Alumco, a specialised aluminium façade contractor and UAE's largest manufacturer, has won a major contract worth Dh81 million ($22.05 million) from Vision Tower project in Business Bay.

The Vision Tower is Dubai Properties' iconic landmark that will house modern business centres and offices, offering its tenants easy accessibility as well as great visibility.

It is ideally located at the main entrance of Business Bay, just off Sheikh Zayed road.

Alumco is one of the most specialised companies in the field of aluminium façades and glass.

Alumco Managing Director Samer Barakat said Alumco will use its high quality aluminium façades at the prestigious Vision Tower.

“This is one of our major prestigious projects that adds to our company’s status as a leading provider of premium quality products and world class services.'

'Our consistent quest for excellence has enabled us to build a solid portfolio of prestigious projects, which now includes Dubai Properties Vision Tower,” he added.

Attracting the Middle East's premier organisations, The Vision Tower will be amongst the most prestigious power offices in the region. The Vision Tower rises up over 264 meters into the blue sky of Dubai.

Imad Azmy, Managing Partner, Al Shafar General Contracting, said “We are delighted to be working with Alumco on this spectacular project and their teaming has added value to the project. This agreement further consolidates our strong relationship and paves the way for future co-operation.”

Alumco’s engineers and designers have already started on the project design and installation will commence at the beginning of 2008.

The projects architects are US-based TVS and UAE-based Dewan El Emara. Alumco’s work is expected to be completed by end of 2008.

Alumco’s engineering team working closely with the international façade consultants Meinhardt have customized a special unitised system to be used for the tower.

The unique façade system has been designed to withstand high wind loads reaching up to 6 KPA on some spots of the building by its specially designed double glass units, each proposed unit consist of 8mm outer pane, 12 mm airspace and 8mm inner pane.
The design also gives the maximum allowed area for the vision panels with the unique type of glass allowing high light transmission.-TradeArabia News Service