Flagship Projects
DSE’s extensive and highly diverse portfolio consists of a range of both current and completed local, regional and international projects across various sectors which have played a pivotal part in shaping the admirable skylines of the region and throughout many cities across the globe. Each project is executed with excellence whether corporate, commercial, governmental or residential.
Flagship Projects
Project: Jumeirah Beach Hotel
Location: Dubai, UAE
Industry:: Hospitality
Developer: Jumeirah
Consultant/Architect: W.S. Atkins
Value: USD 36 million ( AED 132 Million)
The Jumeirah Beach Hotel is one of the most luxurious five star hotels on the Jumeirah Beach shoreline of Dubai. Part of the Jumeirah Beach Resort, it received the Condé Nast Traveler Award for being the ‘No.1 Hotel in the World’.
This 26-storey tourist hotel, designed in the shape of a breaking wave, has 600 oceanfront rooms. Each room offers a minimum of 50 sq. meters which is larger in size compared to most international hotels.
Drake & Scull International provided the complete design development, supply, installation, testing and commissioning of Mechanical, Electrical & Public Health Services for the 600-bedroom Tourist Hotel, Sports Complex, Laundry Building, Heating & Cooling of Pool, Automobile building and Gate House of seven star Burj Al Arab Tower Hotel. The entire hotel complex is controlled by an integrated Building Management System. The building services work for Hotel Resort and Sports Complex was completed in 1998.
Project: Jumeirah Beach Residences
Location: Dubai, UAE
Industry:: District Cooling Plant
Developer: TECOM
Consultant/Architect:: Mace International
Value: USD 74 million (AED 271 Million)
DSI were appointed to undertake the design and construction of District Cooling System project for Jumeirah Beach Residence, a subsidiary of Dubai Technology Electronic Commerce and Media Free Zone Authority (TECOM) in Jumeirah, Dubai.
DSI were responsible for the design and development of engineering drawings, plant & material selections, procurement, installation, commissioning and performance, validation of mechanical & electrical chilled water process plant for the District Cooling System.
The project plant has the capacity of producing a total of 60,000 tonnes of chilled water. DSI provided the supply of the distribution Energy Transfer Stations (ETS) for the connection of the system into numerous buildings utilizing the District Cooling System.
Project: King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Location: Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
Industry:: Education
Developer: ARAMCO
Consultant/Architect:: Saudi Oger
Value: USD 257 million (AED 900 Million )
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia is an international, graduate-level research university dedicated to inspiring a new age of scientific achievement in the Kingdom that will also benefit the region and the world. KAUST is the realization of a decades-long vision of King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.
KAUST’s new campus is Saudi Arabia’s first LEED-certified project, earning a LEED Platinum certification and is ranked as the largest LEED Platinum project in the world.
The engineering office of DSI operated of Saudi Oger’s engineering offices in Paris - France to ensure that the designs were being drafted and finalised as per the DSI team’s input and technical requirements. In order to assure that KAUST was awarded the LEED Platinum level, DSI altered conventionally used designs and installations and employed several innovative engineering techniques and products including designing a system to sustain a lifecycle of 100 years, maximising efficiency of installed systems and using specific special construction materials for the laboratory buildings, adopting photovoltaic cells for generating power , installing solar towers and solar water heaters, using low-emission sealants in addition to minimising construction waste and using recyclable materials wherever possible.
Project: Information and Technology Communications Complex
Location: Riyadh, KSA
Industry:: Commercial
Developer: Saudi Arabian Public Pensions Agency
Consultant/Architect:: Dar Al Riyadh
Value: USD 188 million (AED 690 Million)
The Information Technology and Communication Complex (ITCC) is a massive office project that attracts and hosts Information and communication technology companies to setup bases in the important Riyadh market in KSA.
Developed on an area of more than 800,000 m2, The ITCC project supports and promotes the development of the IT sector in the region.
The District Cooling Plant installed by DSI at the ITCC site has a capacity to deliver more than 35,000 Tonnes of cooling. The project was a major development from the Operations and Maintenance Perspective. DSI also undertook the construction and installation of the two TES tanks works with 40,000 TRH capacity. The complete construction includes aspects of civil, process and MEP services.
The success of the DCP in the ITCC premises has helped to accelerate the adoption of District Cooling in KSA. Previously, Utility and District Cooling were not very popular in KSA but is now widely being adopted for major new developments.
DSI’s work in ITCC was also a fine example of Drake & Scull’s vertical integration, as the DSI’s Engineering teams worked in parallel in a professional manner with efficient planning to take charge of all major aspects of construction.
Project: Meydan Nad Al Sheba District Cooling Plant
Location: Dubai, UAE
Industry:: District Cooling Plant
Developer: Meydan LLC
Consultant/Architect:: TEO A King Design Consultants Sdn Bhd
Value: USD 54 million (AED 200 Million )
Meydan is an urban development of luxury residences, business blocks and facilities in Nad Al Sheba, UAE. The four major developments of the city are the Racecourse, Horizons, Godolphin parks and the Metropolis. The Meydan racecourse hosts the Dubai World Cup, which is the richest horseracing event in the world, attended by nearly 60,000 people every year. Hotels, restaurants and cinemas form a part of the project to offer a remarkable experience for its visitors.
DSI signed the contract agreement with M/S Meydan LLC to design, construct, commission and to provide two years operation for the central cooling plant at the Nad al Sheba race course development. The project team had to handle the complete design and construction of the chilled water generation plant, the associated cooling towers and thermal storage tanks, all civil and buried works including water, drainage and firefighting provisions, and the SCADA system.
The central cooling plant consists of 20,000 TR (Tonnage Refrigeration – a measurement of chiller capacity) chillers and associated equipment such as cooling towers, 11 KV and 400 V switchgears, MV/LV transformers, chilled and condenser water pumps, chilled and condenser water piping, associated MEP services and controls. In addition to the above, two make-up water tanks and two thermal storage tanks (capacity of 20,000 TR each) were part of plant equipment. Further, a provision for additional 20,000 TR in terms of civil, structural and architecture works including associated MEP services was constructed as per the client’s request.
Project: Dohaland
Location: Doha, Qatar
Industry:: District Cooling Plant
Developer: Mshreib Properties
Consultant/Architect:: Turner International Middle East
Value: USD 59 million (AED 216 Million)
The Dohaland development is a mixed used complete urban redevelopment of a 35 hectare site within the center of Doha city. Msheirb development belongs to Dohaland which is a subsidiary of Qatar Foundation for education, science and community development lead by Her Highness Sheikha Moza Bint Vasser. Dohaland’s vision is to lead innovation in urban living through sustainability and heritage. Dohaland’s target is to build the first sustainable downtown regeneration project.
DSI was appointed as the prime contractor for the district cooling system to design, construct and operate the District Cooling system. The scope of work covered:
- Mechanical, electrical and support equipment and systems for two independent central cooling plants PR1 & PR2 for a total capacity of 29,250 TR per plant.
- An interconnected sidewide reticulation network located inside service tunnel which takes off to 59 nos. energy transfer stations.
- Cooling tower make-up and blow down pipelines from PR1 to PR2.
- Water treatment plant using TSE water for the cooling tower make-up and development irrigation, water feature and toilet flushing for the development energy transfer station (ETS).
- P/C control panels, instrumentations programming, testing & commissioning.
- Operation and maintenance of the district cooling system for a period of seven years.
- Design life of 25 years for sea shore installation.
Project: Kuwait State Audit Bureau Headquarters
Location: Kuwait
Industry:: Government
Developer: Kuwait State Audit Bureau
Consultant/Architect:: The Associated Engineering Partnership
Value:USD 33 million (AED 107 Million)
An important institution in Kuwait, the State Audit Bureau commissioned a new 30,000 m2 headquarters complex with state-of-the-art office space, IT-based auditing facilities, conference centre, training facilities and library in 2004. The project site with an area of 10,000 m² was located in Shuwaikh area, adjacent to the existing buildings of the Arab Organization Building and the Arab Shipping Company Headquarters and also included an adjacent site of 11,340 m². A car parking building for 950 cars and a civil defense shelter for 300 persons was also located on the adjacent site. The complex comprises three ten-storey office buildings linked by full-height atria and sky gardens with the complete façade fronted by a spectacular curved glazed perimeter wall. The project was envisaged as a high-quality office space, to accommodate a total of 800 personnel who required “state of the art” IT-based Auditing Facilities, a Conference Centre together with Training Facilities, Library, and Cafeteria.
Drake & Scull undertook the Supply, Installation, Testing, and commissioning & maintenance of:
- Central Air Conditioning & Ventilation Systems
- Close-control Air Conditioning Systems
- Central Cooling Plants
- Domestic Water Supply and Drainage
- Fire Fighting systems
- Electrical Power Distribution and Lighting
- Uninterruptible Power Supply and Standby Power
- Fire Alarm and Security Systems
- Building Management Systems
Project: West Bay 4 Seasons
Location: Doha, Qatar
Industry:: Hospitality
Developer: H.H. Sheikh Hamad Bin Jaber Al Thani
Consultant/Architect:: HALCRO
Value: USD 38 million (AED 140 Million)
The West Bay area development was overseen by the Government of Qatar, and includes many modern buildings, shopping complexes, skyscrapers and luxury hotels. The West Bay Complex Project initially comprised of a new five-star hotel in the shape of the Four Seasons Hotel, besides housing a 700 seat ballroom, a clubhouse, 100 berth marina, 20 town houses, two fully furnished apartment towers, one office tower and an exclusive beach.
The crown in the jewel of the Project was the deluxe Four Seasons Hotel which consisted of 18 floors including Royal and Presidential Suites. The hotel was part of a multi-purpose complex that also featured a dedicated residential complex and office complex.
Drake & Scull were invited by the clients to undertake the complex MEP needs of the Four Seasons Hotel. DSI adopted a “Parallel Tracks” approach whereby the Project was divided into 6 modules or areas to facilitate easy allocation of resources and personnel. The 6 modules included:
- The Office tower consisting 28 floors and 20 town houses
- five-star hotel premises consisting 18 floors and the 700 seat ballroom
- Two apartment towers each spanning 22 floors
- Central District Cooling Plant and 3.3kV power backup system along with the domestic water pumps and the fire pumps
- Club House area
- 100 berth Marina complex
To properly execute this unconventional division of site activities, DSI deployed a centralized Building Management System (BMS) to monitor and control equipment used for the project. This helped to monitor and plan the course of action correctly as well as lower the energy consumption and improve resource sustainability.
Project: St Regis Nile Corniche
Location: Nile Corniche, Egypt
Industry:: Hospitality
Developer: Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Company (CCC)
Consultant/Architect:: ARQUITECTONICA / Shaker
Value: USD 128 million (AED 470 Million)
The Nile Corniche Project is a mixed use development which includes the construction of a Starwood Chain Hotel and Serviced Apartments, situated on the River Nile Corniche in Downtown Cairo. The Nile Corniche is a 197,000 m2 mixed-use development along the Corniche on the east bank of the Nile River in Cairo, Egypt. This Hotel marks the ultimate expression of contemporary luxury in Egypt’s thriving capital city and will be an important component of a high-rise hospitality and residential complex.
Drake & Scull’s active scope of works includes:
- The complete Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning system, including all Chillers, Heat Exchangers Cooling Towers, Boilers and Fuel systems
- MV Power Supply distribution network including MV emergency distribution network & MV generators
- Transformer substations in addition to the LV Normal Emergency Distribution Networks
- The HV, MV, LV Systems including Busbars, Wiring Devices, UPS, Lighting and Lighting Control Systems
- Extra low voltage systems including Security, TV MATV and IPTV), Data & Telephone, Vehicle Management, AV and Ambient music system
- Security systems including CCTV, Access Control, Intercom, Search Scanning X-ray equipment, Guard Tour, Disabled Alarm System, Bollard Systems
- Fire Detection, Alarm, Fighting, Suppression & Evacuation Systems, and Central Battery Emergency Lighting System.
- All Plumbing and Drainage systems
- The building BMS (Building Management Systems) and its interface with other core systems
- Complete Utility installation including connections to existing services
- Full coordination with the mandatory LPG Local subcontractor as per the latest codes and regulations of Egyptian authorities
- o Interconnecting Cables, Cable Trays, Trunking, Pipe Work and Engineering Coordination as required to connect to or from other sub-contract systems such as Lifts, Kitchen, Car park management systems etc.
- The Earthing system, Lighting Protection System, Navigation Lights and containment and wiring for Façade Lighting Systems.
Project: Mall of Qatar
Location: Doha, Qatar
Industry:: Commercial Retail
Developer: Urbacon Construction Company
Consultant/Architect:: KEO International
Value: USD 98 million (AED 367 Million )
The Mall of Qatar is a new 4,176,000 square foot (GBA) shopping center currently under construction in Qatar – a country with the highest GDP in the world. Situated adjacent to a FIFA 2022 World Cup stadium, with a dedicated station on Doha’s new metro line, Mall of Qatar will have over 1,750,000 square feet of retail leasable space on 3 levels in addition to underground and surface parking for 7,000 cars.
The 400 shops from luxury to the world’s leading powerhouse brands and an exciting array of food, beverage and entertainment will make this the premier destination in Qatar. The three-storey mall will feature a hypermarket, a multiplex, five department stores and at least 20 restaurants.
DSI will execute the installation of
- electromechanical works including Electrical, Plumbing, Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC)
- Fire Fighting
- Fire Alarm
- Photovoltaic arrays
- Gas Installations
- Security and Access Control
- Audio-Video (AV), Lighting and Sanitary Fixtures with a built-up area of 422,000 sq.
Project: King Fahad Medical City
Location: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Industry:: Healthcare
Developer: Al Latifah-Habtoor Leighton
Consultant/Architect::
Value: USD 70 million (AED 257 Million)
The King Fahad Medical City (KFMC) consists of four hospitals making up a total of 1,095 beds. Main hospitals, maternity hospital, pediatric hospital, rehabilitation center. In addition to the hospitals there are primary care clinics, Faculty of Medicine, Medical Centers which is Prince Salman Heart Center, Neuroscience Center, Prince Sultan Hematology &Oncology Center and Specialized Diabetes & Endocrine Center.
KFMC is the largest medical facility in Saudi Arabia built at a cost of SR12.3 billion. According to Minister of Health Dr. Hamad ibn Abdullah Al-Manie in his inaugural address, it is expected to treat more than 50,000 in-house patients and more than 2,000,000 outpatients annually.
DSI is providing turnkey MEP solutions for the National Institute of Neurosciences, and the Cancer & Cardiac Centers. Spanning a total built-up area of 234,000 m², the project includes the National Institute of Neurosciences Comprehensive Cancer Center, Cardiac Center, Laboratories and office building, Radiology Center, Cardiology Center, Underground Car Parks, Central Services Building and a Services Tunnel.
Project: Louvre Museum
Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE
Industry:: Commercial
Developer: AsoLouvre JV
Consultant/Architect:: Buro Happold, Pascall+Watson, MERO-TSK
Value: USD 58 million (AED 213 Million)
The Louvre Abu Dhabi is a planned museum, to be located in Abu Dhabi, UAE. This is part of a thirty-year agreement between the city of Abu Dhabi and the French government. The museum is to be located on the Saadiyat Island Cultural District, and will be approximately 24,000 square metres (260,000 sq ft) in size.
The permanent collection will occupy 6,000 square metres (65,000 sq ft), and the temporary exhibitions will take place over 2,000 square metres (22,000 sq ft).
DSI is involved in all MEP work and incidentals within the 64,000m2 complexes, which is made of a series of linked pavilions, plazas, alleyways and canals. A vast dome weighing around 7,000 tonnes and 180m in diameter will sit on top of four piers housing exhibitions.
Project: Habtoor City
Location: Dubai, UAE
Industry:: Commerical
Developer: Habtoor Leighton Group
Consultant/Architect:: Khatib & Alami
Value: USD 54 million (AED 198 Million) )
The Al Habtoor City in Dubai is a huge residential and hospitality development under construction costing Dh11 billion.
The Al Habtoor City project comprises the construction of 3 hotels, Fashion Hotel - W (27 levels), Luxury Hotel – St. Regis (6 levels) and the Main hotel – Westin (37 levels), a 1400 seat Las Vegas-style “aqua” theatre, 3 large basement levels, Ground and Mezzanine levels and a large car park (2290 cars). The 3 hotels will be managed by Starwood and will have in total 1623 units. The total built area is approximately 390,000 square metres plus 27,000 square metres of Provencal-style gardens.
The new development will be located on the site of the old Metropolitan Hotel – previously Dubai’s oldest hotel – on Sheikh Zayed Road at the southernmost point of the “Old Town” development, which includes the Burj Khalifa and the Dubai Mall. The development is scheduled for completion at the beginning of 2016.
DSI is undertaking complete turnkey MEP scope of works on the Habtoor City development.
Project: Cayan Tower
Location: Dubai, UAE
Industry:: Mixed Use
Developer: Cayan Investments
Consultant/Architect:: Khatib & Alami
Value: USD 40 million (AED 146 Million )
The Cayan Tower’s dynamic twisting shape challenges conventional architecture and redefines standards of luxury. Located at the entrance of Dubai Marina the 330 meters tall tower consists of 73 floors, each rotated at 1.08°degree. The individual floor rotations sum to a total of 90 degrees over the entire height of the building, making it the tallest high rise building in the world with such structural rotation. The Tower provides a total of 505 apartments, including studios, one, two, three and four-bedroom duplexes and penthouses. A total of eight circular lifts serve the building, three of which can have a speed of 8 m/s over 330 meters of height.
The structural 1.08-degree rotation rendered the MEP service locations different on every floor and the rotating slabs also demanded a great degree of coordination between all project teams and a simultaneous execution of MEP and structural works. Due to the twist in the building design, the vertical and circular core of the building did not provide sufficient space for fresh air and busbar risers’ installation, and they had to be taken from the inner core to the outer twisted portion of the building. This posed severe problems as the risers are vertical whereas the outer part of the building has a rotation of 1.08° degree on every floor. The building’s twist below complicated each floor’s design for openings and sleeves.