Joint venture wins MoE hotel package

07 June 2004
A joint venture of the local Bu Haleeba Contracting Companyand the local/South African Al-Jaber Grinaker LTA (Alec)has received a letter of intent for the hotel package on the Mall of the Emirates (MoE) development in Dubai. Valued at $55 million-60 million, the 18-month contract calls for the construction of a 400-bed hotel. The client is the local Majid al-Futtaim Group of Companies(MEED 7:5:04).

About five contractors were competing for the contract, which represents the last major package on the estimated $800 million development, at Al-Barsha. The hotel is to be managed by Kempinski Hotels & Resorts.

Construction is well under way on the two other major packages on the project. The local Khansaheb Civil Engineering is carrying out the estimated AED 550 million ($150 million) contract to build the two-storey shopping mall, while the local/UK Al-Naboodah Laing O'Rourkehas the AED 220 million ($60 million) contract to build the snow centre and the west car park.

The project manager is the UK's Mace International; the structural engineering consultant is Mott MacDonald, also of the UK (MEED 19:3:04).

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