To be located in Jebel Ali Free Zone, the facility will include training rooms, logistics centre and showrooms

Posted: February 13, 2017

Raphael Khlat, CEO of Faisal Jassim Group, talks about creating products that are ‘Dubai Standard’.

Posted: February 8, 2017

Representatives from the healthcare, hospitality and education sectors explored in detail the link between indoor environmental quality and the health of building occupants at the 4th edition of the World IEQ Forum.

Posted: February 6, 2017

Ninety-eight non-construction contracts worth AED 360 million will also be be awarded this year

Posted: January 31, 2017

Company to design and manufacture select portions of the floating structures in Finland, before transporting it to Dubai by sea

Posted: January 30, 2017

Phase 2 of the project is completed with 10,000 TR

Posted: January 25, 2017

In this freewheeling interview with B Surendar of Climate Control Middle East, Raphael Khlat and Azzam Messaykeh, the CEO and COO, respectively, of Faisal Jassim Group, discuss their philosophy on trading, their strategic response to market circumstances and how they would like to see the day when locally manufactured equipment would find their way to far-flung markets. Excerpts…

Posted: November 30, 2016

Agency advises French companies to take advantage of Dubai government's announcement on infrastructure projects

Posted: November 17, 2016

The leadership in the GCC region has been introducing a raft of vision statements and measures to encourage, urge and support the multiple stakeholders to raise the bar on building performance. Such path-breaking initiatives and thought-processes as region-specific Green Building regulations, building-retrofit programmes, nearly zero-energy buildings, smart cities and IoT point to the right direction in terms of intent. Broadly, we are witness to market transformation and positive disruptive approaches, which have the potential to cut project timelines, and improve energy efficiency, indoor environment, reliability and resource conservation. But are building owners, architects, consultants, sub-consultants, contractors, sub-contractors and FM firms prepared to align themselves with these changes, broadly speaking? Are they showing a willingness to rise to the occasion? Or, are there factors – some self-induced and some beyond their control – that are proving to be challenges in the pathway to optimising their performance towards delivering better buildings? In September, Climate Control Middle East published the first part of the report, where the focus was on the MEP consultancy industry. In this, the concluding part, the spotlight is on the MEP contracting industry… 

Posted: October 30, 2016

Experts to discuss diverse aspects of sustainable built environments at the Congress, held under the theme ‘UAE of the Future: Looking Backward as a Way Forward’.

Posted: October 22, 2016