Sembawang Precast Systems

The new joint venture between Capital Industries & Investments LLC (CII) and Construction Technology Pte Ltd (Contech), the Singapore-based construction giant, will see the entry of advanced construction technologies – integrated precast systems - into the Gulf region for faster and more efficient project completion. The new company is Sembawang Precast Systems LLC.

Established with a Dh22.8 million capital, the new entity is an equal partnership between its founders, and will introduce for the first time in the region an integrated and custom-configured technology for precast components.

Construction work on the new company's 624,000 ft2 precast manufacturing plant is under construction in the Dubai Industrial City, and is expected to be completed by end May 2008, which will initially run at 50% capacity, with 400m3 output per day and maximum of 800m3 production capacity. Production is expected to commence late June 08 and delivery will commence from July 08 respectively. The facility will enable residential, commercial and civil engineering projects in the region employing innovative and total value engineering solutions. These have widely been used in Asian countries such as Singapore to enable rapid project completion and to address a pressing demand for urban development and limited resources and land area.

Sembawang Precast Systems are hoping to make a significant change in the landscape of the Gulf construction industry," commented Sheikh Sultan Bin Saud Al Qassemi, Chairman of Capital Industries and Investments and Sembawang Precast Systems. "Architects and contractors, whether working on buildings, tunnels or light rail systems, can now take construction processes to a much more sophisticated level and, for the first time in the region, apply an integrated approach to the use of precast technology."