Dean McGrail

WSP, Director | Dubai, United Arab Emirates

About

Dean has been a member of the CTBUH since 2002 and was invited to represent CTBUH in the UAE in 2012. As a part of his role, he organizes events to ensure CTBUH connects industry experts in the Middle East to disseminate multi-disciplinary information and the latest knowledge on tall buildings and sustainable urban environments to the UAE Property & Buildings community.

Dean is currently a Director at global consultancy WSP l Parsons Brinckerhoff, having spent ten years with the business in the Middle East and 3 years in Asia (Hong Kong & Shanghai). In his current role as Director – Property & Buildings he leads the property and buildings business unit for WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff in the Middle East, overseeing +550 people in a wide range of disciplines including building services, building structures, architect of record, façade engineering, IT/comms, audio visual, security consulting,…

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Dean McGrail

CTBUH Roles

City Representative, Dubai (2012 – 2018)

Annual Conference, Steering Committee (Middle East 2018)

Research

01 October 2005

The Skybridge as an Evacuation Option for Tall Buildings in High-Rise Cities in the Far East

Antony Wood, University of Nottingham; Wan-ki Chow, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University; Dean McGrail, WSP Hong Kong Ltd.

Consequent to the World Trade Center (WTC) tragedy, research into the safety of tall buildings has been concentrated almost exclusively on the improvement of structural...

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Research

10 October 2004

Fire Engineering the Tallest Building in the Historic City of Manchester, UK

Dean Kevin McGrail & Simon Francis Lay, WSP Fire Engineering; W.K. Chow, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

This paper addresses the fire engineered design of the means of escape provisions from the residential areas of the New Landmark Beetham Tower in the...

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Research

29 July 2004

Immediate action in providing fire safety in cities with dense highrise buildings; The Possibility of Incorporating Skybridges

Antony Wood, University of Nottingham; Dean McGrail, WSP Fire Engineering; Wan-Ki Chow, The Hong Kong Polytechnic Unviersity

This paper, in reviewing fire safety provisions and fire safety engineering approaches in the context of Hong Kong, proposes the 'skybridge' concept as a way...

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31 January 2018

CTBUH Team Travels to Dubai

CTBUH Executive Director Antony Wood and Events Manager Jessica Rinkel-Miller traveled to Dubai in preparation for the 2018 Middle East Conference.

29 October 2017

CTBUH Leaders Connect at 2017 Conference

The Annual Leaders Meeting was held the day before the start of the CTBUH 2017 Australia Conference, bringing together the Council’s leaders.

9 June 2015

CTBUH Dubai Leads Tour of Cayan Tower

CTBUH Dubai hosted a tour of Dubai's Cayan Tower, situated in the heart of the Dubai Marina. The tour was led by Dean McGrail, a CTBUH representative in UAE, and Director at WSP.

10 December 2014

CTBUH Dubai Inaugural Event

Join CTBUH Dubai December 10th for an evening networking reception featuring Dean McGrail of WSP and Mark Lavery of Buro Happold.

10 December 2014

Dubai Committee Holds Inaugural Event

CTBUH held its Inaugural Dubai Committee Event at the Vida Downtown Hotel. The event was held to reintroduce and reinvigorate interest in the CTBUH in Dubai.

14 October 2014

CTBUH Representatives Accompany Saudi Visit to Qatar, UAE

Henning Larsen Architects have been commissioned to design a sizable new headquarters building for a key Saudi organization and visited similar projects in Qatar and UAE.

01 October 2005

The Skybridge as an Evacuation Option for Tall Buildings in High-Rise Cities in the Far East

Antony Wood, University of Nottingham; Wan-ki Chow, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University; Dean McGrail, WSP Hong Kong Ltd.

Consequent to the World Trade Center (WTC) tragedy, research into the safety of tall buildings has been concentrated almost exclusively on the improvement of structural...

10 October 2004

Fire Engineering the Tallest Building in the Historic City of Manchester, UK

Dean Kevin McGrail & Simon Francis Lay, WSP Fire Engineering; W.K. Chow, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

This paper addresses the fire engineered design of the means of escape provisions from the residential areas of the New Landmark Beetham Tower in the...

29 July 2004

Immediate action in providing fire safety in cities with dense highrise buildings; The Possibility of Incorporating Skybridges

Antony Wood, University of Nottingham; Dean McGrail, WSP Fire Engineering; Wan-Ki Chow, The Hong Kong Polytechnic Unviersity

This paper, in reviewing fire safety provisions and fire safety engineering approaches in the context of Hong Kong, proposes the 'skybridge' concept as a way...