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AWARDS
BUILDING ON AN
AWARD-WINNING YEAR
- The Middle East Airlines
Training & Conferences Center,
Lebanon, ENR Global Best
Project 2018 Award of Merit
(Education/Research)
Each project required a high
level of technical expertise,
and each one was praised by
the judges for incorporating
innovative design and
construction techniques.
Taking Al Habtoor City as
a case in point, this was a
complex, large-scale multi-use
development on a prime site
in the heart of Dubai. With a
built-up area of 360,000 m²,
key components were three
five-star hotels and a 1,300-seat
aqua theatre, one of only three
in the world, that hosts Dubai’s
Khatib & Alami (K&A) enjoyed performance was reflected in first permanent show, La Perle,
unprecedented recognition our employees’ willingness to by legendary Creative Director
from clients, partners and peers embrace the change required Franco Dragone.
last year by winning a host of to meet the challenges of a
industry awards. dynamic and competitive global As lead consultant, one of
our main challenges was
These awards not only set us construction sector, and this to guarantee the punctual
apart from our competitors, ethos was a major factor in our delivery of the three hotels.
but also further invigorate our multiple award wins.
drive to be at the forefront of Our Consultant of the Year
innovation and sustainability in award was quickly followed
the construction sector. by a triple triumph at the
Our most prominent company renowned ENR Global Best
award was achieved in Projects Awards in New York.
October, when we were named A panel of industry judges
Consultant of the Year at assessed our projects based
the Construction Innovation on our ability to overcome
Awards in Dubai. To receive diverse design and construction
such a prestigious accolade challenges, contribute to the
against an impressive shortlist local community, address
of international consultancies quality, innovation, sustainability
is testament to the great work and safety considerations, and We devised a plan to construct
our 5,500+ strong workforce is effectively collaborate with all them simultaneously along
doing right across the business. project stakeholders. Our three with the aqua theatre in order
awards were:
We invested significantly to speed up their delivery and
in our people, capabilities, - AI Habtoor City, UAE, keep the project on track and
technologies and systems last ENR Global Best Project 2018 within budget. The overall
year in order to ensure we Winner (Hospitality) project was a huge logistical
were fully equipped to meet - ABC Verdun Mall, Lebanon, challenge involving our
and exceed the expectations ENR Global Best Project 2018 engineers collaborating with
of our clients. Our impressive Winner (Retail) approximately 150 companies.
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