Juma Al Majid Establishment for Electro-Mechanical Works (lifts division) was responsible for the supply and installation of 15 elevators at Dubai Internet City - Phase 3. The company installed two passenger and one service lift from Sigma Elevators in each of the five buildings.

Dubai-based pioneering architectural aluminium products manufacturer Arabian Aluminium Company (AALCO) designed, manufactured, supplied and installed doors and windows for the 160 residential villa project. The contract worth more than Dh3 million ($817,500) was awarded in August last year and was completed in July this year.

A pioneering initiative of the Dubai government has seen the mushrooming of cities within a city on what was previously barren desert in the emirate.

Al Shirawi Contracting (Civil Engineering Division) undertook the challenging waterproofing works on phases II and III of Dubai Media City. The project was a challenge in terms of availability of suitable material as well as timely completion of the fast-track job under rigorous conditions, according to a spokesman for the Dubai-based company.

Dubai-based Bilt Middle East, an ISO-9001 company and a leader in the field of electro-mechanical contracting, provides complete design and build services for MEP (mechanical, electrical and plumbing) works of residential and commercial high-rise buildings, five-star hotels, villa complexes, sports complexes and industrial plants.

Dubai Internet City is yet another feather in the cap of Bond Communications, a leading electrical low voltage systems integrator in the Middle East and a multi-disciplinary organisation providing turnkey solutions integrating telecommunications, information technology, security, broadcast and interactive multimedia systems.

Working for Dubai Internet City Phase 1-B was an interesting and challenging experience, says the main contractor Transemirates Contracting.

One of the fastest projects undertaken by Sharjah-based Alico Aluminium and Light Industries (Alico) was the aluminium and glazing works on the Dubai Internet City Phase 1 - B project. The company started work on its Dh10 million ($2.

Danway, a leading engineering organisation in the UAE, supplied a range of access equipment to Dubai Internet City (DIC) Phase 1-B. The equipment was supplied by the company's access systems and cranes division, which specialises in the field of access and lifting solutions.

A joint venture of Darviche Haddad Prestressed Concrete Company (DHPCC) and Gifford Consulting Engineers was responsible for post-tensioning work for the three buildings in Phase 1-B of DIC. DHPCC used the CCL stressing systems for the project.

Ajman-based Emirates Marble supplied 800 sq m of marble tiles for the Dubai Internet City Phase 1 - B project. Established in 1998, the company has a 8,500 sq m factory which has been well laid out as per international standards, says Rabin Fakih, a spokesman for the company.

Dubai-based Emirates Trading Agency's (ETA) mechanical and electrical division was the MEP (mechanical, electrical and plumbing) subcontractor for Phase 3 of the Dubai Internet City (DIC) project. The third phase, part of Dubai Internet City campus, comprises five ground-plus-four-storey buildings namely Compaq, IBM, HP, DIC 1 and DIC 2.

Middle East Foundations has played a crucial role in ensuring that the buildings which constitute phase 1-B of Dubai Internet City are on a sound footing. The Dubai-based foundation engineering firm installed all the foundation pipes for the Microsoft, Oracle and IBM buildings.

Dubai Media City is classed as the first and largest horizontal development ever to take place in the UAE. It brings to the media community an advanced infrastructure based upon a global interconnected network, linked by satellites, computers, the internet, television, radio, journalism, cinema and film production.

International Electromechanical Services Company (IEMSC), a pioneer MEP (mechanical, electrical and plumbing) contracting company, says it is proud to be associated with Dubai Internet City (DIC). IEMSC executed MEP works for the IBM, Canon and Microsoft buildings and IBM Data Centre at Dubai Internet City.

DIC is one of the most ambitious projects launched in the Middle East, aimed at creating a new Dubai based on the huge possibilities offered by telecommunications and applications services.

Close control air-conditioning and UPS (uninterruptible power supply) systems from MDS-Site and Power ensure a continuous and clean air supply to the IDF (intermediate distribution frames) and MDF (main distribution frames) rooms in the DIC Phase 1-B buildings.

The UAE-based RAK Ceramics, which supplied its premium gres porcellanato and ceramic tiles for the DIC Phase 1-B project, is set to commission its eighth tile plant at Ras Al Khaimah next month (November). The facility incorporates some of the world's best ceramic technologies enabling high-volume production processes.

As part of its objectives to create an environment that enables businesses to operate efficiently and comfortably within the free zone, Tecom has dedicated specific areas for housing. The first of these residential areas is the 160-villa complex.