$2bn Amwaj project work begins Posted: Saturday, December 10, 2005
Dubai
Works on the Dh7.5 billion (around $2 billion) Amwaj project in Rabat, Morocco have commenced, Dubai International Properties (DIP), Dubai Holding’s international investment arm, announced in Al Rabat.
The Project Management Contract for the development has been awarded to Hill International consulting company, said DIP CEO Farhan Faraidooni.
The architectural and the engineering design contract and the interior design contract have been granted to Bernard Reichen company and Jean Nouvelle respectively, he added.
Faraidooni made the announcement at a ceremony held at the project site to mark the commencement of the community development.
“Our choice of those companies who were granted the contracts was based on high international standards,” he said.
He said the master plan of the project is close to completion. Construction work should commence in the first quarter of next year. All project is expected to be completed in 2009.
Dubai Holding executive chairman Mohammed Abdullah Al Gergawi attended the opening ceremony, which also saw the presence of Mostafa Bakoory, Deposit and Management Box general manager; Farhan Faraidooni, Dubai International Properties chief executive, and a number of top Moroccan government officials and businessmen.
Abdullah Al Gergawi expressed his trust in how the Amwaj project would strengthen the solid relationship and how it would be a base to further expand the cooperation between the Moroccan Kingdom and the UAE.
He expressed his gratitude and appreciation to the Moroccan King Mohammed and the government for their great support and encouragement for the project, which would support and ensure the project’s success and achieve its goals.
“We, in Dubai Holding, are aware of our commitment to the directions of General Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and UAE Minister of Defence, who believes in strengthening the cooperation among the Arab world.
“He constantly calls on us to share the experience UAE gained from various fields, especially in the property development sector, with our brothers and friends all across the globe,” Al Gergawi said.
“Today we witness the true start of this leading project, which expresses the vision of the leaders of both countries on the importance of strengthening the mutual partnership between both countries – a relationship that in past decades was marked by special and distinct ties, not only politically and economically, but also socially,” Al Gergawi added.
Mostafa Bakoory expressed his trust in how Amwaj project would contribute in accelerating the economic development in the Moroccan Kingdom, as it would be a landmark and an icon, reflective of the deep relations among the two countries upon its completion.
Bakoory said DIP is already in a leading position among well-known property development companies both locally and globally. DIP has unique experience and resources, which would qualify it to execute such large and world-class projects.
DIP CEO Farhan Faraidooni added:
“DIP will work on completing the project in a unique way that preserves the spirit of Moroccan architecture so that Moroccan originality and heritage mixes with modernism and creativity.
“The purpose is to unify all the project’s buildings’ appearance that reflects the area’s originality and the greatness of Moroccan architecture, especially in Al Rabat.”
He said Amwaj project would represent an ideal city providing all the needs of a modern lifestyle. It would largely contribute to adding more beauty along the banks of Abi Regrag River. This in turn would make the area a tourist and entertainment destination.
DIP had announced the Amwaj project last May. It costs around $2billion and will sprawl across 100 hectares of space along the banks of Abi Regrag River, to create a unique waterfront development that would make the area a great attraction.
The project includes a yacht harbor, a chain of hotels and 3,k 4 and 5-star resorts, a conference centre, residential units of different designs, services and technology equipped offices, shops and shopping malls, water gardens, a cinema, and open spaces.
DIP has so far announced five large projects that cost more than Dh13.5 billion.
Beside the Amwaj project, which is considered as the largest of its kind in North Africa, DIP has started on the Dubai Towers – Doha last February, which is to cost more than Dh1 billion.
A month later, DIP announced another project close to Muscat, Oman under the name of Salam – Resort and Spa which costs around Dh3 billion. DIP revealed last month their first project in Turkey under the name Dubai Towers – Istanbul which costs around Dh2 billion.
It is a company with many activities and more than 700 employees working in 21 offices all over the world.
The company works on providing developed programmes to run and manage projects and provides all services that have to do with constructions sector. Hill International has been listed 18th among the biggest real estate management companies in the US, according to ‘Engineering News Record’ magazine.
Jean Nouvelle worked towards developing a language style of his own within the architecture domain to distinguish him from others. This in turn led him to modernism. Nouvelle starts his projects without any previous visions or academic learning, but relies on imagination and free-thinking, without any constraints.
He gives a lot of importance to the surrounding areas, for his creations combine perfectly with their surrounding, whereby imaginations mix with colours. Nouvelle created several huge projects on the request of the former French President Francois Mitterand. He was awarded the Grand Prix Architecture and Tequir de Argentin.
Both Bernard Reichen and Philippe Robert formed Reichen & Robert during 1973 and since have created sound and highly efficient construction projects.
Robert relies in his designs on old historical buildings, and works on mixing both his designs and the places surrounding them. Bernard’s team worked on creating several major projects throughout France, Germany, Australia and he designed one of the most important buildings that held the Olympics in 2004 in Greece.
Their designs rely on making best use of the surrounding areas and relying on rich architecture. TradeArabia News Service
je crois que pour resoudre les problème du tranasport dans les grandes ville comme rabat et casablanca, l´ option pour des tram-way est très raisonable.
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