Girish Timmapur, a mechanical engineer by qualification, is a founding partner and design director at Aquanautics. He has 25+ years of experience in designing and building swimming pools, specialty pools and water features in the GCC region and India. He has successfully completed engineering of pools and water features for some of the prestigious projects in the Middle east including The Royal Atlantis –The Palm Dubai, Hilton Salwa Beach Resort-Qatar, Fairmont Hotel-Fujairah, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre-Jeddah KSA , Marriott Resort –RAK, Aloft Hotel-Dubai, Jumeirah Naseem Hotel, Dubai and many more. Having led a team of designers/engineers on many projects his expertise covers all aspects of swimming pools, specialty pools and water features including coordination with landscape consultants, architects, structural consultants and MEP consultants.
DESIGN PHILOSOPHY
To fully understand the vision of the client, landscape designer and architect to be able to convert that vision into a realty. We seek to understand the Design intent, utility, functionality and purpose to be able to provide the best suited engineering solution. Sustainability is a key element of our design philosophy. The focus is on providing adequately sized, energy efficient, low maintenance equipment and ensure minimal redundancy. Safety takes precedence over aesthetics. We seek to ensure maximum safety of the users in our pool and water feature designs. We understand that cost considerations are an integral part of design process. We take a responsible approach towards Value engineering without compromising on the quality or functionality.
SERVICES
Complete engineering design of In-Ground and Roof top Swimming Pools, Specialty Pools, Competition Pools (Olympic and Half Olympic), indoor pools, water features including fountains, waterfalls, splash pads. Engineering design of Water Parks and activity pools. Preparation of design drawings for Authority approval (DM, Trakhees, Emaar, Nakheel) Shop drawings and submittal services for contractors. Project management services for pools and water features packages, Post contract services like on-site supervision, review of shop drawings, review of material submittals and method statements, responses to RFI’s, third party inspection and review of pool and water feature works, witness and approve testing & commissioning processes
