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CONTENTS 5 - 11 MAY, 2018 • ISSUE 698

INTELLIGENCE 06 Luxembourg breaks ground at Expo 2020 FINANCE 10 Emaar’s Q1 net profit increases by 37% ROUND UP 12 Dubai unveils hyperloop cargo network CAREERS 19 28 Managing manpower during Ramadan SITE VISIT 1/JBR The consultant and architect of Dubai Properties’ 1/JBR explains why minimalism is harder than it seems, as construction on the $272.2m tower achieves 40% completion 22 EDITOR’S COMMENT 14 CW’s 2018 Power 100 list is your chance to stand out from the crowd

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GUEST COMMENT 23 Dimitri Papakonstantinou says MEP contractors are facing a challenge due to a lack of retrofit opportunities PROJECT UPDATE 38 A review of CW’s most recent site visits, including Sharjah Waterfront City and Omniyat’s One Palm 34 EVENTS CALENDAR 42 TOWER PROJECTS Get up to speed on all of the LOFTY AMBITIONS construction industry events taking Regional real estate developers appear to be in extremely good form, with a number of place in 2018, from awards evenings skyscraper projects under construction in the UAE, as well as Saudi Arabia and Kuwait to trade shows, and conferences

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INTELLIGENCE

Luxembourg broke ground on its national pavilion for Expo 2020 Dubai on 30 April, becoming the Ȍ rst foreign nation to do so out of the 180 participating countries. Project of note: Luxembourg first foreign country to break ground on Expo 2020 pavilion

uxembourg has become the first foreign The theme, ‘Resourceful Luxembourg’, is nation out of the 180 participating said to reflect the country’s aim to “cement Lcountries to break ground on its Expo its status as a smart nation that connects the 2020 Dubai pavilion. human, natural, technical, industrial, and The European nation’s deputy Prime financial resources it needs to shape its future”. Minister, Etienne Schneider, oversaw an The design and architecture of the pavilion official ground-breaking ceremony at the will focus on issues related to resources expo site on 30 April.Luxembourg was the by relying on the principles of the circular first country to sign an official participation economy and interconnection. The design contract for the expo in October 2017. was chosen following an open tender process, The spiral-shaped Luxembourg Pavilion durign which teams of architects, engineers, will be located in the event’s Opportunity and scenographers were asked to provide a District, and will feature an exhibition holistic view of Luxembourg embedded in space, a multipurpose area, a restaurant, a the chosen theme. The tender process ended shop, administrative offices, and technical in April 2017, and architect Metaform was facilities. Last year, the theme and location of appointed to design the pavilion. Luxembourg’s pavilion was approved by Expo Prime Minister Schneider said that the 2020 Dubai organisers. pavilion would provide an opportunity for

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For up-to-the-minute tenders log on to constructionweekonline.com 438HA TOP TENDERS THE SIZE OF THE SITE OF Repair and maintenance of EXPO 2020, THE FIRST lifts in water pumping plants WORLD EXPO TO BE and chlorine plants HELD IN THE REGION Country: Kuwait Closes: May 6, 2018 Category: Buildings Luxembourg to promote Dubai, all showcasing the best Issuer: Kuwait’s Ministry of the values that the country of their national potential and Electricity and Water stands for, which he said innovation,” he said. Maintenance works on the gates, monuments, and included innovation and “For the first time, each fountains installed at various sustainable development. country will have their own locations in the governorate “It will have a design that pavilion at a World Expo.” of Muscat Country: Oman will appeal to all ages and Last month, the UK Closes: May 6, 2018 interests, and we hope it will announced that it had Category: Buildings be a major attraction for the extended the deadline for Issuer: Muscat Municipality millions of people attending the design tender of its Expo Completion of the theatre in the cultural centre in Dariyah Expo 2020,” he added. 2020 pavilion from 24 April Country: Saudi Arabia Executive director of to 30 April. Closes: May 6, 2018 Expo 2020 Dubai Bureau, According to a listing by Category: Buildings Issuer: Municipality of Dariyah Najeeb Mohammed Al-Ali, the UK’s Department of Improvement, beautiȌ cation, congratulated Luxembourg on International Trade, the and development of entrances being the first nation to reach tendered services cover the and yards what he callen an important architectural, construction, Country: Saudi Arabia landmark in the country’s engineering, and inspection Closes: May 6, 2018 Category: Infrastructure Expo 2020 Dubai journey. categories. The contract is Issuer: Municipality of Dariyah

“Expo 2020 will bring the estimated to start on 1 October Asphalting and paving of countries of to the of this year and conclude on roads, in addition to lighting works, in Hajra [438ha] Expo 2020 site in approximately 30 April, 2021. Country: Saudi Arabia Closes: May 6, 2018 Category: Infrastructure Issuer: Secretariat of Baha at Nakheel to develop $160m resort at the Municipality of Hajra

Road and yards construction Nakheel has announced reputable hospitality for the University of Kuwait plans to develop a $160m brands and concepts (AED587.7m) resort at to Dubai as part of our Country: Saudi Arabia Closes: May 6, 2018 Deira Islands in Dubai. commitment to supporting Category: Infrastructure The developer will the government in realising Issuer: University of Kuwait team up with Austrian its tourism vision. hotel chain Vienna House “Vienna House at Construction of meat and vegetable market in Dariyah to develop the 600-key Deira Islands will be beachfront resort. [an] example of how Country: Saudi Arabia Vienna House Deira this strategy is coming Closes: May 6, 2018 Category: Buildings Beach will be developed to fruition.” Issuer: Municipality of Dariyah following a letter of The resort will be intent that was signed by Nakheel’s third hospitality Construction of various employee housing facilities Nakheel’s chairman Ali joint venture for Deira Rashid Lootah. Islands, with the first Country: Saudi Arabia Lootah said: “Our two set to spur the Closes: May 13, 2018 Category: Buildings ongoing strategy is to development of 1,400 Issuer: Shaqeeq Municipality in [bring] new, highly hotel rooms. Ali Rashid Lootah is the chairman of Nakheel. Jizan province

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TOP TENDERS

Construction of multipurpose community hall

Country: Saudi Arabia Closes: May 14, 2018 Category: Buildings Issuer: General Directorate of Education in Sebia

Pre-qualiȌ cation for construction of Ministry of Housing projects

Country: Bahrain Closes: May 16, 2018 Category: Buildings Issuer: Ministry of Housing

Refurbishment of training buildings in Ȍ re center

Country: Kuwait King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud laid the foundation stone for the Qiddiya entertainment city project [image: SPA]. Closes: Jun 12, 2018 Category: Buildings Foundation stone laid for Saudi Arabia’s Issuer: The Kuwait Fire 2 Service Directorate 334km Qiddiya entertainment city Restoration, maintenance, and construction works at Saudi Arabia celebrated the laying of the and cultural attractions. The Qiddiya municipality buildings and foundation stone for its 334km2 Qiddiya development will also include a number of facilities in Kuwait entertainment city project in a ceremony shopping centres, restaurants, cafés, hotels, Country: Kuwait held on 28 April. and real estate projects. Closes: Jul 8, 2018 The event was attended by Custodian of It is said that the development’s various Category: Buildings the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin attractions will fall within five key themes: Issuer: Municipality of Kuwait Abdulaziz Al Saud. parks and attractions; mobility; nature Restoration, maintenance According to the chief executive officer and the environment; sports; and health, and construction at Kuwait of the Qiddiya project, Michael Reininger, culture, arts, and education. municipality building the development will include facilities It is expected that Qiddiya, which will such as amusement parks, safaris and be built 40km from Riyadh, will primarily Country: Kuwait Closes: Jul 8, 2018 nature experiences. The plans also include target the city’s seven million residents. It Category: Buildings attractions such a ‘toy city’, as well as is thought to present an “untapped market” Issuer: Municipality of Kuwait recreation centres and sports facilities, for international investors. training academies, desert and asphalt The project is set to be approximately Electrical maintenance in General Authority for Applied tracks for motor sports enthusiasts, 100 times the size of New York’s Central Education and Training water and snow recreation activities, Park, and hopes to attract 17 million visitors colleges and centres (Region 2) outdoor adventure spaces, and historical by 2030, Reininger stated.

Country: Kuwait Closes: Jul 8, 2018 Good Week/Bad Week Category: Power and water Issuer: Public Authority for Applied Education and Training Al Ahli Group Construction and maintenance Q1 2018 revenue grows by 37% Plans for Dubai theme park on hold of mosque buildings in Sura Saudi Arabia Kuwait Country: Kuwait Entertainment city foundation stone laid Oil leak and Ȍ re in Al Maqwa area Closes: Jul 15, 2018 Category: Buildings Issuer: Ministry of Islamic Alba Oman Affairs and Awqaf Closes $246m Line 6 project Ȍ nance deal 27% drop in mortgage deals in Q1 2018

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FINANCE

REVENUE Emaar posts $453m in Q1 net proȌ ts

Emaar Properties saw its revenue grow by 37% in Q1 2018, going up to $1.5bn (AED5.6bn) from $1.1bn (AED4.1bn) in the same period last year. The developer’s net profit also increased by 20% compared to Q1 2017’s $377m (AED1.4bn), standing at $453m (AED1.7bn), before taking into account the impact of Emaar Development’s initial public offering (IPO). The company revealed that with the IPO factored in, its net profit for the first three months of the year was valued at $409m (AED1.5bn), an 8.5% increase from the first quarter of 2017. Emaar Properties’ subsidiary, Emaar Development, has reported a backlog valued at $11bn in April this year. In April, Emaar Development reported that its property sales in the first the IPO of Emaar Development to the revenue. This was 15% higher than the three months of 2018 reached $1.1bn company’s shareholders. businesses’ Q1 2017 revenue of (AED3.9bn), while its backlog was valued Emaar’s shopping malls, hospitality, $433m (AED1.6bn). at $11bn (AED41bn). According to Emaar and leisure and entertainment businesses Emaar Properties chairman, Mohamed Properties, it has distributed, in two together generated recurring revenue Alabbar, said the the company would look tranches, a total of $1.1bn (AED4bn) of $499m (AED1.8bn) during Q1 2018, to continue to drive its hospitality, malls, in cash dividend from the proceeds of accounting for 33% of the total group leisure, and entertainment businesses.

Acquisitions

Double takeover Bentley Systems has acquired “unprecedented geostructural disciplines converged around for software Ȍ rm Plaxis and SoilVision in a double engineering performance”. intuitive 3D models, geotechnical deal. The US-based business The takeover is also expected applications seem to have Bentley Systems: acquired Netherlands-based to enhance the company’s followed a less graphically Firm acquires Plaxis Plaxis and Canadian ground building information modelling intensive development path, and and SoilVision for engineering software provider software by incorporating have remained isolated from undisclosed sums SoilVision for undisclosed sums. digitised geotechnical workȍ ows. cross-discipline workȍ ows.” By combining Plaxis’s Chief executive ofȌ cer Tony O’Brien, global practice geotechnical software, of Bentley Systems, Greg leader for geotechnics at SoilVision’s earth engineering Bentley, said: “I believe that consultancy Mott MacDonald, systems, and its borehole every geotechnical engineer said Plaxis was one of the reporting and data management has beneȌ tted from Plaxis’s “core analysis tools” used by tool, gINT, Bentley said it would continuous advancement in geotechnical engineers: “When be able to provide a complete scope and quality of tools for [its] used by experienced specialists, solution for geotechnical workers. discipline to add value.” Plaxis can analyse many of our Bentley Systems said this He added: “While most most complex ground-structure would provide Ȍ rms with an infrastructure engineering interaction problems.”

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ESTABLISHING HEALTHCARE Total return equity rose to COMPANIES IN $246mFinance deal worth THE UAE $630m Mohammad as a result of an acquisition was closed by Alba Tbaishat, Partner, $58mAl Qudra netted Overall49% progress of Pinsent Masons in consolidated proȌ t in 2017 reported on Line 6 expansion project Foreign ownership restrictions in the UAE prevent foreign companies UAE’s Al Qudra posts Bahrain’s Alba closes from owning more than $58m proȌ t in 2017 $246m Ȍ nance deal 49% of the shares in UAE limited liability companies. Whilst The Abu Dhabi-headquartered private Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) has closed a healthcare companies are joint stock company, Al Qudra Holding, credit finance agreement to pump $246m often open to joint venture has released details of its financial (BHD92.7m) into its Line 6 expansion (“JV”) arrangements to performance for the fiscal year ending 31 project, one of the region’s biggest take advantage of a JV December, 2017. brownfield developments. partner’s local market In a statement to the Abu Dhabi Alba said it would spend the new capital expertise, the prospect Securities Exchange (ADX), the firm on a green anode plant, gas treatment of becoming a minority said its consolidated net profit for 2017 centres, pot tending machines, an anode shareholder can make reached $57.8m (AED212.4m), and its total bake furnace, and equipment for the Line mainland incorporations assets increased to $1.3bn (AED4.6bn) 6 expansion. less attractive. Instead, from $680m (AED2.5bn) in 2016. Once completed, Line 6 will make Alba companies often According to Al Qudra, the growth of the largest single-site aluminium smelter in incorporate entities in Free its assets was a result of its acquisition of the world. Zones, which allow 100% Al Rayan Investment Company, and was The cash injection for the project was ownership by non-UAE nationals. reflected on the total return equity to its supported by an export credit agency, with contributors, which rose from $330m the capital coming from a raft of banks, A Free Zone that is becoming increasingly (AED1.2bn) to $630m (AED2.3bn). including Citibank, Standard Chartered popular is the Abu Dhabi The increase in equity reportedly Bank, and Crédit Agricole Corporate and Global Market Free caused the company’s book value per Investment Bank. Zone (“ADGM”). This share to go up to $0.78 (AED2.86). At the end of the first quarter of 2018, Free Zone has gained The past year also saw the company’s overall progress on the project stood at its attraction largely successful listing on the investment and 49%, engineering at 83%, contracts and due to its common law services sector of the second market of procurement at 92%, ower Station 5 at grounding that is primarily ADX, as well the launch of the Manarah more than 58%, and the power distribution based on the English Bay and Barary Ain Al Fayda projects. system at more than 82%. legal system. ADGM healthcare companies can benefit from 50/50 JV Oman’s Duqm to host projects worth $29bn arrangements and can obtain greater comfort The value of industrial Duqm, which is valued at according to Oman’s state than different classes of shares and more projects that have been $10.7bn (OMR4.1bn). news agency, ONA, which sophisticated contractual awarded usufruct rights in Two cement plants are cited Duqm Economist. protections (such as drag Oman’s Special Economic also set to be implemented The Special Economic and tag along rights, put Zone in Duqm (SEZD) was in SEZD, one of which will Zone Authority at Duqm options and call options) estimated at about $29.1bn be built by Al Wusta. The is said to have allocated are generally enforceable. (OMR11.2bn), as of the development cost of the Al 17,750ha of land for the start of 2018. Wusta plant is estimated at projects, of which 7,350ha These include the $688.3m (OMR265m). is for heavy industries, $16.9bn (OMR6.5bn) The second cement 5,140ha for medium Duqm Refinery and plant will be a $441.6m industries, 2,370ha for Petrochemical Industries (OMR170m) project light industries, 750ha for Complex and the Omani- being developed by Duqm fisheries, and 500ha for Chinese Industrial City in Cement Projects Company, renewable energy projects.

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INFRASTRUCTURE Hyperloop cargo delivery network to be built in UAE

DP World and Virgin Hyperloop One a hyperloop could be built on one of have agreed to develop an ultra-fast these lovely islands in Dubai. cargo transport network in Dubai. A “Freight could be unloaded on an construction timeline for the project island, put on a hyperloop, and shipped has yet to be revealed, however. 20 miles inland. All of that port land Port operator DP World and could be sold off for hotels, leisure, or Virgin Hyperloop One have formed other things, because it’s on the sea. a new company called DP World Why waste that land on ports?” Cargospeed, which will build a Hyperloop is a form of hyperloop system to transport goods autonomous travel that uses globally, promising quick deliveries magnetic levitation to propel pod- yet low costs. shaped vehicles through steel or An event was held to mark the concrete tubes at speeds of up to creation of DP World Cargospeed 300m per second. It is a disruptive at the Queen Elizabeth II hotel in technology with the potential to Port Rashid, Dubai, but at the time, revolutionise transport and trade, by no details about the construction moving goods and people at speeds of the cargo hyperloop system of more than 1,000km/h. were revealed. The fully electronic pod is Billionaire Richard Branson, emissions-free and could transform chairman of Virgin Hyperloop One, the supply chain by enabling same- said the network had the potential to day delivery of goods anywhere in the free up lucrative land in the emirate world in no more than 14 hours. for new development projects: “Ports DP World is the largest investor in are often sitting on valuable land, but US-based Virgin Hyperloop One. Virgin Hyperloop One’s system will power DP World Cargospeed.

In Quotes

“Dhabi Contracting “Aldar’s hotel occupancy We have more than 50 intends to maintain rates are much higher than [retroȌ t] projects in the its interest in the the sector average across pipeline, but we cannot [tourism] sector.” Abu Dhabi.” roll them out.”

BISHOY EDWARDS,ARDS, MAN FARID AL-AWLAQI, ALI MOHD AL JASSIM,, Dhabi Contractingacting Aldar Properties Etihad ESCO

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Around the GCC 2

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1. UAE 4. BAHRAIN 20th Century Fox theme park stalls Swiss-Belhotel to open two properties The 20th Century Fox-branded theme park, planned for construction in Dubai, is currently on hold, it has been Swiss-Belhotel conȌ rmed. Mohammed Khammas, chief executive ofȌ cer International will open a of Al Ahli Group, said oversupply concerns were the main Ȍ ve-star and a midscale factor holding the project back. Al Ahli Group signed a hotel in Bahrain this year, global licensing deal with 20th Century Fox Consumer tripling its inventory of Products in 2015 to build up to four Fox parks outside rooms in the kingdom the US. One such development was to be a 37ha theme and ushering in two new park near Dubai Outlet Mall. Construction Week’s sister brands to the country. publication, Arabian Business, reported the project was Bahrain welcomed 12.7 due to be completed by 2020, but work had yet to start. million tourists last year.

2. KUWAIT 3. SAUDI ARABIA 5. OMAN Oil leak repairs JV set up to Real estate deals under way fastrack US plant top $2bn in Q1

A repair and cleanup Saudi Arabia’s Sabic and Oman’s real estate deals operation is under way, US oil giant ExxonMobil hit $2.02bn (OMR776.3m) following an oil leak and have created a joint in Q1 2018, rising by Ȍ re at a well in Al Maqwa, venture (JV) to accelerate 6.5% from the $1.89bn Kuwait. International construction of an ethane (OMR726.8m) recorded “The price of solar technology Ȍ rms were called in to cracker plant in Texas, in the same period a has decreased signiȌ cantly in repair an onshore oil rig UA, that will create 600 year ago. Some 16,045 the last Ȍ ve years, enough to and its cathodic protection full-time jobs. The third JV sales contracts, valued at be competitive.” walls after the well of Sabic and ExxonMobile $668.8m (OMR257.5m), started to leak. Kuwait Oil drive the construction were recorded in the ANNE LE GUENNEC,NEC, Company, which manages of the 1.8 million tonne Ȍ rst quarter. Mortgage Enova the site, said the situation ethane cracker, which deals stood at $1.34bn had been brought under will also include a (OMR514.1m), but the control, adding specialist monoethylene glycol unit number of transactions equipment designed to and two polyethylene dropped by 26.8% to 4,025, tackle oil leaks had to units. Approximately 6,000 from the 5,500 reported be deployed to bring the construction jobs will be in Q1 2017, the National leak under control. No created during the peak Centre for Statistics and casualties were reported. period of work. Information said.

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False dawn Experts say Dubai’s rental market may witness declines in the months to come.

Reality check In Q1 of this year, Dubai registered the first stable three-month period for rental prices in more than two years, but what lies ahead for the city’s property sector? Jumana Abdell-Razzaq reports

he Dubai property market significant trends, including an overall 12% has been the source of much drop in rental prices, and a 20% decline speculation in recent years. in luxury areas such as and Analysts have frequently . Treported declines in rents and sales, and in Phillips said that 2017 was widely 2017, prices dropped by between 5% recognised as a testing period for and 10%, according to financial the emirate’s property market, information and analytics but while the falling rents provider S&P Global. FOLLOW could be interpreted as a CONSTRUCTION It seems the tide may now WEEK warning, property in Dubai still be on the change, however. presented strong opportunities CWMIDDLEEAST In the first quarter of 2018, for investors. Indeed, on the prices are described as having positive side, the dip in prices has stagnated, marking the first stable made the market more accessible. three-month period for Dubai rental According to Phillips, however, the prices in more than two years. continuing lack of taxes, specifically related General manager of the mortgage division to capital gains, property appreciation, at UAE-based financial services company Holborn Assets, Joanne Phillips, believes “OLD PREDICTIONS that an oversupply of units, lower rents, and a dip in values have all contributed to a OF CONTINUOUS salaries, and rental yields, is more important, major reshaping of the property landscape. GROWTH HAVE BEEN offering potential for strong returns “Old predictions of continuous growth have REPLACED WITH on investment. been replaced with more grounded ideas of Commenting on the appetite for what is achievable as the sector continues to MORE GROUNDED residential stock, chief executive officer of mature beyond the bubble that enveloped IDEAS OF WHAT IS property developer Nshama, Fred Durie, it prior to the 2008 financial crisis,” told Construction Week that “demand has she explained. ACHIEVABLE AS THE definitely weakened” over the past few years. Phillips went on to note that in 2017, SECTOR MATURES.” “[Demand is] not strong, it has definitely the emirate’s property market saw several JOANNE PHILLIPS, HOLBORN ASSETS weakened, but I think at the right price-

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12% The overall drop in Dubai rental prices seen in 2017, according to Holborn Assets 5–7% Fall in rental prices predicted by Cluttons in the remander of this year

point and with the right product, you could future, according to the Dubai Spring 2018 over the next three years, Cluttons’ report still do okay, and we are doing okay. But Property Market Outlook report produced added. Head of Cluttons Dubai, Murray it has been weakening [...]. It’s the same by property consultants Cluttons. Property Strang, said: “We expect newly completed for everyone.” consultancy Chestertons Middle East and rental properties to command the attention While the rental market has shown early North Africa echoed these sentiments in of tenants, while older and more secondary signs of stability, a decline is expected in the its latest report. The firm also suggested property will register rent falls. This ‘flight- months ahead. For example, the growing the market had seen decline, as opposed to-quality’ phenomenon will likely result in volume of off-plan investment stock, which to stagnation, in Q1 2018. the creation of a very distinctive, two-tiered is destined to be made available for rent after The ability of the rental market to absorb a market. In the short-term, we expect rents to handover, is likely to pose challenges in the high volume of new stock will likely be tested slip by 5–7% over the remainder of 2018.”

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JOB OF THE WEEK APPOINTMENTS

Principal mechanical Edward Forrester Construction has been appointed engineer | Parsons Week’s 2017 as a planner by Mott Salary Survey MacDonald in the UAE. attracted 688 Forrester will be responses from responsible for developing construction the consultancy’s future mobility professionals, transport advisory services across the with more than Middle East, particularly its interaction half coming from with transport policy, as well as its the UAE economic and social impacts. Joining Mott MacDonald from Atkins, where he was a project manager and 86% engineer, Forrester has led and advised on projects for Dubai government of the respondents clients on self-driving and electric said they expect to vehicle projects. At Mott MacDonald, remain in the GCC Forrester will handle a range of within the next 12 future transport projects involving months autonomous vehicle trials, electric 23% vehicle roadmaps, and related policies. Jazan, Saudi Arabia Mechanical engineering reported Leighton Greeland experiencing Full time and Kevin Miller salary-related have been appointed by delays during consultancy Aurecon Parsons is hiring a principal mechanical engineer to join its team in Jazan, the preceding as, respectively, Saudi Arabia. The principal mechanical engineer will be a member of the 12-month period infrastructure leader and company’s engineering department and will report to the mechanical digital practice leader. discipline manager. The candidate will be responsible for the provision of 6% Greenland (pictured) has previously supervised the construction of major described their professional engineering support to the programme’s projects. public and private infrastructure The engineer will particularly focus on promoting and maintaining salary as well projects in Ireland, the UK, and the technical adequacy, uniformity, and quality of the project’s designs, in below average the Middle East. Meanwhile, as a the primary areas of desalination plant mechanical systems. Secondary when viewed technology-focused engineer, Miller within a regional emphasis will be applied to heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning, as has more than 17 years’ experience, context helping companies improve efȌ ciency well as plumbing and fire protection processes. through harnessing the power of A recognised university degree in mechanical engineering, with 15 digital platforms. He will work years’ post-graduate, professional experience is needed. Of this, 10 years closely with the Ȍ rm’s new digital must have been spent in the design of mechanical systems for power and visualisation services team on plants or desalination plants. US- or UK-accredited registration as a complex projects. professional engineer is also desirable. For more information about the Both Greenland and Miller are based at Aurecon’s Dubai ofȌ ces. role, visit www.buildingmena.com. About BuildingMENA.com BuildingMENA is the Ȍ rst and only job portal dedicated to the Middle East and North Africa region’s construction and engineering sector. A collaborative venture between Construction Week and Taylor Sterling Associates, the easy- to-use and highly efȌ cient platform is designed to connect the industry’s biggest talent network with key regional employers, both large and small. To learn more about the platform, email [email protected].

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MARCUS TAYLOR

WHAT’S YOUR VIEW? COMMENT ONLINE CWMIDDLEEAST Resourcing during Ramadan Marcus Taylor, managing partner at Taylor Sterling Associates, outlines how construction leaders should manage their manpower in the months to come

n 2015, a poll stated that during With this in mind, is now the right time and back-ups should be in place if the top Ramadan, recruitment remained at a to bring your job search to a halt, or to take choice falls through. level of 60%, matching the rate recorded recruitment off your list of top priorities? This proactive approach is more effective Ithroughout the rest of the year. Certainly not. This is the third time in the last for consultancies than contractors, as This huge false positive was based on 10 years that regional fi rms have been put in resources are required onsite to create the number of job advertisements posted this situation, and if there is anything we’ve revenue. It is equally important to not online and not on the actual process of learned, it is to keep the lines out and baited. overwork the construction managers while sourcing, interviewing, offering, and Last year, Taylor Sterling concluded an searching for support, as you could be left onboarding candidates. 18-month survey revealing 76% of placements recruiting for two roles if the individual has In my 12 years of industry experience in were passive candidates, of which 80% were had enough of working long days in the the GCC, it has become apparent that the top performers. This trend can trigger intense heat. level of productivity during the summer inevitable cost-cutting redundancies, If you fi nd yourself having to let some and Ramadan periods has been on a steady leading to a large number of skilled workers people go, then this is one of the best decline, year after year. So far, I have had being presented with an opportunity to opportunities to build your reputation as only one client who suggested that they target companies they see themselves a choice employer. I have been involved in would pick up an assignment after Ramadan. matching with. redundancy measures twice this year, and This year has witnessed a larger When the levee inevitably breaks and have helped the affected fi nd their way back number of companies implementing cost versus value balances out, teams will into the market. strategic measures to ensure they are both be required to grow again. There will be a The ramifi cations of such efforts are stronger and leaner to avoid the impact of a rush to grab the skilled talent and have them signifi cant, since job security is an ongoing market downturn. onboarded yesterday. issue in the global construction industry. Cost-cutting measures and the stalling of Hopefully, employers will have made A reputation for going that extra mile will projects has disrupted many of the growth proactive efforts this time, as projects begin make you a top employer of choice, which plans of these companies, even with oil to come back online. And it must go beyond in itself will reduce the salary expectations reaching $75 per barrel for the fi rst time the headcount – the groundwork will have to of those who are prepared for a long-term in nearly half a decade. have been laid to engage the right individuals, commitment with a good company.

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Khaled, Bahrain: I’ve been verbally offered Paul, Singapore: I saw a job that I would Simon, Saudi Arabia: I’ve recently been a job and asked for references, including be perfect for, but it lists Middle East brought into our Saudi ofȌ ce on secondment from my current employer. I don’t want to experience as a requirement. Would time in and have a candidate who wants to take a risk my current job – what should I do? Singapore relate to the GCC? month’s leave before joining us. Is this normal? Only in exceptional circumstances should The answer will likely be positive, but it I think a break between jobs is healthy. If your current employer be contacted prior would depend on the job. If they are looking you need them on site quickly, then you are to you ofȌ cially accepting the offer. Even for someone who can settle into a different perfectly within your rights to ask them to then, most employers would view previous culture and its challenges, then your start sooner, and possibly offer a split leave employers’ references as adequate. experience would count. after they have settled in.

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334KM2 SIZE OF QIDDIYA, SAUDI ARABIA’S ENTERTAINMENT MEGAPROJECT THAT WILL BE DEVELOPED 40KM FROM THE CAPITAL CITY OF RIYADH

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, patronised the Qiddiya project’s foundation ceremony on 28 April. The 334km2 entertainment city – to be built 40km from Riyadh – will attract 17 million visitors by 2030. To read more about this story, turn to page 6 of this issue, or log on to constructionweekonline.com. [image: Saudi Press Agency]

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NEHA BHATIA

WHATS YOUR VIEW? COMMENT ONLINE CWMIDDLEEAST Power it up The deadline is approaching to submit responses for CW’s 2018 Power 100 ranking. Have your say, and make sure you aren’t overshadowed by your competitors this year

s some of you will already know, shaping the Middle East’s construction preparations are under way for sector. The ideal regional construction boss Construction Week’s 2018 Power is an amalgamation of both prudent business A100 list. Our annual ranking of acumen and exemplary managerial skills. So, the Middle East’s most inÀ uential construction the questions we ask our shortlisted leaders leaders will be revealed across our print, cover not only their pro¿ t and loss ¿ gures, digital, and video channels by 30 June. but their employee training and corporate Over the last eight years, CW’s Power social responsibility efforts as well. 100 series has been the regional industry’s This year’s list will further emphasise the barometer of success – your achievements, role played by regional construction leaders setbacks, innovations, and comebacks have in inÀ uencing our built environment. For reÀ ected in the ranking each year. The list has instance, in the era of virtual reality and come to represent an indicator of the regional arti¿ cial intelligence, your output must be construction sector’s health, and this will no recognised for its tech-savviness. Therefore, doubt hold true this year, as well. a section of the Power 100 questionnaire is Inclusion in the Power 100 list has always dedicated to your technology investments been – and will continue to be – a matter of during the past year. prestige for the region’s industry leaders. But CW’s 2018 Power 100 ranking, like its success is not guaranteed, so as we approach predecessors, will provide insights into what “This year’s Power 100 the 10th edition of the Power 100 – which will helps the Middle East’s top construction list will further emphasise be published in 2019 – it is worth exploring businesses survive and thrive, despite the the role played by how your contribution to the list can be quotidian and unexpected challenges with amended for greater precision. which they contend. To ensure that you, or regional construction As we have reiterated over the past your business leader, are fairly represented in leaders in influencing our eight years, the individuals recognised in this year’s ranking, please see to it that your built environment.” our Power 100 series, and their respective questionnaire responses are both accurate positions, are determined using information and detailed. that is publicly available through veri¿ ed The quality of your responses will sources, as well as details that are submitted determine your ultimate position on the list, directly to CW. The editorial team dedicates so this is no time for modesty. The Middle a great deal of time and effort to shortlisting East’s construction sector is well known for industry leaders for potential inclusion, and its competitiveness, so make sure that you to studying the nuances of their performance showcase your achievements to their fullest. over the past 12-month period. Your responses to our questionnaire – and However, a Power 100 ranking celebrates your position in CW’s 2018 Power 100 – will FOLLOW NEHA BHATIA more than just the corporate and ¿ nancial no doubt help you to trump your competitors @JAYDAWT successes of the professionals that are this year.

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Unfi t and unhealthy

A preference for knocking buildings down rather than retrofitting them has created a challenge for mechanical, electrical, and plumbing contractors

lthough there is a reasonable retrofit work. However, if this type of project Variations are another common occurance amount of work up for grabs is planned correctly and executed well by all that can quickly drain a project of its cash, for mechanical, electrical, and parties, including the client, then there could as variations are issues that are not usually plumbing (MEP) contractors, be real benefits for everyone involved. assessed until the end of the project. Aconditions are still very competitive and At Plafond Fitout, we always insist on margins are under pressure. RETROFITS ARE UNDERVALUED reasonable terms with regards to variation With Expo 2020 Dubai on the horizon, There seems to be a widely held belief in order assessments, and although we have not projects of various sizes and scopes are the construction industry, particularly in the always been successful, we have often had a building up a head of steam. From works Middle East, that a new property is better positive response. directly linked to the expo’s construction than a retrofitted one. site, to hotels, residential apartments, and In Europe or the US, you see more INNOVATION SHORTAGE supporting infrastructure, there is no lack of retrofitting programmes planned for buildings. The challenges that exist today within the opportunities within a market that has never In fact, it is often considered more desirable to region’s MEP sector are similar to those that been short of options for contractors. have a classic 1920s’ building, complete with exist throughout the rest of the construction At Plafond Fitout, we are currently working period features and a little history behind it, industry: delays in projects due to redesigns, on several residential towers, as well as on than to have a soulless new-build property. inefficiency of labour, and a general lack of commercial buildings around the UAE. It is Here in the Middle East, however – possibly coordination. As an industry, it seems, we are nonetheless disappointing, however, that the due, at least in part, to the harsh climate and definitely not the most efficient. refurbishment market is not as buoyant as it environment – knocking a building down and While there are very few revolutionary or could — and perhaps should — be. building something supposedly better in its disruptive methods of construction emerging, I was personally expecting refurbishments place, is often preferred to refurbishing it. as a company we are fixated on minimising the to be responsible for a significant proportion There is also a concern, shared by many impact of these industry-wide issues as much of the available work in the market, especially in the construction field, of cash flow. I as possible. We have a project management as many of the hotels here have now been believe that cash and more equitable contract office, which constantly measures our operational for several years. But this has not conditions still remain the main concerns for productivity and efficiencies, and analyses been the case, and new builds still make up most contractors, irrespective of their size or what we can do in order to improve. Every the majority of jobs in the market at present. sub-sector in the industry. project has a weekly dashboard, which In fact, many of the hotels that Plafond As a company, focusing on sustainable measures progress, productivity, safety, Fitout works with are now opting for lighter growth and working with clients and main and quality. refurbishment packages such as moveable contractors with which you have built a good We have also recently established a furniture, fixtures, and other equipment, relationship are the best ways in which to modular facility for our MEP division and as well as carpets and painting, rather than manage cash flow issues. We prepare various are starting to really witness the many benefits stripping back to shell and core. cash flow scenarios at tender stage and ensure of prefabrication. Refurbishments can often be a logistical that we are requesting advance payments that challenge, as hotels generally choose to will keep the project cash-positive throughout Dimitri Papakonstantinou is the remain operational for the duration of the its lifespan. managing director of Plafond Fitout

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John Avery, director of Lom Architecture and Design discusses his practice’s ongoing relationship with GCC banking clients, and how he hopes to develop the industry into a cultural sector

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n award-winning British United Arab Bank, HSBC Middle East, architect who studied at Ahli United Bank, and the National Bank ACambridge University, the of Oman. Oxford School of Architecture and the “We see ourselves as being a Architectural Association, John Avery commercial practice, but it is really joined Lom Architecture and Design important to us that design is at the core shortly after it was established more than of everything we do, as well,” he says. 20 years ago. With extensive experience “We try to use a quite analytical across the GCC, from Oman to the UAE, approach, quite strategic approach, Kuwait to Saudi Arabia, Avery’s clients while also trying to create the beauty and with Lom have so far included the wonder that architecture is all about.”

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A rendering of Lom’s design for the Business Bay Towers in Dubai.

“So with Lom, we have done work Lom worked on the recently completed in the region since the beginning, National Bank of Oman headquarters. and for various reasons, we have had a really long-standing relationship with the regional banks, and that’s spanned everything from retail design through to head office buildings,” he adds. Avery’s first project was the head office for a commercial bank in the Gulf, which opened in 2005, and mostly consisted of glass. “It is not a building you would design now,” he says. “I don’t think we would anyway, because it is all transparent.” Indeed, visually and architecturally, this early project seems somewhat opposed to the design firm’s more recent projects, such as the National Bank of Oman headquarters building. Avery explains this latest project is far more context-driven and reflective of the local environment. “I see those two projects as bookends, in a way,” he says. “And in between, we’ve done a variety of things of different scales.”

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The National Bank of Oman project posed what Avery calls a “unique opportunity” for Lom. Building in Muscat, he explains, comes with a set of conditions and criteria that are “not particularly prevalent in other GCC cities”, from building heights to creating an architectural language that is “perhaps more responsible toward the cultural and environmental context”, he adds. “The Muscat Municipality is quite keen to see a new style evolve. And there are a few examples that I think are quite interesting, like the German University of Technology,” says Avery. “The buildings have elements that are contextual – they use the local stone – but they are very much contemporary. So I think there is a really interesting style evolving there, which is different to some of the architecture that we are seeing elsewhere in the Gulf.” In addition to buildings for the financial sector, Avery has also worked on projects for the residential, educational, and cultural developments. Before joining Lom, he worked as a designer for various projects in London before returning to the field of architecture. He won the Corus Architectural Competition in 2001, received an Architects Journal Award Lom also creates the interiors for its projects, such as the above design for the National Bank of Oman building. for Architecture in 2002, and has also exhibited work at the Royal Academy of twin towers featuring residential, some shared spaces, and those make the Architecture Room in London. office, and retail facilities. architecture really interesting.” At the moment, Avery is based in Describing his current mixed-use He continues: “What we like to do is let London and travels to the GCC monthly. project, he says it has “a triangulated that open-plan environment really creep In Dubai, he is currently working on the skin” that reflects the sky. into the building, and hopefully, in the next interiors of an office for HSBC, as well as “There is a lot of glass,” he says. “But project, we would like to reduce the on a mixed-use building that will consist what is interesting is that when we were amount of space that we call ‘office’, designing that about a year ago, it was the and make the whole space more of an same time that Dubai implemented new ‘internal landscape’.” “WE ARE ALWAYS green building regulations. So we had While Lom has carried out work on a some really interesting challenges to face number of projects in the Middle East, ONE PROJECT AWAY with the engineers.” it has yet to open a regional base in the FROM HAVING A Regardless of the type of project he is region. According to Avery, this has been LOCAL OFFICE [IN working on and its scale, Avery says he an topic of discussion for the firm for always tries to find ways to “incorporate several years, but there are no plans at THE MIDDLE EAST]. social space”. While Lom has been present for the arrangement to change. FOR US, THE GCC IS working on a number of bank buildings “We are always one project away that require more traditional layouts, the from having a local office,” he says. “We A REALLY EXCITING company often also tries to incorporate have based ourselves here sometimes PLACE TO WORK. “strategies for informal gathering areas” for a project, for a few weeks, but we’ve AND IN COMPARISON within these types of buildings, he says, always found it really productive to have “to create more dynamic spaces”. our team based in London while also TO EUROPE [...] “Banks, of all the kinds of clients, can spending our time here with our clients. THERE CAN BE MORE be the most traditional,” says Avery. “So “For us, the GCC is a really exciting one of the things we tried to do with the place to work,” he says. “And in DESIGN FREEDOM.” National Bank of Oman is create a social comparison to Europe and the UK, there JOHN AVERY, LOM space – there is an atrium and there are can be more design freedom.”

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The lead consultant and architect team of Dubai Properties’ 46-storey 1/JBR tower explains why constructing a minimally designed project is not as easy as it may seem

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inimal is not a word that comes although that is starting to become more mind when thinking of most and more of a trend.” Mproperties in Dubai. After Krasinski says the developer is looking all, for nearly two decades, developers to present a luxury option complete with have focused on ostentatious designs 360-degree waterfront views and high- for buildings that are then highlighted quality finishing. with opulent finishes and fittings. One Founding partner and managing director developer is striving to change all that, of Edge, Martin Baerschmidt, says the however, with a new project that is under advert for the property has been very well way off the coast alongside received, with more than five million views Residence (JBR). on YouTube. He adds that it captured the There has been much talk about Dubai “spirit of the building”. Properties’ 1/JBR project, a 46-storey “I think the biggest testament [to the luxury residential building that caught the design] will be going into the building attention of many online when its advert and seeing the views first hand, which is stating that the project is ‘not for everyone’ something that cannot really be described went viral. But why is it not for everyone? in the commercial” Baerschmidt says. Visiting the site of the $272.2m (AED1bn) The architects also touch on an 1/JBR, Construction Week spoke to the interesting point – simplicity seems to be project’s architect to understand what the growing trend for design in the city. makes it stand out from its peers in the city. This involves opting for a simpler style, “The thing about this project that is but trying to be creative for high-end really different is that it is minimal,” customers, according to Krasinski. Ivar Krasinski, founding partner “This is what’s happening at the FOLLOW and design director at Edge, the lead moment. The market is starting to accept CONSTRUCTION consultant and design architect of that simplicity can also be luxurious. WEEK the project. And that it is actually more luxurious @CWMIDDLEEAST “It is really not that common in Dubai than having more decoration. The 1/ that you find buildings that are initially JBR project has a bold and clear design,” trying to [achieve] a calmer aesthetic, he says.

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As for its construction progress so far, the building of 1/JBR is moving at a rapid pace, with the team currently completing one floor of the building every week. Core walls have been cast as far up as the 15th floor, and slabs have been cast to the 13th floor. Block work is progressing up to the ninth floor. “In terms of overall construction, much of the podium is already done, with the superstructure maybe more than halfway done. We are starting with the finishes inside, and from outdoors, the ceilings are in place,” Baerschmidt says. “A lot of the mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) systems are in place, and the finishes are starting to come on board now, with the glass curtain wall and the front façade coming in soon.” According to a recent update that Dubai Properties supplied to Construction Week, finishing work is also currently

Ivar Krasinki, Edge. WSP is working as 1/JBR’s structural and MEP engineer, as well as its architect of record.

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A rendering of the $272m 1/JBR tower by Dubai Properties.

being carried out on the basement and Each of the five-bedroom penthouses and on track to be delivered by the fourth podium levels. will be accessible through a private lobby quarter of 2019. The developer awarded Dubai at parking level and will have exclusive Emphasising the design details, Contracting Company the main contract elevator service. Baerschmidt highlights some of the for 1/JBR in February 2017. WSP has been features residents will find at 1/JBR. appointed as the structural and MEP DESIGN ELEMENTS “We have a very distinct balcony design, engineer, and the architect of record for “When the project began, originally the where we are staggering balconies so you the project. site was zoned as G+1 and it was do not see the same height – you start to see The building will be a purely going to be a beach club, and the sky even though you are on your own residential development, then people started looking at balcony,” he adds. without a commercial it financially from the Dubai “And we also have a special elevator or retail element. Once 164 Properties side, and started strategy, where we have a common lift completed, it will feature a NUMBER OF RESIDENCES suggesting more and more lobby, so you have semi-private and private total of 164 housing units, BEING DEVELOPED WITHIN square footage in the building, elevators going to individual apartments in DUBAI PROPERTIES’ ² covering 45,096m of gross 1/JBR TOWER until it went from G+1 to G+46,” the building,” he says. floor area and 73,756m² of built- says Baerschmidt. Baerschmidt adds that these aspects up area. “This was something that really were very challenging to implement. He The development’s amenities will made a lot of sense for a piece of land like this, explains that from a structural point of include a gym, an infinity pool and a which is really exclusive and really unusual. view, the tower is one of the narrowest children’s pool, as well as a barbecue area. Going G+1 on it would not have been a in terms of aspect ratio: “It is one of the Residents will be entitled to two parking good return.” narrowest towers aspect ratio-wise, at spaces per apartment or six parking spaces The project, which broke ground in 46-floors tall, but [is also] very narrow in per penthouse. March 2016, is now around 40% completed the beachfront/street dimension.

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Construction work on 1/JBR is currently 40% “It is what we call a single-loaded single room, to each one of those points of complete, with full completion set for Q4 2019. building, meaning that all the apartments interests from anywhere in the building. are on one side,” he says. “Dubai Properties “That was something that really helped did not want people on the front [of the solidify the scheme,” he says. building] paying prime prices for the view, with people on the back basically SITE LOGISTICS piggybacking on the success of the project.” There was also another key consideration As a result, 1/JBR only offers beach- for the architects when designing the facing apartments. building in this popular waterfront Krasinski says: “Every single apartment, location. The views of the water from 1/ every single room, has those views – JBR add what Krasinski describes as a other than bathrooms, every part of the scenic and calming touch to the design, apartment will face the waterfront. and this point is distinctly highlighted “Originally, we wanted 80% of the units by the developer in its advert for the facing those prime directions, but over property. However, visitors to the area time we realised it was actually possible will be aware that, as one of the city’s main that, if you simplified the building down, tourist hubs, JBR suffers from significant you could get 100% views from every traffic congestion.

A minimalist design has been adopted for 1/JBR.

40% CONSTRUCTION COMPLETION CURRENTLY RECORDED AT 1/JBR

A total of 146 luxury residences are being developed within the project.

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A Dubai Properties spokesperson told to, the building, which has included Construction Week that although traffic constructing a roundabout to separate around the area was one of the greatest residents from any visitor-related traffic in challenges being faced on the project, the the area. team has been successful in devising a plan It is hoped that the residents’ parking to address the issue. spaces at 1/JBR will also help to reduce “Given the popularity of the community, congestion surrounding the building. construction and logistics are perhaps While the aim with this project might the main challenges undertaken by Dubai be to create a simplistic experience Properties’ project management team for the residents, some believe that, in who successfully maneuver all phases of the end, this might not be an entirely construction around the livelihood of JBR,” straightforward proposition, Krasinki the spokesperson said. explains: “The thing about the simplicity The developer is working closely with is that it is actually more work to get a Dubai Municipality and the city’s Roads project to a point where all the extraneous and Transport Authority in order to detail is put away neatly, and where it does alleviate the risks of traffic jams in the area not interfere with the [development’s] both during construction and once the overall image. development has been completed. “While on one hand it is simple, on the Krasinski says that the team has worked other hand it’s actually far more complex Martin Baerschmidt, Edge. to guarantee smooth exit from, and entry to create a building like this.”

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NumerousN skyscrapersk hhave bbeen announcedd for construction in the GCC, underscoring the regional development market’s optimistic sentiment, Neha Bhatia reports he number numbber off towertower cranescranes upwardupwardd swingswiing inin thethhe region’sregion’s constructionconstruction in a city is often considered and real estate development sectors. an indication of the local One of the most notable of these contracting sector’s health. has been Emaar Properties’ and Dubai TIf the number of tower projects is Holding’s Tower, situated similarly adopted as a guide to developer within the 6km2 Dubai Creek Harbour sentiment in the UAE – and indeed, master development. As of January, the the Gulf – then regional real estate core of the project’s pile cap had reached developers appear to be in an extremely its highest point and was more than optimistic state of mind. 50% complete, with total completion Around the GCC, numerous high- scheduled for mid-2018. Following a profile tower projects have been progress review at the construction site, launched, or have reported progress, since conducted by HH Sheikh Mohammed bin the beginning of this year, signalling an Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and

WWW.CONSTRUCTIONWEEKONLINE.COM 5 - 11 MAY, 2018 CONSTRUCTION WEEK 35 Prime Minister of the UAE, and Ruler of Located in the Hessah Al Mubarak Dubai, it was reported that up to 25,000m3 district and along the Arabian Gulf Road, of concrete had already been poured for the towers comprise a total of 212 units. the pile cap, with 12,000 tonnes of steel The project spans a total built-up area of reinforcement also placed. 6.3ha, and each 40-storey tower features Another Dubai tower that has gained three-bedroom apartments and duplexes. traction in the last few months is Azizi Townhouses will also be developed, Developments’ 570m-tall skyscraper, adjacent to the towers. which might be the world’s fifth-tallest The Middle East is already home to upon completion. In an exclusive interview , the world’s tallest building, with Construction Week in February, Azizi and with work steadily continuing on said the structure, located on Sheikh the Jeddah Tower and the Dubai Creek Zayed Road, was due to be completed in Tower projects, the region looks likely 2021–22. The skyscraper is expected to to remain a top destination for supertalls cost $816m (AED3bn), which includes the for the foreseeable future. For regional cost of buying the land. In March, Azizi developers, designers, and contractors revealed that the firm was consulting with alike, the question is not whether to build Atkins to finalise the project’s design, with more tall buildings. In fact, the Middle work due to commence in Q3 2018. East’s construction community would And Dubai is not the only tower project do well to focus on how much taller it hot-spot to have been in the news this can build, and how the globally popular year. In March, a smart city consulting concept of ‘vertical cities’ might fare in agreement was signed between Orange the region. Regardless, there is no doubt Business Services and Jeddah Economic that the Middle East’s lofty development Company (JEC), the master developer of ambitions will continue to soar in the URC unveiled the Hessah Towers the next world’s tallest skyscraper, Jeddah years to come. project in Kuwait in March. Tower. Under the agreement, Orange will create a blueprint for the information and communications infrastructure of the 1km- tall tower. Its scope will extend from the planning and design phases to construction and operations. Commenting on the agreement, JEC’s chief executive officer, Mounib Hammoud, said: “The implementation of the smart city components is considered an essential step [towards the delivery of ] an environmentally friendly [and] self-sustainable project. The construction of the infrastructure is going according to the set time frame, along with the supply of utilities. Next year, land for development will be ready for investors to start construction.” The tower development sector is also S01E02 Supertalls are the brand ambassadors of active in Kuwait, where property giant CONSTRUCTION their cities and construction teams, but is United Real Estate Company (URC) WEEK IN FOCUS there more to their benefi ts in the Middle unveiled the Hessah Towers project East? Neha Bhatia, editor of Construction in March. The twin-tower project was THE FUTURE OF Week, and Oscar Rousseau, deputy editor conceptualised and designed by Dar SSH SUPERTALLS of Construction Week, round up the and Nabil Gholam Architects. URC will latest updates from the region’s supertall develop 40% of the project through its 26 February, 2018 development sector. affiliate company, Mena Homes.

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SHARJAH A mixed-use, master-planned community, Sharjah WATERFRONT CITY Waterfront City is being developed by Sharjah Oasis Real Location Estate Company for an estimated cost of $6.8bn (AED25bn). Sharjah, UAE The project has a total land area covering more than 557.4ha and consists of eight interconnected islands, which Visited the developer hopes will eventually become home to more March 2018 than 60,000 residents. At the time of Construction Week's site visit, construction activity was largely concentrated on Sun Island, where Tech Construction, a subsidiary of Tech Group, was in the process of building 295 precast villas.

ONE PALM Dubai-based developer, Omniyat, is building the One Palm Location residential project on Palm Jumeirah. Ground was broken for Dubai, UAE the 100m-tall tower in 2016, and the 84,541m2 development will be the tallest residential structure on the man- Visited made island. The project, for which Multiplex is the main February 2018 contractor, topped out in September 2017. At the time of CW's site visit, 60% completion had been recorded. Designed by New York architect Soma, the building’s exterior is a complex scheme of varyingly stacked apartments, resembling a Jenga puzzle. Project completion is due in Q4 2018.

TOPAZ Gulf General Investment Company (GGICO) is developing RESIDENCE 2 Topaz Residences Towers. The Dubai Silicon Oasis project Location spans a total built-up area of 64,839m2, and comprises 448 Dubai, UAE units within three buildings. One of the towers that was under construction at the time of the site visit was Topaz Visited Residence 2, a G+8+R building that includes 200 one-bedroom February 2018 apartments, with unit sizes ranging from 93m2 to 111m2. At that time, the project was more than 55% complete. The high- rise development is being built by Reem Capital Contracting and was designed by Incorporated Consultants.

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NOVOTEL The Novotel Sharjah Expo hotel is being developed by an SHARJAH EXPO entity called Sharjah Expo Hotel LLC, and Klampfer Middle Location East (KME) is involved in the project through a design- Sharjah, UAE and-build contract. The development vehicle is owned by Basma Group, which awarded KME the hotel’s contract, Visited worth almost $34.6m (AED127m), in 2016. The property’s January 2018 ȍ oor plan features 200 units in three categories – standard rooms, club ȍ oor rooms, and executive suites – as well as a business centre, food and beverage outlets, and two meeting halls, one of which spans approximately 200m2.

MOHAMMED BIN The $272.3m (AED1bn) Mohammed Bin Rashid Library RASHID LIBRARY project was unveiled in February 2016 by HH Sheikh Location Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Dubai, UAE Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, in support of President HH Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan’s Visited declaration of 2016 as the Year of Reading. Construction December 2017 of the library commenced in October 2016, with ASGC winning the main contract, valued at $245m (AED900m). The project's sub-contractors include Al Shafar Steel Engineering, Emirates Beton, and Al Shafar United.

ICD BROOKFIELD The $408.4m (AED1.5bn) ICD BrookȌ eld Place’s (ICDBP) PLACE project site is currently home to the world’s largest lufȌ ng Location jib tower crane, the Favelle Favco M2480D. A partnership Dubai, UAE between Investment Corporation of Dubai (ICD) and BrookȌ eld Property Partners is leading the project’s Visited development. Designed by Foster + Partners, ICDBP November 2017 features 9ha of Grade-A commercial space. The 55-storey building offers column-free units, with ȍ oorplates ranging from 1,579m2 to 2,787m2. Multiplex and Ssangyong are working in a joint venture as the project’s main contractors.

GLITZ Located in Dubai Studio City, Danube’s Glitz residences have Location a combined construction value of $89.5m (AED328.8m), Dubai, UAE with the main contracts awarded to Naresco Contracting. EDMAC Engineering was brought in as consultant for all Visited three projects. The main contracts for Glitz Residence November 2017 1 and 2 were awarded in July 2015, and the contract for Glitz Residence 3 was awarded in February 2016. Naresco expected to have completed the delivery of all three projects by the end of 2017, since Glitz 1 and 2 were already complete when Construction Week visited the site in November.

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ALOFT DUBAI Spanning an area of 28,800m2, Aloft Dubai City Centre CITY CENTRE Deira is being built by Majid Al Futtaim. Once complete, this Location four-star hotel will feature 304 guest rooms and 29 suites, Dubai, UAE and will be directly connected to Majid Al Futtaim’s ȍ agship City Centre Deira mall. At the time of Construction Week’s Visited site visit, work was progressing on schedule for a Q1 2018 October 2017 completion and opening. Wall cladding work was underway and was due to be followed by Ȍ t-out and Ȍ nishing works. Mechanical, electrical, and plumbing works were also ongoing at that time. The hotel is now set to open on 15 June.

THE WAVES Lootah Real Estate Development is developing The Waves, Location a mid-rise residential project in Dubai’s Al Barsha locality. Dubai, UAE The 1.6ha project is being built in Al Barsha South’s Jumeirah Village Circle neighbourhood, and features two Visited four-storey apartment buildings. Ground was broken on October 2017 the project in September 2016, and overall completion is due in Q4 2018. OST Constructional Projects is the main contractor for The Waves, while Arif & Bintoak is providing architectural and electromechanical consulting services for the development.

ONE CENTRAL One Central is a mixed-use master development worth Location $2.2bn (AED8bn), which is being developed by Dubai World Dubai, UAE Trade Centre. The development’s commercial component comprises Ȍ ve buildings, each of which will feature four Visited levels of underground parking, integrated retail offerings September 2017 on the ground level, open-plan ofȌ ce spaces, and access to rooftop gardens. Phase 2 of One Central was 91% complete at the time of Construction Week's visit, and work on Phase 3 – which was awarded to Al-Futtaim Carillion – comprises the OfȌ ces 4 and OfȌ ces 5 buildings.

MONT ROSE UAE-based Deyaar Developments is nearing completion Location on its three-building development, Mont Rose. With a total Dubai, UAE built-up area of nearly 79,000m2, the $117m (AED430m) project comprises two residential towers and a hotel Visited apartment building. The residential buildings, Towers A September 2017 and B, will have 146 one-bedroom, 144 two-bedroom, and seven three-bedroom units. The hotel apartment tower comprises 126 studios and 72 one-bedroom apartments, all boasting a contemporary interior design and furnished by luxury brand, Aati.

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MEERA Aldar Properties’ $148.6m, G+27 Meera project boasts Location a total built-up area of 76,328m2 and consists of two Abu Dhabi, UAE identical towers, each comprised of 204 apartments. Meera is located at Shams Abu Dhabi and is the developer’s Visited inaugural mid-market development. Construction on the September 2017 project started in August 2016 and is expected to complete in Q3 2018. Fibrex was awarded the main construction package, worth $70.2m, and Aecom is providing consultancy services. When CW visited the site, mechanical, electrical, and plumbing, and Ȍ nishing works were underway.

MOTORSPORT Designed to serve as a hub for the Middle East’s BUSINESS PARK motorsports community, ’s under- Location construction Motorsport Business Park was scheduled to Dubai, UAE be handed over in December 2017. Developed by UAE-based Union Properties (UP) and valued at approximately $4.3m Visited (AED15.8m), the 5,600m2 facility aims to offer a space for August 2017 businesses operating within the region’s motorsports industry. UP awarded the $3.4m (AED12.5m) main contract to Multilink Contracting, and Design House Engineering Consultancy is the project’s consultant.

BARAKAH Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant features four dome NUCLEAR containment units, each housing a Generation III+ APR1400 ENERGY PLANT nuclear reactor. With each reactor capable of generating Location 1,400MW of energy, the facility will produce up to 5,600MW Abu Dhabi, UAE once fully operational. Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation expects all four reactors to come online in 2020. Valued at Visited $20bn (AED73.5bn), the prime contract was awarded to Korea August 2017 Electric Power Company in 2009. Construction of Unit 1 has now been completed, and when CW visited the site, Units 2, 3, and 4 were 85%, 74%, and 51% complete, respectively.

WYNDHAM UAE-based hospitality company, R Hotels, is building the GARDEN Ȍ rst Wyndham Garden hotel in the UAE, located on the Location Ajman corniche. The 17-ȍ oor Wyndham Garden Ajman Ajman, UAE Corniche is a four-star resort that will feature 179 guest rooms, including 138 standard rooms and 41 suites. At Visited the time of CW's site visit, structural works were fully July 2017 completed, and mechanical, electrical, and plumbing works were more than 40% complete. With a $54.5m (AED200.2m) real estate value, construction on the hospitality project ofȌ cially began on 6 January, 2016.

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