to-work system and inspection and test plan apply to them in full, and CORETECH remains contractually responsible for their work.
Insurance is set out before mobilisation, as part of the method: the cover for the works (contractor's all risks, CAR) is placed against the owner's property policy with the owner's broker, so it is clear which policy covers the new works, the existing building, guests' property and third-party liability. Each specialist's insurance certificates are registered under the works policy. The cover itself is what the signed agreement and the policies say.
A hotel's technical life
A hotel's building services go through the same stages whatever the brand. Choose a stage to see what happens to the building and what we do there.
Maintenance runs under every stage
What happens to the building
The MEP design is fixed, equipment is bought and installed. Decisions made here set the running cost for the next twenty years.
Where CORETECH fits
Technical review of the MEP design against the operator's standards and how the hotel will actually run. Owner's technical representative, alongside the statutory supervision by the licensed engineering office.
What happens to the building
Systems are tested and the operator takes the keys, often with a long snag list and a fixed opening date that won't move.
Where CORETECH fits
Witnessed testing and commissioning, a handover review for the management company, and a planned maintenance programme ready for day one.
What happens to the building
Rooms start to look tired. The first plant items reach the end of their life, usually fan coils, pumps and controls before the big chillers.
Where CORETECH fits
A condition survey and CapEx plan, then room renovation and HVAC or electrical upgrades phased floor by floor while the hotel trades.
What happens to the building
A new brand arrives with a PIP and a deadline, or a buyer needs to know what they are taking on before they sign.
Where CORETECH fits
Technical due diligence, a gap survey against the new brand standard, the technical PIP scope, then the conversion works and fire safety upgrades.
What happens to the building
Every day in between. Filters, pumps, fire panels and water treatment need regular servicing. When they miss it, the plant around them wears out sooner.
Where CORETECH fits
Monthly maintenance agreements covering preventive and corrective work, HVAC servicing and fire safety maintenance, with remaining-life notes that feed the next CapEx plan.
Who we work with
Our specialism is hotels of 50 to 200 rooms that need work done without closing. It is a specialism, not a limit: larger properties are scoped case by case, phased by wing or stack as well as by floor. Hospitals and clinics are our second sector, where we bring the same method with infection control built in.
| Client | What we do for them |
|---|---|
| Hotel owners and investment companies | A clear picture of condition and a CapEx plan they can approve |
| Asset managers | Technical advice and owner's technical representation, with the assessment fee kept separate from any works |
| International and local operators | Works that meet brand standards without hurting guest scores |
| Hotels changing brand or management company | A technical PIP scope, priced and phased |
| Existing hotels due for refurbishment | Room renovation and plant replacement while trading |
| Developers converting buildings into hotels | An early read on what the existing MEP can and can't carry |
| Management companies preparing to open | Witnessed commissioning, a handover review and a maintenance plan from day one |
| Hospital owners, operators and private hospital groups | A technical assessment of the MEP and life-safety systems, and works planned around infection control and clinical activity (how we work in hospitals) |
| Facility and biomedical engineering heads, clinics and medical centres | Method statements and permits in the hospital's format, and shutdowns only in the windows the hospital agrees |
Where we work
Saudi Arabia, Kingdom-wide
Headquartered in Riyadh. Projects elsewhere in the GCC are considered on request.
How we fit your structure
Hotels are run by more than one party. This is how we work with each of them, so nobody is bypassed and everyone hears the same story.
| If you have | How we work with them |
|---|---|
| An operator under a management agreement | We submit to the operator's technical services and the general manager before anything is agreed with the owner. Room release, quiet hours and guest communication are signed by the hotel; cost and contract matters stay between us and the owner. Both receive the same weekly report. |
| A design consultant | We build to the approved design. Combined services drawings go to the consultant for review, questions go as numbered RFIs with a reply date, and any alternative is a formal deviation with its reason, cost, programme effect and code reference. No material is substituted without approval. |
| An owner's representative or project manager | They get the same access we do: the programme, the procurement register, hold-point inspections and the variation log. They sign the taking-over certificate on our application. |
| More than one hotel | One condition-rating method and one report format across the portfolio, so CapEx plans can be compared side by side; maintenance agreements share one planned preventive maintenance (PPM) standard and one monthly KPI set per hotel. |
| An assessment we wrote | The report is yours and written so any contractor can price from it. If you later ask us to price the works, we declare it in writing before the report is final, and the report's CapEx figures are not changed afterwards. |
Commitments
Seven rules written into how we run every site.
For procurement teams
Tell us your vendor-registration requirements and we will send the documents.
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