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AL HABTOOR

CITY, UAE

REDEFINING LUXURIOUS
LIVING IN DUBAI

Phase one of Al Habtoor City
in Dubai was a deeply complex
major project involving multiple
stakeholders. As design and site
supervision lead, we drew on
our vast project management
expertise to coordinate the
activities of more than 150
companies, a labour force of
circa 5,000 people from 36
countries and the simultaneous
construction of three 5* hotels,
which we recommended to the
client at the very beginning to
speed up the work. Our PMs PROJECT FEATURES
coordinated regular face-to-face
meetings, video conferencing and US$ 1 billion a large scale multi-use
workshops with key stakeholders development project that
and utilized collaborative software comprises three world-class hotels
such as Wrench Smart Project to with more than 1,600 elegant
aid effective communication and rooms.
decision-making, thus enabling Key components
the project to stay on time and » Habtoor Palace LXR Hotels & Resorts
in budget.
» V Hotel Curio Collection by Hilton
“THE SCALE AND AMBITION » Hilton Dubai Al Habtoor City
OF THE PROJECT, WHICH HAS » A 1,300-Seat Aqua Theatre
BECOME A NEW DESTINATION » The Boulevard and Marina
FOR DUBAI, IS IMPRESSIVE Promenade
EVEN FOR A REGION WHERE » Tennis Academy and Club House
SUPERLATIVES ARE OVERUSED. IT » A 5,000-capacity Car Park
COULDN’T HAVE BEEN DELIVERED
WITHOUT STRONG CLIENT Over 49 million man-hours worked
LEADERSHIP AND A COMMITTED with a small number of incidents
PROJECT TEAM WHICH DREW ON and zero fatalities.
EXPERTISE FROM ACROSS THE
WORLD, ALL WORKING TOWARDS During construction, 34,000 people
A SHARED GOAL.” attended safety inductions and
150,773 hours of health and safety
Hussam Al Akhrass - Director, training sessions were delivered.
Supervision, Building-Supervision Dubai

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