Nominations are now open for the CBNME MEP Awards 2022, the event is taking place on March 29th at Sofitel the Obelisk, Dubai. The deadline to nominate for the awards is February 25th CBNME MEP Awards 2022 is one of the leading events applauding the achievements of the region’s construction professionals. The awards strive to recognise individual excellence, corporate strengths, and project success. Companies are invited to nominate the people, projects, and initiatives of which they are most proud of, across 18 categories. The awards presentation will happen at a gala dinner in a five-star venue – a celebration which…
Author: Kasun Illankoon
VERTECO, the forward-thinking specialist in smart washroom technologies, smart water management ,and water conservation solutions, introduces the region to LooLights, the company’s latest cutting-edge offering. The revolutionary new product is designed to help ease congestion in busy washrooms and direct customers to vacant cubicles. By utilising VERTECO’s smart technologies, LooLights can accurately determine cubicle occupancies within washrooms at airports, stadiums, malls and other busy public spaces that experience high footfall. The system is similar to the way a car park shows visitors where the available parking spaces are. Fitted above each washroom cubicle door, LooLightsTM help manage people flow by…
ServeU, one of the UAE’s leading facility management (FM) organisations and a subsidiary of Union Properties – along with its business unit Ehkam, became the first FM firm in the region to achieve the ISO 22301-2019 certification. The company received the certification for its distinct efforts in streamlining and managing its business continuity management systems (BCMS). ServeU and Ehkam were recognized for successfully deploying strategic measures to enhance operations and meeting the requirements of the business management system. By obtaining the prestigious ISO 22301-2019 certification, ServeU has demonstrated its ability to establish effective business continuity management and protect the organisation…
Emirates Glass LLC, one of the leading processors of architectural flat glass in the Middle East and wholly owned by Dubai Investments PJSC, is upgrading its product offering through the installation of the Glaston Vortex Pro Jumbo Series high performance flat tempering line to provide high-quality, larger tempered glass. The Glaston Group is a leading global glass company providing high-quality glass processing machines and services for architectural, solar appliance and automotive applications. The company’s new tempering furnace is equipped with state-of-the-art technology and is designed to produce large glasses that are up to eight meters long. The line is specifically…
Ghoroob Square Community Centre has opened its doors with new retail and dining experiences for residents and visitors. The new Community Centre is home to Danat Express, a convenience store for your home utilities and necessities. The brand offers a wide range of high quality and eco-friendly products to satisfy every kind of shopper with free home delivery options for customer convenience. Also housed in the complex are Wooden Bakery, a Lebanese bakery specialising in fresh-baked goods such as bread, pastries and manakeesh, as well as HD CUT Gents Saloon, where men can access premium grooming services by expert stylists…
Dubai-based master developer Nakheel has awarded a contract for infrastructure work and the construction of 620 homes at Murooj Al Furjan, its sell-out, gated community at its Al Furjan master development. Nakheel has appointed Dubai-based Al Shafar General Contracting to deliver the villas and townhouses and associated infrastructure work at the new community, with completion due in 2024. Launched in May 2021, the Murooj Al Furjan community is close to Al Furjan’s retail Pavilion, community club and Dubai Metro station. The homes are set among extensive green spaces, scenic walkways and a wealth of amenities including swimming pools, jogging tracks,…
Casa Milano has now forayed into the kitchen segment with its bespoke designs and smart storage solutions. Starting out as a luxury sanitaryware and tiles retailer in Dubai, Casa Milano has now expanded its product & service portfolio to offer complete home solutions encompassing design and decoration of indoor as well as outdoor spaces. The brand now showcases elegant & modular kitchen designs in collaboration with Arredo3, one of the largest kitchen manufacturers in Italy. Each of them is offered in 150 colours, customers can have a glance at several designs at the brand’s recently inaugurated Abu Dhabi showroom as…
Advantrus FM Consulting announced the launch of their new Operational Digital Transformation Building Information Modeling (BIM) product. Their Operational BIM is available to their customers and clients throughout the GCC region. Critical Questions to be asked… • Are you looking at gaining control of your asset? • Are you looking at minimizing your operational costs of your assets/properties? • Are your costs and revenues calculated based on precise real life building data? • Are you looking at pulling information/data of your assets from a click of a button? • Are you looking for a simpler way of tracking your asset…
Arada has awarded a major contract to build eight premium apartment buildings in Aljada, the AED24 billion lifestyle megaproject in New Sharjah. The eight Tiraz buildings form part of Naseej District, the new creative neighbourhood at Aljada, and together contain 920 homes. Valued at AED322 million, the contract was won by Mohammed Abdulmohsen Al-Kharafi & Sons (Al-Kharafi), a reputable Kuwaiti contractor with nearly 70 years’ experience in the regional construction industry, which has worked with Arada previously on the Nasma Residences project. Work on the Tiraz buildings will start immediately and construction is scheduled to take 18 months to complete.…
Asia’s top tier international law firm King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) is continuing to strengthen its Middle East practice with the appointment of Joanne Strain as the Managing Partner of the Dubai office and promotion of dispute resolution expert Parnika Chaturvedi to Partner. Strain has over fifteen years of dispute resolution experience, focused on international commercial arbitration and multi-jurisdictional litigation. Located in the Middle East for over a decade, Joanne has strong connections within the Middle East legal and wider business community. Strain advises major corporates, financial institutions and high-net-worth individuals on a wide range of financial and commercial disputes,…