01 · RETAIL
Boutique, Dubai Mall
AREA
1,150 sq ft
PROGRAMME
9 weeks
VALUE
AED 940 k
Night-shift only. The shopfront glazing was craned in through the service corridor at 03:00 because it would not pass the mall doors.
Work · 186 handovers since 2014
Six projects, with what went wrong on each.
Size, programme, contract value, and the one thing that made each job difficult. A portfolio that only shows the photograph is a portfolio that has not told you anything.
02 · RETAIL
Flagship, City Walk
AREA
3,400 sq ft
PROGRAMME
13 weeks
VALUE
AED 2.6 m
Two levels connected by a stair we built in the workshop and installed in three pieces overnight.
03 · F&B
Restaurant, DIFC
AREA
2,600 sq ft
PROGRAMME
17 weeks
VALUE
AED 3.4 m
Grease duct routed 42 m to the riser. That single line is why an F&B programme is never twelve weeks.
04 · RESIDENTIAL
Family villa, Al Barari
AREA
7,800 sq ft
PROGRAMME
22 weeks
VALUE
AED 4.1 m
Full MEP replacement in an occupied compound. Works stopped every day at 18:00 by agreement with the neighbours.
05 · COMMERCIAL
Office floor, One Central
AREA
5,200 sq ft
PROGRAMME
11 weeks
VALUE
AED 1.9 m
Cat B on a live floor. Fire alarm cause-and-effect retested twice because the base build drawings were wrong.
06 · RETAIL
Showroom, Al Quoz
AREA
4,600 sq ft
PROGRAMME
12 weeks
VALUE
AED 1.5 m
Our own neighbourhood. Joinery walked across the road from the workshop rather than being trucked.
PARTITIONS ◦JOINERY ◦STONE ◦MEP FIRST FIX ◦CEILINGS ◦SHOPFRONTS ◦CIVIL DEFENCE NOC ◦SCREED ◦VENEER ◦GLAZING ◦COMMISSIONING ◦SNAGGING ◦PARTITIONS ◦JOINERY ◦STONE ◦MEP FIRST FIX ◦CEILINGS ◦SHOPFRONTS ◦CIVIL DEFENCE NOC ◦SCREED ◦VENEER ◦GLAZING ◦COMMISSIONING ◦SNAGGING ◦