Danway, a leading engineering organisation in the UAE, supplied a range of access equipment to Dubai Internet City (DIC) Phase 1-B. The equipment was supplied by the company's access systems and cranes division, which specialises in the field of access and lifting solutions.
"Danway, which is reputed in the field of electromechanical services and industrial projects, was established over 25 years ago," a company spokesman says. "A 100 per cent subsidiary of Emirates Holding, a leading business group in the UAE, Danway is a multi-divisional, multi-faceted company with a broad product base."
He continues: "The access systems and cranes division, with its team of professional engineers, offers unrivalled specialist knowledge to achieve total turnkey solutions, from the conceptual stage of design to the completion of a project.
"Danway offers permanent access equipment, generally known as window cleaning equipment, compact hydraulic aerial work platforms and boom lifts, temporary access cradles, mast climbing platforms, ladders, mobile scaffolds, special access equipment, cranes, material hoists and special lifting equipment.
"Its permanent access equipment programme covers trolley machines, powered cradles, powered trolley machines, telescopic trolley machines, monorail systems, davit systems, gantry systems, aerial work platforms and boom lifts.
"Besides the DIC-Phase 1-B, Danway's reference list in this category includes the Dubai International Airport, the Dubai Airport Free Zone, the Dusit Dubai and the Deira City Centre, all in the UAE; the Metropolitan Beirut in Lebanon; and the Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque in Oman.
"Its current projects include Shangri La Towers, Capricorn Tower in Dubai and the Al Raha Beach Resort in Abu Dhabi, all in the UAE; and the West Bay Complex and Royal Plaza, both in Qatar."
For cranes, Danway offers EOT (electric overhead travelling) cranes, gantry cranes, jib cranes, portal cranes, explosion-proof cranes and material hoists.
"Danway's rental programme provides safe and cost-effective solutions related to temporary access requirement, such as cradles, mast climbing platforms and material hoists," the spokesman says. "Rental orders are handled on a turnkey basis and some of these projects include Buhaira Insurance Tower, Emaar headquarters, the Sheraton refurbishment, Al Maha Tower, and Shangri La Towers, all in the UAE."
The company also offers service contracts for access and lifting equipment, which are renewable on a yearly basis.
"As an ISO 9002 company, the access systems and cranes division's philosophy is to provide a safe, reliable and cost-effective solution for access systems and material handling equipment," the spokesman adds.
