42 Fit-out "VOX Cinemas City Centre Al Zahia exceeded expectations with regard to quality
of finish and ease of mobilisation
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for the Client’s Operations team."
What was the most challenging part of this project?
The key challenge was maintaining concurrent progress for both ID and MEP works considering the vast amount of birdcage scaffolding on site, also ensuring as much works were completed to negate the need to re-erect scaffold at a later date. Building the team mindset that individual trades should not be looking to revisit works and areas post-handover ensured continuity of work fronts and ensured progress was maintained and aligned with client and programme expectations. How important is the client’s feedback for you?
The VOX Cinemas team and Majid Al Futtaim have a very clear vision of what their guests require from the end-product. Their involvement throughout the design and delivery stage was essential to ensure the project completion was achieved. Khansaheb believe that the satisfaction of the end user is a gauge for how successfully a project has been delivered– and VOX Cinemas City Centre Al Zahia exceeded expectations with regard to quality of finish and ease of mobilisation for the Client’s Operations team. design-middleeast.com
How different was this project compared to previous projects that you led?
Extremely challenging given the immense amount of technical coordination to be undertaken and the quantity of material to be installed. It requires strong site management and progressive scheduling of different trades to allow continuity of works in all areas. What would you say are the defining philosophies of Khansaheb?
We are a family business with family values. Our guiding principles are: First and foremost, delivering an excellent service for our customers, looking after our people which means keeping them safe, investing in training and development and enabling and encouraging our employees to have a long and happy career with Khansaheb. Looking after our suppliers and subcontractors is also very important to us. We try and ensure that they are treated fairly. We provide a professional service and aim to be fair and reasonable and easy to do business with. And at all times, in everything we do, we aim to live our values.
Have you got any upcoming projects in the pipeline that you’re able to share with us? Some of the significant projects we are
working on are Dubai Mall lower ground floor enhancement and atria upgrade and fit out works at One Zaabeel Link bridge – the largest cantilever link bridge in the world.