Bristol Hotel
Gurgaon, Haryana
Bristol hotel is a 5 star hotel located in Gurgaon. During the monsoon season, due to heavy rainfall the basement in Bristol hotel was flooded with gallons of water. The water had leaked into the basement due to over flow of drainage tank.
All furniture and furnishings like carpet, wooden skirting, etc. were submerged in the water. The water had to be pumped out of the basement. The carpet (size 59″ x 50″) and wooden skirting of 6″ if not dried faster were susceptible to water damage. If not thoroughly dried out, the basement would soon have had rampant mold /mildew problems. Indoor Air Quality could have easily been affected, closing the hotel for all the occupants.
TDS has delivered bespoke Water Damage Restoration services to many hotels. TDS was asked to tackled the problem called by the Manager Customer services at ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company Ltd.
TDS expert team reached the site within few hours. Given the urgency of situation the restoration job started immediately, The restoration work started with pumping of water and drying of furniture. Dehumidifiers were installed at the basement.
TDS had set up FFB 1000 (3 Nos), FFB 600 (1 No.) dehumidifier to provide about 2000 cfm of dry air. Drying began with the help of Vacuum Cleaners and High speed Blowers.
The task was to remove moisture from wet structural materials i.e. carpet, skirting, furniture and even concrete walls in the basement. The restoration work was completed in just 10 days.
TDS drying methods helped them to restore most of their furniture, carpets and interior structure as a result they saved their expense of refurnishing and reconstruction.TDS eliminated dangerous mold, mildew and bacteria by careful drying of wall interiors and other hidden area.
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Mr. Deepak Pahwa is the Chairman, Pahwa Group and Director of Technical Drying Services Asia. Pvt. Ltd. The group has 1500+ employees in 6 continents & 11 manufacturing plants.
In 1979, he set up the first company in the group, Arctic India Sales, introducing dehumidification in India. Subsequently, he set-up Technical Drying Services Asia, Desiccant Rotors International, Delair India and Technical Drying services.
An alumnus of IT-BHU, Mr. Pahwa has been honored with several awards, including the “Leadership Award 2013” by IACC for his dynamic leadership. He was also awarded a “National Award 2011 in Research & Development” in (Medium Enterprise) by MSME, the “IT-BHU Alumni Lifetime Achievement Award 2009-10”, and also the “Entrepreneur Of The Year Award” in 1987 in the SME entrepreneur category, to name just a few.
Mr. Pahwa is a Fellow, ASHRAE (American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air conditioning Engineers) and serves on several technical committees of ASHRAE. A life member of ASHRAE as well as ISHRAE, he has been recognized and honored by various industry associations for his contribution in enhancing India’s role in providing the best in the next class technologies from India to the world. He has also introduced many new technologies in field of dehumidification, IAQ and many others in India since 1979. He has played an active role in connecting the European Air-conditioning federation, REHVA, to the Indian industry.
Currently, he is the Chairman, Committee on Innovation, PHD Chamber and also serves on the Chamber’s Managing Committee. He has also served as the National President, Indo-American Chamber of Commerce. He has also served as the Convener, FICCI MSME Committee.
He is an advocate of collaborative work for advancing knowledge and works with the specialists, in the field of Adsorption and airgineering technologies, in the academia as well as the industry experts, not only from India but all over the world including Japan, Singapore, Korea, Turkey, Europe and USA.
With almost 50 years of experience in engineering & marketing of HVAC&R, Airgineering & Environmental Control Technologies, his success mantra is “Innovation is Life”. He believes that with the right amount of inspiration, encouragement and knowledge, ordinary people can achieve extraordinary work.
He has institutionalized innovation within the organization so that every employee learns to be an innovator and rewarded for their contribution
For the Society at large, Mr. Pahwa, taking inspiration from his grandfather, Padma Shri, Rai Bahadur Dr. Mathra Das Pahwa, a renowned Eye surgeon and a dedicated philanthropist, Mr. Pahwa has mandated through the group’s CSR initiatives work on providing education, skill development health & hygiene and opportunities in sports for enriching the lives of the underprivileged and differently abled. Another focus area is working towards environmental sustainability, both through the technologies being introduced as well the contributions and support provided to environmentalists.