• Imdaad inks Agreement with Trakhees for provision of Integrated Facilities Management Solutions
• Imdaad to participate actively in FM Expo 2008
Dubai World’s leading facilities management strategic solutions provider, Imdaad, signed a 10-year agreement with Civil Engineering Department, the building and construction licensing arm of the Trakhees - Ports, Customs and Free Zone Corporation.
Under the terms of the Agreement, Imdaad will provide the appropriate management and maintenance of projects supervised by Trakhees in Dubai, including roads, streets infrastructure, common areas lighting, electrical, water and telecommunications installations, accident reports, damage assessments, sewage and storm water drainage solutions, in addition to managing and maintaining its subsidiary facilities, assets and buildings.
Commenting on the new partnership, Jamal Abdullah Lootah, CEO, Imdaad, said: “This step is yet another milestone in our endeavors to reinforce our portfolio, which now covers a wide spectrum of high-profile clients and companies in the United Arab Emirates in general and Dubai in particular. Imdaad will lay out a joint plan for the management of facilities and assets in line with the highest safety and quality standards to ensure efficient service delivery and realize the highest profitability.”
“Facilities management concept is receiving widespread recognition, not only at the region’s level, but also at the Middle East level. It is predicted that FM industry will eventually outstrip the region's booming construction business over the years to come. Through this Agreement signed with Trakhees, we will seek to apply new concepts for facilities management, providing a fully-integrated set of services, such as determining property strategy, management of available areas, infrastructure and buildings maintenance etc.,” he added.
Lootah expressed his confidence that growth will continue in the construction sector in the UAE with the new construction projects that are being developed, including hotels, resorts, airports, hospitals and mega residential and commercial complexes, contributing to the increase in demand for high quality facilities management solutions to protect the huge investments in the construction sector.
Engineer Nazek Hussein Al Sabbagh, Managing Director, Trakhees said: “
We are very pleased with this agreement. Trakhess is very keen on providing the highest level of support to our business community and with this agreement, our investors and Business Units partners will have a seamless integrated group of services, starting from design and licensing, going through construction and quality control, and now with this agreement we are confident that we will extend our commitment of service excellence to the operations phase covering by this the full life cycle of all projects.
Meanwhile, Imdaad announced that it will actively participate in “FM EXPO 2008” from June 8-10, 2008, which will be held at Zabeel Hall in the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre. The participation comes as part of Imdaad’s keenness on reinforcing its strong presence in the region and the Middle East and increasing its clientele base, following the growing attention FM is receiving in the GCC states.
