Having launched its largest project initiative, Abu Dhabi Municipality has appointed KEO International Consultants as programme and construction manager for the project.

The Dh26 billion ($7.1 billion) project project for the development of five new mega-scale high-rise residential sectors in Mohamed Bin Zayed City calls for the development of 347 towers. The masterplan for each of the sectors, also carried out by KEO, provide features that create dynamic, desirable, safe and family-oriented residential self-sustaining mini-cities. Each of these new min-cities will include attractive amenities featuring shopping streets, parks, restaurants, extensive shaded walkways, underground parking and water features. It is expected that these sectors will house over 50,000 inhabitants.
Commenting on KEO’s role as both the masterplanner and programme manager, CEO Donna Sultan said: “The scale of the development is very ambitious as is the schedule which calls for all sectors and towers to be built in the next five years.
This will require coordinated efforts and cooperation between the plot owners, the municipality and our team.”
This is one of the most important public/private partnering developments launched by the Government of Abu Dhabi and the government is separately funding nearly Dh1 billion for all infrastructure services and the extensive landscaping.
Municipality officials and KEO confirmed that binding design and construction guidelines will be issued to each of the plot owners to ensure quality of design and construction and strict adherence to the masterplan requirements.
A pre-qualification process for consultants and contractors will be mandatory and is expected to begin very soon.
In order to facilitate the development of each of the sectors, a dedicated project office will be built in Mohammed Bin Zayed City that will serve as a one-stop shop for the implementation of the project and include all permitting processes.
Uwe Nienstedt, project executive for the development, says: “This approach is unique and will ensure coordination between all consultants and contractors and the best possible service to the plot owners.”