Drake and Scull International (DSI), a leading mechanical and electrical engineering contracting company in the region, has won contracts totalling Dh325 million ($88.5 million) for complete mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) work on first-class projects in Dubai's prime residential and leisure districts.

DSI will supply, install, test and commission the MEP requirements for Zabeel Investment's Anantara Palm Jumeirah and Tiara Residence at the Palm Jumeirah, and for IFA Hotel and Resorts' Laguna Tower Residence at the Jumeirah Lake Towers.
Under the contracts, DSI will carry out the installation of the air-conditioning, ventilation, plumbing and drainage, building management system, automatic fire fighting, power and lighting, telephone and data, fire alarm system, video intercom system, central energy lighting, close circuit television and access control security systems of both projects.
Under the Anantara Palm Jumeirah and Tiara Residence contract, which has been awarded to DSI for Dh250 million, DSI will work on a 258,000 sq m complex of adjoining apartments, five-star hotel, serviced furnished apartments, and a club house. Located on plot H9 of the Palm Jumeirah, which is one of the landmark development projects in the Middle East, the project comprises 644 high-quality apartments of one, two and three-bedroom units, penthouses, garden apartments, multi-level underground parking spaces, landscaped and playground facilities, 244 hotel rooms, 132 service furnished apartments and swimming pool facilities. Work on the project was started in January.
For its Dh75 million contractual work on the Laguna Tower and Residence, DSI will collaborate with Test-Ranya-China State Joint Venture, which is the main contractor of the project. DSI began MEP installation in February.