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The Project

The project entailed the complete overhaul and upgrade of the UAE’s flagship news program, “Oloum Al Dar” which had not been updated since the early 90’s. It included the phased refurbishment of existing, live facilities; creating new administrative, technical and production areas, including 2 new studios within the existing buildings; all without interruption to ongoing operations. The works also included the incorporation of new equipment installation, and the relocation of several news and journalist departments. Due to the Abu Dhabi’s commitment to re-launch the news channel on National Day, the project had an absolute hard deadline of the 2nd of December 2014.

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Our Appointment

We were appointed to provide turnkey project and cost management services for the design development and construction of the new facilities. We were also appointed to provide direct “client side” support to the internal project team. We developed the concept layouts, and tender packages, managed the procurement of contractors as well as client direct procured equipment and their delivery on site, including all interfaces with the client’s external specialist contractors. We also initiated the work-stream management system and developed and managed the overall master programme for all works from initiation to completed system operation.

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The Benefit

Due to our experience of live broadcast environments and our previous work experience with ADMC on their master plan, we were able to identify key issues and risks in the project quickly and to implement the processes and expertise to mitigate these successfully. We worked alongside and managed other specialist players in the industry to carry out a seamless project implementation. By introducing and supporting new methodologies within the client team, we assisted them in their delivery to conclude a complex project within the budget and time frame required to satisfy the stringent deadlines of a very demanding industry.

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