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Built onreputation Though construction work in Dubai has slowed considerably since the onset of the economic downturn, Emirates Falcon Electromechanical Co. (EFECO) is drawing on its solid track record and expertise to ensure continued success

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mirates Falcon Electromechanical Co. (EFECO) is engaged in all aspects of building services for electromechanical construction work, offering supply, procurement, installation, test and commission services for mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) and infrastructure work across the city.

Like Dubai, EFECO has come a very long way since its inception in 2001, as Saad Taher, founder and managing director explains: “I established the business in September 2001 as part of a similar company which opened in Palestine’s West Bank back in 1991. We felt that the situation in Palestine at that time had instability and that Dubai offered a greater volume of work and business.”

EFECO is involved in the electromechanical building services trade and its broad range of services includes building electrical systems, air conditioning systems (HVAC), plumbing, fire fighting systems, telecommunication systems, water management infrastructure (including drainage, sanitary and sewerage systems), transportation infrastructure, energy infrastructure and communications infrastructure.

Taher says that while the services offered in Dubai are the same as those carried out in Palestine, there is a much greater sense of international culture and business in the Emirates. “This is an open place for companies from all around the world to do business,” he affirms. “Our supply chain is a good example of this—many of our supplies come from overseas but many of the providers have agents or offices here in Dubai, making business much easier.”

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Initially, business was slow and EFECO concentrated on villa and residential compound projects, ensuring it met timelines and delivered quality. “The people we worked for, Arabtec Construction Company, were very satisfied with the quality of our work and our speedy delivery. When they were offered more work we were able to build an excellent relationship with them, focusing on residential work,” explains Taher. “Over time, the projects we worked on together became larger and between 2003 and 2005 we worked on thousands of villas around Dubai.”

By 2005, the company was beginning to extend its portfolio beyond residential villas and into commercial buildings, hotels and the residential high-rise market. Ongoing projects in Dubai today include the Conrad Hotel at Sheikh Zayed Road and the Palazzo Versace Hotel and Condominiums at Dubai Creek.

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The company was also involved in the completion of Dubai World Central International Airport’s new air traffic control tower project— at 91 metres in height, the tower is the Middle East’s tallest freestanding air traffic control tower, housing offices, operations, technical rooms, a flight simulator and a meteor observation cabin.

The expansion of Dubai has taken place at a phenomenal rate and this in itself has increased the demands and pressures on Taher and his team.

“Since 2005, the growth of Dubai has been very fast, almost abnormal, which has presented a challenge for all companies to cope with the change of pace.

We knew that the demand in Dubai was always increasing, so we kept recruiting staff to cope.”

The success of EFECO saw its acquisition in 2007 by Arabtec Holding, which brought the business in to complement the Arabtec Holding Group as its MEP contracting works arm.

Taher says that EFECO’s staff play a crucial role: “This is a major factor for our growth and success—to have the right people and to have enough resources,” he asserts. “Training plays an important role in what we do and we are always trying to improve skills by running in-house workshops and encouraging staff to attend external seminars and courses. In the meantime, we work on ways to improve our skills through placing new people with our experienced ones, to gain hands-on experience.”

And according to Taher, that experience is one of the stand-out reasons that so many main works

contractors turn to EFECO. “We always try our best to satisfy our clients on projects and build up good relationships through positive communications.

The secret of our work is to provide sound quality products and service within the ultimate timeframe and budget. While we may not do design work (our role as a contractor is to do the installation and engineering), we do offer re-design and value engineering to the client or consultant based on our expertise, by proposing ideas that may save on the costs or improve the design.”

Work in Dubai has slowed down considerably, which means that competition for contracts has increased. “We always have to remain positive and use our experience to offer efficiency and value engineering to the client. This means being co-operative and helpful to all the people we work with and working together as one team. These are tough times but we are used to this situation and the need to be flexible, and realistic.”

Looking to the future, Taher says that Dubai will remain the core base for EFECO’s business.

“There are still lots of opportunities here. The huge number of projects from the past few years will require maintenance and facility management and even upgrades, as businesses look more towards environmental and energy saving initiatives, and towards green buildings. These projects will need professional companies like EFECO to help achieve their goals,” he concludes. www.arabtecuae.com/efeco/home.aspx

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