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Marhaba! Welcome to the second issue of Meinhardt MENA News, our bi-monthly flyer that aims to keep our clients, associates and well-wishers abreast of the key events taking place within our rapidly expanding MENA business and international operations.
This year has been an eventful year for us, marking the 40th Anniversary of Meinhardt Singapore Pte Ltd, with us celebrating the milestone with a banquet at the Shangri-La hotel Singapore with guest of honour Mr Lee Yi Shyan, Senior Minister of State for Trade & Industry of Singapore. The celebrations coincided with Meinhardt’s conferral with Economic Development Board (EDB) (Singapore) International Headquarters Award. EDB is also partnered with Meinhardt in a joint venture establishment of two new business arms, focusing on smart cities, project and construction management consultancy.
We also participated in Cityscape Global 2014 the world’s largest exhibition on property development on the 21st to the 23rd September, something which we are proud of. The event gave us the opportunity to share our expertise, current capabilities and ongoing projects with our clients.
The MENA region still remains one of our most exciting and highest priority markets which I personally oversee. Through our local and international presence, we are able to mobilize our global experience and capabilities to deliver
the increasingly sophisticated and complex requirements for both infrastructure and real estate projects in the region.
We are grateful for your support over the years and look forward to developing an ever closer relationship with you, as MENA becomes an ever larger focus for us.
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CEO’s Message
Middle East & North Africa
Omar ShahzadGroup CEO
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Al Saad Commercial & Office Building Doha, Qatar
DIFC Tower Al Sofouh Dubai, UAE
Lusail Waterfront Mix 34 Doha, Qatar
Barwa Al-Doha Doha, Qatar
One & OnlyBahrain, Al Seef, Manama, Bahrain
Dakar International Congress CenterSenegal
Featured Projects
Barwa Al-Doha comprises a 1.7 million square feet retail mall with a street mall concept. The mall design will have a “souk” for a variety of products. Meinhardt is providing Civil, Structural and MEP Engineering for the project.
Located in a prestigious area in Al Saad, the mixed-use development consists of 2-storeys for retail, 7-storeys for offices and 3-levels of basement parking. For this 663,971 square feet development, Meinhardt has been appointed as the Lead Consultant, providing Architectural, Structural and MEP Engineering Services and Site Supervision.
Client: Barwa Real Estate Company
Completion: 2016
Client: Al Saad United Real Estate InvestmentCompletion: 2017
Barwa Al-Doha Doha, Qatar
Al Saad Commercial & Office BuildingDoha, Qatar
Meinhardt is providing Civil, Structural and MEP Engineering for this mixed use development in Lusail City, comprising retail, residences, hospitality and water park. Featuring a hotel of 33-storeys high, the total built up area of 581,251 square feet.
Client: Al Bandary Real EstateCompletion: 2017
Lusail Waterfront Mix 34 Doha, Qatar
Featured Projects
For this luxurious hospitality development along Bahrain’s coast, Meinhardt was tasked with providing Structural and MEP Engineering services. Within an area of 376,736 square feet, there will be hotels, villas, gourmet restaurants, retail and a One&Only spa, making it the destination for business and pleasure.
Client: DSA Architects, DubaiCompletion: 2017
One & Only Bahrain, Al Seef, Manama, Bahrain
Located at the tip of Knowledge Village and Dubai Marina, this residential tower consists of 58-storeys and stands at 225 meters with a total built up area of 8.8 million square feet. For this project, Meinhardt is providing Façade Engineering and BMU consultancy services.
Client: Damac PropertiesCompletion: 2017
DIFC TowerAl Sofouh, Dubai, UAE
Meinhardt (Turkey) provided full-scope structural engineering services for this US$100 million development designed and completed in only 11 months just in time for the 2014 Francophone Countries Summit in Dakar.
Meinhardt provided the Tekla model and connection details, thus accommodating architectural changes during the short period.
Client: Summa ConstructionCompletion: 2014
Dakar International Congress Center Senegal
Global 2014ityscape Since 1995, Meinhardt has provided integrated engineering services and Lead
Consultancy to the MENA region. We now have a total of seven offices in the GCC (Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Doha, Bahrain Manama, Riyadh, Kuwait City and Muscat) and also in Istanbul and Kenya.
With our expanding repertoire of services for the MENA region, Cityscape Global 2014 provided us with an excellent platform and opportunity to showcase our current regional projects and capabilities.
The annual trade show took place on the 21st of September at the Dubai World Trade Centre with Group CEO, Omar Shahzad leading team Meinhardt
along with the senior UAE and MENA management team.
Amongst the projects featured during the event was King Abdullah Financial District in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Muscat International Airport, Manama Lagoon in Bahrain, Qatar’s Tornado Towers, The Pearl, Qatar, Dubai Festival City and two projects in Singapore, namely the Marina Bay Financial Centre and Resorts World at Sentosa.
Those award winning and environmentally sustainable developments helped cement Meinhardt’s philosophy as a leader in sustainable design, whilst not compromising on standard and excellence.
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“We have had very encouraging discussions with
our clients and Meinhardt will continue to mobilize its
best resources across the Group to service the needs
of our clients.” – Omar Shahzad
Meinhardt Singapore’s 40th Anniversary
The 4th of November marked the 40th Anniversary of Meinhardt Singapore with a celebratory dinner was held at Shangri-La Hotel, with Senior Minister of State for Trade & Industry, and National Development, Mr Lee Yi Shyan officiating as Guest-of-Honour.
The celebrations coincided with Meinhardt being conferred with Economic Development Board (EDB) (Singapore) the International Headquarters Award. EDB is also partnering with Meinhardt in a joint venture establishment of two new business arms, focusing on smart cities, project and construction management consultancy.
Speaking of the partnership, Group Chief Executive Mr. Omar Shahzad said “Most of the new smart cities are planned in the Asia or Middle East Region where Singapore is viewed as an operating example,” further adding that there is a strong demand for the Singapore expertise in the planning and designing of new urban areas.
The event also witnessed the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) of a one-off scholarship between Meinhardt and Singapore Table Tennis Association (STTA). Under the Meinhardt-STTA Scholarship Scheme, recipients would receive S$100,000 and the opportunity to study in any of the countries which Meinhardt operates in.