AL Habtoor Engineering Enterprises was the founding organisation of Al Habtoor Group. It was established in 1970 and the subsequent years of steady success contributed towards the entire group's expansion and diversification.

The company's experienced international management team is capable of undertaking construction projects ranging from multi-complex hotels, hospitals, residential apartment towers and villas and special projects such as military bases and camps, says Osama Al Taher, senior project manager for Al Habtoor Engineering Enterprises (HEE).

Its list of prestigious projects include the 321-m Burj Al Arab; 600-room Jumeirah Beach hotel; Metropolitan Palace Hotel; Holiday Centre complex on Shaikh Zayed Road and Dubai Creek Tower.

''The company has also diversified into steel-frame housing and has successfully completed more than 100 villas, using this rapid construction technique that has been well received,'' Taher says. ''A recent major success has been the astounding and futuristic Officers Club in Abu Dhabi, where an estimated 60,000 sq m of quality woods and marbles have been laid under the largest shell span of its type anywhere in the world.''

Al Habtoor Engineering is also a specialist in hospital construction, having built the main extension to Rashid Hospital as well as the Al Wasl hospital and the New Dubai Hospital. The company has recently completed the Marina Mall in Abu Dhabi.

Its current projects are the Shaikh Tahnoon Building, National Bank of Abu Dhabi, Ghantoot Palace, a 200-villa project, and a polyethylene plant in Ruwais (all in Abu Dhabi); Jebel Ali Power Station and 170 villas (in Dubai)l and a private residence Al Dadna, Fujairah.