Sweet Homes has awarded a Dh2.2 billion ($598.90 million) contract to Sweet Homes General Contracting (SHGC) for the construction of its flagship project – Ajman Uptown.

The groundbreaking ceremony, held recently to commemorate the start of construction work on the Dh3 billion township project, also served to mark the launch of SHGC, a new division of the Sweet Homes Group (SHG).
The newly-appointed contractor is set to commence the construction of the project from its initial phases (excavation, shoring, soil improvement and foundation work) to the main and the final construction stages.
In addition to the construction of the project, the group is also highly involved with the sales and marketing of the project through Sweet Homes Real Estate Marketing division.
Prior to the groundbreaking, SHGC had completed the soil investigation in addition to the early phases of excavation and construction of site office.
Ajman Uptown is set to offer a total of 1,504, two-storey villas and townhouses and seven, four-storey buildings, a hotel and hotel apartment building, shopping mall, mini mall, hospital, health club, two mosques, school, landscaping, and complete network for roads, electricity, water and other infrastructure, spread over 4 million sq ft of land that is directly accessible from the Emirates Road and adjacent to Emirates City.
Taking inspiration from classic French architecture, the project offers eight different types of two, three and four-bedroom townhouses and exclusively designed five-bedroom VIP villas, all carrying the overall theme ‘L’ Art De Vivre’ or ‘Redefining the Art of Living’.
Confident of meeting the target delivery 36 months after the completion of the initial groundwork, the developer is in the process of commissioning partners, suppliers and subcontractors to be involved in the massive construction of the project, through Sweet Homes General Trading (SHGT), a new division of SHG, says a spokesman for the developer.
Eng Adnan Saffarini Office has been appointed as the primary consultant for the planning, designing, and supervision of the project.
As the in-house contracting arm of the Group, SHGC is expected to maintain the high quality standards through the leadership of a highly qualified and experienced team of engineers and technicians using the most modern equipment and machineries.
Handpicked based on their background and qualifications, the team of experts designated to manage the new arm are fully equipped to undertake the challenges involved in the massive construction of the township project.
A total of 300 engineers, project managers, site supervisors, quantity surveyors and construction workers will make up the new division, the spokesman concludes.