DCC wins Dubai Pearl tower contract

23 June 2006

The local Dubai Contracting Company (DCC) has been awarded a AED 498 million ($136 million) contract to design and build two 55-storey towers at the Dubai Pearl development.

The 23-month contract covers the construction of two 208 metre-high office towers, known as Omnix North and Omnix South Office Towers, which together will offer about 160,000 square metres of over leasable area. Swissboring, part of Italy's Trevi Group, is expected to begin work on the foundations package by the end of June.

Dubai Pearl Incorporated, part of Qatar's Omnix International, is the client.

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