Alumco has strengthened its operations in the region by embracing the green building concept and expanding engineering division to offer customers a ceaseless stream of high-end, quality service.

A Dubai-based specialised aluminium façade contractor and major glass processor, Alumco has spent Dh20 million ($5.44 million) to upgrade facilities to comply with the requirements of the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED).

Samer Barakat, managing director, Alumco, said the expansion underlined its resolve to offer valued customers better products and quality service.

'The refurbishing of the engineering division will inspire us to improve upon design productivity,' he noted.

In the new vibrant atmosphere, Alumco’s engineers and designers have dedicated themselves to developing more challenging façade as a response to the stringent architectural façade demands in the market and to comply with the requirements of the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), in line with Dubai’s commitment to advance the green building concept.

The engineering division, a vital arm of the fast growing company in the Middle East, is housed in a two-storey building that boasts of two spacious and state-of-the-art workshops where more than 80 designers will give shape and structure to the business requirements of the company.

The new unitised curtain wall production line has the capacity to produce 250’000 sq m of unitised curtain wall per year and this has bolstered Alumco’s annual production capacity to 500’000 sq m of curtain wall.

'I believe that the expansion will go a long way to improve the interaction between various sub-departments such as System Development, Structural Engineering, Shop Drawings, Fabrication Drawings, and CAD / CAM as they are all under one roof now,' Barakat added.

'We will continue to come up with innovations in technology and equipment and apply them in our ceaseless efforts to meet the recurring challenges,' he said.

The engineering division also boasts of a spacious conference room with a sleek touch to it and there are other amenities in addition to the reception and storage rooms.-TradeArabia News Service