The Big 5

Busy with projects

Fawaz Refrigeration & Air Conditioning of the UAE is busy with projects worth nearly Dh71 million ($19.18 million), the largest of them being the Al Hassawi Commercial Center and Al Mubarak Tower being built in Sharjah.

Under a Dh31 million contract, Al Fawaz is responsible for the supply, installation, testing, commissioning and maintenance of the complete air-conditioning, electrical, telephone, PA system, fire alarm and fire fighting works and plumbing for the project, says sales manager Murthada Ahmed.

Al Fawaz is also implementing electro-mechanical works for the SKM factory in Sharjah, under a Dh13 million contract.

Among its other on-going projects in Sharjah are:

  • ÊSupply, installation, testing, commissioning and maintenance of the complete air-conditioning, electrical, telephone, PA system, fire alarm and fire-fighting works, data voice cabling, infrared lighting control, access control, traffic barriers, plumbing and drainage at the Sharjah Traffic Police headquarters, under a contract worth Dh6 million.

  • A Dh5 million contract to design supply, installation and commissioning of the HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) system of a 16-storey building at Al Majaz.

  • A Dh3.7 million contract for all the plumbing, drainage and fire-fighting work the Crystal Plaza, which consists of a basement, ground, mezzanine and 17 floors

  • The Al Mubarak car-park, which involves supply, installation, testing commissioning and maintenance of air-conditioning, electrical, telephone, PA system, fire alarm, plumbing and fire-fighting work under a Dh3.5 million contract.

  • A Dh 2.05 million contract for HVAC equipment for seven villas.

  • A Dh1.975 million contract for electrical, fire alarm and SMATV systems at a high-rise (ground plus two parking levels plus 14 storeys) in Al Qasimiya.

    Fawaz Refrigeration & Air Conditioning was established in Kuwait in 1971 - as a partnership between M A Al Hassawi, Abdul Jalil Al-Baker and Osama Hussain - with the primary objective of designing, manufacturing and installing of refrigeration and air-conditioning equipment in the Gulf. In line with Fawaz's expansion, a contracting and trading company was established in Sharjah, engaged in design, supply and installation of heating, ventilation, air-conditioning and refrigeration systems for the Gulf.

    "Fawaz today is a multinational company in the field of trading, contracting, import, export and manufacturing with offices, showrooms and warehouses spread throughout the Gulf, as well as a fully-fledged workshop equipped with modern machinery manned by highly-skilled personnel," says Ahmed. " We represent some of the world's top manufacturers for air-conditioning, refrigeration, heating cooling and ventilation products."

    A regular participant at the Big 5, Fawaz will be back at this year's event, at stand 1F 21.

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