
Drake & Scull International (DSI) has been awarded a Dh178 million ($48.5 million) contract to provide complete mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) works for the Park Rotana mixed use development.
The project, coming up in Abu Dhabi’s prestigious tourism complex, Khalifa Park, is developed by Al Mada Tourism Investment Company, a joint venture promoted by Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority (ADTA) and Rotana Hotels, Suites & Resorts.
The complex will include a 250-room hotel, 300 hotel apartments, office space and residential apartments. The hotel will have restaurants, meeting rooms, leisure and fitness facilities.
DSI is contracted to provide complete MEP works over an area of 180,000 sq m that includes rental apartments, serviced apartments; a hotel; and office buildings with a common basement and common lower ground floors that together make up the Park Rotana development.
The scope of MEP works for the 21-month contract extends to supply, installation, testing and commissioning of systems for air-conditioning; ventilation; plumbing and drainage; building management, fire-fighting; power and lighting; telephone and data communications; fire alarm; video intercom; central emergency lighting; CCTV and access control security systems.