SET to become one of the world’s top industrial and logistics hubs, Khalifa Port and Kizad (Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi) has been ranked among the UAE’s first 10 projects to achieve Estidama certification. 

The project was developed by Abu Dhabi Ports Company (ADPC), and designed and constructed in part by Habtoor Leighton Group (HLG).

The Estidama-compliant facilities delivered by HLG included a mosque and an emergency response centre (fire station), which are the first certificated buildings in their respective categories to achieve Estidama’s Pearl 2 rating within UAE.

Other facilities designed and constructed by HLG at the Khalifa Port and Kizad to meet the Pearl 2 rating included an onshore maintenance facility; control centre; and passport and immigration, customs monitoring and environmental agency buildings.

HLG was also appointed by ADPC to deliver a major highway connection and associated infrastructure from Sheikh Zayed Road to Khalifa Port and Kizad.

The group’s scope of works included 75 governmental and supporting facilities; 15 million cu m of earthworks; 28 km of two-, three- and four-lane dual carriageways; five bridges; 48 major services culverts and bridges; 7 km MSE (mechanically stabilised earth) walls; 177 km of electrical reticulation; 279 km of telecommunications or communication distribution; and 104 km of pipelines.

“We are very pleased to receive news of the Pearl 2 Estidama certification for a number of port buildings, and proud to have delivered the very first mosque and fire station in the UAE, designed and constructed to Pearl 2 Estidama standards,” said José Antonio López-Monís, CEO and managing director of HLG.

Estidama is an environmental initiative of Abu Dhabi’s Urban Planning Council (UPC).