Drake & Scull International conferred the 2014 Sheikh Khalifa Excellence Award

[UAE, November 29, 2014] - Drake & Scull International – Abu Dhabi, a subsidiary of Drake & Scull Engineering, the Engineering business division of Drake & Scull International PJSC, a regional market leader in the integrated design, engineering and construction disciplines of General Contracting, Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing (MEP), Water and Power, Rail, and Oil and Gas, and Water and Wastewater Treatment has, has been awarded the prestigious 2014 Sheikh Khalifa Excellence Award under the Silver Category.

Under the patronage of H.H General Sheikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, the award was presented by His Highness Sheikh Hamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Chairman of Abu Dhabi Crown Prince’s Court, to Mr. Ahmad Al Naser, Managing Director of Drake & Scull Engineering at a grand ceremony  held at the Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Ahmad Al Naser said: “We are extremely delighted and deeply honoured to win the Sheikh Khalifa Excellence Award in the Silver Category. We thank the Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce for their continuous support and for deeming our track record and work worthy of this prestigious honour. The award is a recognition of the hard work and stellar results that Drake & Scull International Abu Dhabi employees have continuously achieved since the 1960s. The award also reinforces our commitment to ensure that we continue to supply outstanding engineering services to our clients and partners, who trust our ability to deliver some of the most iconic landmarks in the most renowned skylines in the world. ”

Drake & Scull International is one of premier Engineering services company in the UAE, with nearly 50 years history of delivering some of the UAE’s most celebrated architectural milestones like the Emirates Golf Club, Baynunah Hilton, ADNEC Aloft Hotel, Jumeirah Beach Hotel, Jumeirah Beach Residences, Al Raha Al Muneera, Yas Island Rotana Centro Hotels, Saadiyat Beach Apartments, Dubai Festival City, Fairmont Palm Hotel & Resort, Cayan Tower, Dubai Internet City among several others. Drake & Scull Engineering is currently providing essential MEP services on landmarks like the Plaza View, Louvre Museuem, Danat Al Emarat women and children’s hospital, Central Market redevelopment, Mall of Emirates expansion, Maliha hospital and the Habtoor City in the UAE.

The Sheikh Khalifa Excellence Award (SKEA) was launched by the Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce & Industry (ADCCI) back in 1999 as a blue print, a roadmap and a methodology for continuous improvement aimed at enhancing the competitiveness of the Business Sector in Abu Dhabi and the UAE. Over the long history of SKEA since its inception more than 10,000 organisations in the UAE have used its model of Excellence and hundreds of them annually participate in its assessment cycles.

About Drake & Scull International PJSC

Drake & Scull International PJSC (DSI) is a regional market leader delivering world class quality projects via end to end solutions that provide integrated design, engineering and construction disciplines of General Contracting, Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing (MEP), Water and Power, Rail, Water and Wastewater Treatment, Waste to Energy and Oil and Gas, through People, Innovation, and Passion.

DSI established its first office in Abu Dhabi in 1966, and has since expanded operations to encompass offices in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Egypt, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan, Algeria, Iraq, India, Thailand, as well as managing projects in Europe and other parts of North Africa.

DSI‘s main business streams include Drake & Scull Engineering, which serves as the MEP and Water & Power arm, Drake & Scull Construction (DSC), which is the General Civil Contracting unit, Drake & Scull Oil & Gas, which undertakes oil pipelines and related petrochem projects, Drake & Scull Rail, Germany based Passavant Energy & Environment which focuses on Water and wastewater treatment as well as waste to energy and Drake and Scull Development, focusing on the Infrastructure sector.

In 2008, DSI offered 55% of its shares to the public and the IPO was oversubscribed 101 times. Ernst & Young ranked the IPO among the top 20 global IPOs in 2008.

DSI has since then used the funds to integrate, establish and acquire businesses that complement its corporate strategy of expansion into new markets, via organic and inorganic growth.

The fully Integrated Management Systems, certified to ISO 9001:2008, ISO 14001:2005 and OSHAS 18001:2007 standards are compliant with leading building, health and safety regulations, as well as sound environmental and energy management procedures.

DSI is a leader through experience, and has established a regional leadership position over 48 years of successfully completing the most complex projects on time, within budgets and matching set quality parameters.

DSI has delivered more than 700 projects around the world in the last five decades catering to aviation, residential, mixed use, power plants, district cooling plants, hospitality, healthcare, renewable energy, data centers, petrochemical, rail, commercial, government, leisure, and infrastructure sectors.

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