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Multiforms to create facade in Dh75m deal
Multiforms, the architectural facade specialist and associate company of Emaar Industries and Investments, has been awarded the contract to design, supply and install the external facade of the Dubai Healthcare City Hotel and Apartment Towers.
- Staff Report
- Published: 00:17 March 27, 2008
Dubai: Multiforms, the architectural facade specialist and associate company of Emaar Industries and Investments, has been awarded the contract to design, supply and install the external facade of the Dubai Healthcare City Hotel and Apartment Towers.
Valued at Dh75 million, the contract was awarded directly by Morganti International who are the project managers for the development. The work is due for completion by end- 2009.
Multiforms' scope of work includes the design, engineering, fabrication and installation of aluminium facades, unitised punched window systems, tension assembly skylights, space frame glazed skylights, point fixed glazed canopies and automated retractable shading devices along with other related works.
Firas Rifai, CEO of Multiforms, said, "Our state-of-the-art in-house manufacturing facility along with an array of talented staff and workers allows us to execute projects of this size and complexity with assurance and confidence."
Raouf Khatib, project manager of Morganti International, said, "Multiforms has a proven track record in undertaking elegant facade work.
"The Dubai Healthcare City Hotel and Apartment Towers is one of our prominent undertakings and the capability of Multiforms will enable us to deliver the right design ambience for the project."
Multiforms is involved in the design, manufacturing and installation of a wide range of advanced architectural aluminium facade systems and has secured a number of projects in the UAE, the Gulf Cooperation Council and Europe.
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