Abu Dhabi Municipality

Archirodon
Website: www.archirodon.net

Archirodon is a leading international contracting group with over 50 years of experience in the construction of major bridges, large scale ports and marine works, as well as all types of industrial infrastructure and facilities for power, desalination and oil & gas industries.

The company, certified by TUV under ISO 9001 and 14001 and OHSAS 18001 quality and HSE standards, employs 13,000 people and operates a network of branches, offices and project sites all over the Middle East and other regions.

Among Archirodon’s major projects are: cable-stayed bridges in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, the landmark Sheikh Zayed Bridge in Abu Dhabi, the ports of Jeddah, Dammam and Jubail in KSA and currently the Khalifa Port in Abu Dhabi, as well as all stages of the 14 X 370 MW Shoaiba Power Plant in Saudi Arabia (in consortium), the crescent breakwater in Palm Jumeirah, Dubai and many others.

The company also owns an impressive array of modern equipment, including dredgers, floating cranes, barges, tugs, jack-up platforms, pipe-laying machines, railroad equipment and other land-based machinery.

World-wide network
Website: www.vsl.com

Overseas Ast Co. LLC (“AST”) and VSL Middle East LLC (“VSL”) have formed a Joint Venture with the goal of providing engineering, procurement and construction services required to successfully undertake large and complex civil engineering works — particularly bridges and major special structures. As a result of the Joint Venture’s broad experience and value engineering approach it has been awarded with one of Abu Dhabi’s major landmark project, the Hodariyat bridge.

This Joint Venture partnership brings together the excellence of two reputed companies under virtually all conditions, including the availability of qualified personnel, construction plant, management tools, experts and financial stability to exceed the client’s needs.

Local Strength - Overseas AST has recently celebrated the 50th anniversary of its outstanding operation in the UAE demonstrating unrivalled expertise in almost all segments of specialized construction including bridge construction, tunnel construction, quay wall and jetty structures, culverts, intake and outfall projects, sea defense structures and marina developments. The company maintains its own fleet of specialized plant and equipment including marine equipment, crawler cranes, mobile cranes, earth moving equipment, vibro hammers and impact pile hammers.

World Class -VSL is a premier firm with over 100 years of experience in the construction of bridges and special structures around the world. VSL is recognized as a world leader in specialist construction engineering and associated technology including pre-stressing and post-tensioning of major structures. Today, VSL operates as a worldwide network through 40 subsidiaries established on 6 continents. As part of the VSL Group, Intrafor has a proven track record of delivering large and complex ground engineering projects.

The Joint Venture’s “in-house” expertise guarantees efficient execution of the works and demonstrates the Joint Venture’s ability to deliver projects by exceeding the Client’s expectations.

Mageba
Website: www.mageba.ch

Mageba is a leading international supplier of bridge components such as bearings, expansion joints, hydraulic dampers and monitoring systems, and of related building products. The Swiss company was founded in 1963 and today has subsidiaries in Austria, Germany, China and India. The company has been certified to ISO9001 since 1991 and has delivered high-quality products for many landmark structures around the world, such as the Oeresund Bridge between Denmark and Sweden, the Pont de Normandy in France, and the Run Yang Bridge in China for which mageba delivered record-breaking modular expansion joints, facilitating movements of 2,160mm. www.mageba.ch

Parsons
Website: www.parsons.com

Founded in 1944, Parsons is a leader in many diversified markets such as infrastructure, water/wastewater, communications, education, energy, environmental, facilities, healthcare, life sciences, transportation. Parsons has been active in the Arabian Gulf for more than 40 years. We have some 3,000 employees working from six offices in the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. We are most heavily concentrated in Abu Dhabi, our regional headquarters, and Dubai. With more than 40 years ongoing presence in the region, Parsons fully understands the details, customs, and intricacies of working locally.

Currently, more than 12,000 Parsons employees are engaged in more than 4,500 projects in 50 states and 25 countries. These dedicated workers speak 115 languages collectively, and hold more than 5,700 college degrees and professional registrations. Parsons' employees continue to go anywhere in the world, meet every technical and management challenge, and persevere until the job is done. For more about Parsons, please visit www.parsons.com .

Structural Systems
Website: www.bbrnetwork.com

www.structuralsystems.com.au

Structural Systems is a leading provider of specialist services to the Construction and Engineering Industries and operates from offices throughout Australia, the Middle East, the UnitedKingdom and Africa. Established in 1959 and listed on the Australian Stock Exchange in 1987 the Company has an unequalled reputation for service, quality and innovation. The Company offers a variety of specialized services which include strand, wire and bar Post-Tensioning, External Prestressing, Stay Cables, Slipform, Incremental Launching, Heavy Lifting, Load Handling, Remedial Engineering, Strengthening, and Ground Anchors. These services are provided across a wide variety of infrastructure, bridge, building, LNG/LPG storage tank, and other civil engineering projects.

Structural Systems established its UAE operations in Dubai in 1997, and has since successfully completed a Decade of Excellence in the Middle East. Structural Systems is a member of the BBR Network which operates in over 50 countries world wide. BBR was founded in Switzerland in 1944 and is recognized as the leading group of specialist engineering contractors in the field of post-tensioning, stay cable and related construction engineering.

Arminox
Website: www.arminox.com

Arminox® is one of the world’s leading suppliers of stainless steel reinforcement for use in the construction industry all over the world. Our strength lies not only in the steel, but particularly in our great experience and know-how. This relates to both the development as well as intelligent use of stainless steel reinforcement.

Internationally Arminox® was among the first to develop greater awareness and understanding of stainless steel reinforcement. Our products and know-how develop constantly, for instance through cooperation with national and international research institutions, consulting engineers, and steel manufacturers.

Zublin
Website: www.zublin.com.cn

Ed. Züblin AG, Stuttgart, is the largest German contractor in the field of building construction and civil engineering with branch offices and numerous associated companies throughout Germany and abroad. The company is active in all sectors of construction and operates permanent factories for the production of pipes and precast elements made of reinforced and prestressed concrete.

Motivated and qualified engineers and scientists, backed by experienced administrative and management personnel, successfully plan and manage projects of any size and complexity. We are know to our Clients as innovative and reliable Partner.

Züblin has been active in the Middle East since 1954. We have successfully completed numerous Landmark Projects such as the Lebanese University Campus in Beirut, Lebanon, Mosul Dam in Irak, Tunnelling Projects for the Sewer System in Cairo, Egypt as well as Facilities within the Education City in Doha, Qatar. Most recently we have been awarded the contract for the Construction of Saadiyat Bridge in Abu Dhabi by TDIC. This Landmark Structure is on track for successful completion in 2009.

Mk4 Meps

MK4MEPS is a leading specialist in the field of post tensioning and related engineering in the region. The company offers a wide range of services ranging from post tensioning in buildings and bridges to stay cable bridges and post tensioned diaphragm walls. The company also provides innovative custom made solutions for our clients who are interested in exploring value engineering possibilities. The company’s experience in construction methods has been of vital advantage to our clients needing incremental, segmental launching techniques and construction using movable scaffolding systems. The quality and the service that are at offer, is a result of years of experience gathered from having worked all over the globe and by combining the synergies.

Eco
Website: www.ecooo.com

ECO is in the supply solutions business representing various international companies in the region. Our range fulfils the requirements of various sectors of the construction industry, specialized in Infrastructure, Industrial and Offshore Oil & Gas construction materials.

Over the years, we have established a large market base in the Middle East & Gulf Region due to the professional and timely services we provide.

Moreover, the synergy of different strands of expertise we employ supported by quality products from well known manufacturers in Europe were to corner stone of our success. Strategically located in the UAE, ECO is your one stop shop providing specialized supply solutions for construction materials requirements. Covering the markets of UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, Saudi Arabia and Iraq.

Trelleborg
Website: www.trelleborg.com

Trelleborg (Sweden) is a global industrial group whose leading positions are based on advanced polymer technology and in-depth applications know-how. We develop high performance engineered rubber solutions that seal, damp and protect in demanding industrial environments. The group has an annual sales of approximately € 3,1 billion.

The Product Area Infrastructure with factories in the Netherlands, Spain and China is a global supplier for several markets within infrastructure such as civil engineering, dredging and energy. We are the only company in the world supplying seals for both immersed tube and bored tunnels. Our Gina and Omega seals are world famous.

Maurer Sohne
Website: www.maurer-soehne.com

Maurer Söhne GmbH & Co. KG, founded in Munich in 1876, is one of the leading companies in the field of structural steel engineering, mechanical and plant engineering. Maurer Söhne disposes of comprehensive and unequalled competences to develop, manufacture, install and supervise effective protection devices also for complex structural movements. For now four decades MAURER Söhne GmbH & Co. KG has been technological market leader and decisively enhances structural protection by innovations. Maurer Söhne GmbH & Co. KG, is global market leader in the sector of structural protection systems, to which belong 5 product ranges: Structural Expansion joints; Structural bearings; Seismic devices; Vibration absorbers; and Monitoring. Our success is based on tradition and innovation, the quality of our products is at German/European top level.

EarthTec
Website: www.earthteccorp.com

EarthTec International are among the most innovative and experienced designers and suppliers of MSE and other earth retaining technologies world wide. EarthTec pioneered the use of geosynthetic strip reinforcements along with wholly polymeric positive connections that provide for long design life in the aggressive soil and climactic conditions found in the Arabian gulf . These systems have been adopted by demanding owners throughout the gulf region on projects including the Dubai Airport Extension, Naad Al Hamar Beirut Road Tunnels Project, the Abu Dhabi—Dubai Road Proejct and the IP-44 Al Salam St to Sea Palace Interchange Project. Since 2005 EarthTec International have partnered with ECO LLC in the Gulf countries to provide an intensive local design and site support services, along side our world class systems.

GTI
Website: www.gti-usa.net

General Technologies, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures and supplies specialty reinforcement systems and components (bonded post-tensioning, unbonded post-tensioning, and concrete accessories) for all types of concrete structures all over the world. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, GTI is globally recognized for quality high-performance products and hold s of more than 100 patents worldwide. GTI developed the first plastic duct and precast segmental duct coupler system to increase the life span of today’s bridges. General Technologies, Inc. works with Government Agencies, Engineers, Suppliers and Contractors to develop solutions to eliminate the corrosion and deterioration of concrete buildings and bridges.

Pitchmastic PmB
Website: www.pitchmasticpmb.co.uk

Pitchmastic PmB offers a comprehensive range of structural waterproofing services from its regional office in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

For over 20 years Pitchmastic PmB has manufactured the world renowned PmB structural waterproofing system which is based upon raw materials supplied by Bayer, the worlds leading chemical conglomerate.

The system which meets stringent international standards is installed by Pitchmastic PmB’s specialist spray personnel who have applied over 7,000,000m² worldwide. Pitchmastic’s unparralled record and technical ability has helped them undertake various large scale projects including The Palm Jumeriah, Sheik Zayed Bridge and Al Sowwah Island Bridge.