Aviation & Training
Mechanical Engineering & Contracting · Lebanon
Mechanical systems, done properly, since 1979.
Complete mechanical contracting across plumbing, HVAC, fire protection and specialty systems.
1979
Delivering since
200+
Projects delivered
4
Service lines
46,500 m²
Largest delivered
Middle East Training Center · 46,500 m² · plumbing, fire & treatment by KSE
01 · Active now
A live order book, on 47 years of proof.
Not just a long history — active projects now, standing on 200+ delivered since 1979.
2025–2026
CMC HQ & Warehouse
20,000 m² — all mechanical services. Consultant: MEP Team Pro.
2025
NEO — Bank Audi HQ
All mechanical services, with Insites Projects SAL.
2025
Centrale Jounieh
4,500 m² — all mechanical services, with ELKA.
2025
Nespresso — ABC Ashrafieh
All mechanical services, with Insites Projects SAL. Consultant: Kamal Sioufi office.
Plus ongoing mechanical works at Metlife HQ (from 2023), ABC (from 2020) and Beirut City Center & Waterfront City (from 2013). See the full track record →
02 · What we do
Four service lines.
One mechanical contractor.
KSE supplies and installs complete mechanical systems — one contractor, one point of responsibility, from plant room to fixtures.
Plumbing
KSE’s founding trade since 1979 — sanitary and drainage, water distribution, pumping, fountains and pools, solar, fuel oil and irrigation systems.
Plumbing in detail
HVAC
A dedicated department since 2008 — boilers and chillers, central DX / VRV, ventilation and smoke management, ducting, BMS and controls.
HVAC in detail
Fire Protection
Life-safety systems installed to consultant specification — sprinklers, dry and wet risers, fire pumps and gaseous suppression.
Fire protection in detail
Specialty Systems
Water treatment, dewatering, gas systems and compressed air — the capabilities KSE added as its portfolio grew.
Specialty systems in detail
“M/S KSE has successfully completed the Mechanical Plumbing and Fire Fighting works for MEA Training Center… KSE has shown dedication and commitment to the Project.”Consolidated Engineering Company — Khatib & Alami · MEA Training Center · 2017
“KSE employees are easy to work with, think creatively, and effectively communicate their ideas. They have my highest endorsement.”ENOVA Facilities & Energy Management Services — Senior Operations Manager, 2016
Projects delivered for Microsoft, the IMF, MetLife, Nestlé, the Lebanese Parliament and the Ministry of Defense. Excerpts quoted from original signed letters; full letters available on request.
03 · Why KSE
Engineering-led. In-house. Long-term.
01
Engineering first
Led by a managing partner with a Master’s in Mechanical Engineering (AUB). Every installation is executed to consultant specification — KSE has delivered under Khatib & Alami, M.J. AZZI & Part., Kamal Sioufi office, SPECTRUM, WTA and ERGA, among others.
02
In-house teams
Experienced mechanical engineers, trained foremen, and skilled technicians — KSE’s own staff, built up since 1979. The team that starts your project is the team that hands it over.
03
Full mechanical scope
One contractor, one point of responsibility — plumbing, HVAC, fire protection and specialty systems coordinated as a single package, from plant room and risers to terminal units and fixtures.
04 · The work
Flagship projects, full mechanical scope.
A handful of the landmark deliveries behind the register — the scale and institutions KSE is trusted with.
Flagship projects
Education
NDU Barsa
Banking & Corporate
FNB Finance HQ
High-end Residential
Villa Fawaz — Rabieh
05 · Clients who stayed
The strongest reference is a client who keeps calling back.
In their own words
“KSE has been executing for the past 20 years mechanical works under our oversight and supervision.”Execo sal · main contractor · 2017
“Excellent work performance in mechanical engineering (firefighting, plumbing, HVAC), follow up and work progress.”Sanita — Indevco Group · industrial · 2017
“A ‘can do’ attitude that is rarely seen in today’s business environment.”Acres Dbayeh SAL · Le Mall · 2017
Excerpts from the original signed letters; full letters available on request.
ABNIAH
Working together since 1999 — 20+ projects across residential, education and corporate
Indevco Group — Sanita
Working together since 2004
Le Mall — Acres
Working together since 2010
ENOVA / MAF — Beirut City Center & Waterfront City
Projects spanning 2013–today
Kabboud
Working together since 2015 — banking & corporate fit-outs
Insites Projects
Working together since 2016 — active on 2025 projects
Barakat Contracting
Working together since 2017
ABC
Working together since 2020
Relationships documented across KSE’s project register and client reference letters. References →
06 · In the field
The work up close.
Mechanical contracting is judged in the plant room, not the brochure. Installations by KSE teams across current and recent projects.
Chiller plant
HVAC · rooftop installation
Water treatment
Specialty systems
Air handling
HVAC · ventilation
Underfloor heating
HVAC · floor heating loops
Fire protection
Pump room & risers
Pools & water features
Plumbing · treatment · heating
Two generations. One standard of work.
KSE was founded in 1979 by Karim Saade as a plumbing, heating and fire-systems contractor. Ralph K. Saade — Master’s in Mechanical Engineering (AUB) — grew up in the business and became managing partner in 2005. Family-owned and family-run ever since: the engineer who signs the proposal is the partner who answers for the installation.