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Dubai-based Group Amana, which specialises design-build projects for industrial and commercial facilities, announced on Wednesday the completion and handover of a 150-million UAE dirham ($41 million) facility for Jotun MEIA FZ in Dubai Science Park.
The facility is part of the company’s new MEIA (Middle East, India and Africa) regional office, and covers a built area of 23,000 square metres, according to Group Amana press statement.
The facility houses spaces for corporate users for regional operations and an R&D laboratory building to facilitate high-quality wet, solvent and powder paint testing and research operations, two pilot production labs, a painting studio and offices, the statement said.
BIM technology was used to map out digital drawings of the project and deliver thorough installation of Modular Systems, instead of conventional methods. The building also incorporates chilled water pipes running through the floor slabs, cooling down the concrete floor. This helps preserve room temperature, reducing the energy required to cool the space. Additionally, Jotun paints and coating products were used throughout.
The project is set to achieve LEED silver classification in the near future, the statement noted.
Joe Labaky, General Manager of UAE and Emerging Markets at AMANA Contracting, said: “AMANA leveraged innovative technologies to improve on quality and reduce materials, achieving over two million manhours with no lost-time injury (LTI) or any major safety incidents, highlighting our commitment to the highest safety standards.”
(Writing by SA Kader; Editing by Anoop Menon)
