| Al Shirawi receives Conren Award |
November, 2011 |
Conren Limited UK recently honored Al Shirawi Contracting Co. to commemorate their completion of 40 years of trading and for Al Shirawi’s continued support and business excellence in the field of waterproofing.
Al Shirawi Contracting Company is Conren’s exclusive dealer in the UAE for Rooftex (single component liquid polyurethane coating), Floor coating works and other associated products.
Established in 1971, Conren Limited is a specialist manufacturer and installer of resin coatings, screeds, anti-slip systems, waterproofing compounds, safety play surfacing and high friction anti-skid for roads.
Al Shirawi Contracting, a market leader in the specialist field of waterproofing, offers systems for pile treatment, basement, roof and wet area waterproofing. Al Shirawi is the only waterproofing contractor in the UAE which has imbibed quality management systems and best practices as a part of its success philosophy. The workmanship and excellent service in the field of waterproofing enabled it to achieve awards and accolades from Bitumat, Conren and a certificate of appreciation from the UAE Armed Forces.
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| Al Shirawi and Leminar in Clean Up UAE campaign |
December, 2010 |
12th December 2010 marked yet another milestone for Al Shirawi and Leminar.
Members from Al Shirawi and Leminar along with an estimated 2,000 volunteers from all sectors in the UAE, participated in the Clean Up – UAE Campaign organized by the Emirates Environmental Group. Trudging through the sand where camel pens once stood in Nad Al Sheba, volunteers filled rubbish bags with nearly 35 tons of trash was from the area. It was a satisfying, fun, productive way of giving importance to our environment and absolutely a great learning experience for community service.
Al Shirawi and Leminar are committed to make a visible effort to reduce and recycle waste. A lot of green initiatives have been taken not only in the facility but also the staff and labor accommodations.
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| Quality Healthcare initiative for Al Shirawi's Workforce |
September, 2010 |
Al Shirawi, as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), initiated a Medical Checkup for Workers residing in the Al Muhaisinah (Sonapur) Labour Accommodation
Over 600 hundred workers were examined by Dr. Puri and his team from Mipol HealthCare Services for blood pressure, blood sugar, cholesterol, hypertension, asthma, chest pain and other physical ailment our workers experience. A General Practitioner was available for those wanting medical advice. Those needing additional medical attention were referred to designated clinics and doctors. Medicine and vitamins were distributed to those who were diagnosed with illnesses.
The initiative was in line with the Al Shirawi's values of compassion and concern. It was a novel way of acknowledging and recognizing the contribution that our blue collar employees make to the organization.
Al Shirawi wishes to thank Dr. Puri and his team of doctors and nurses from Mipol Healthcare. The Human Resources Team at Al Shirawi Engineering Services also volunteered their time to organize the event
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| Al Shirawi completes Marina Mall Reel Cinemas |
August, 2010 |
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| Reel Cinemas, Marina Mall |
Al Shirawi's "Interiors Together" successfully completed the latest six screen Reel Cinemas Complex at the Dubai Marina Mall, which opened on Thursday 22nd July 2010 with its first screening. Al Shirawi completed the project with their time tested special D-stud Acoustic Walls, Acoustic Ceilings and a number of related decorative works. This project in succession to the 22 screen Reel Cinemas at the Dubai Mall.
This project is an addition to the list of Cinema Projects completed by Al Shirawi such as the Grand Cineplex , Grand Megaplex at Ibn Batutta Mall, Grand Festival City, Grand Cinecity at Al Ghurair Centre, Cine Royal Cinemas at Khalidiya Mall in Abu Dhabi and many more.
This milestone further reinforces Al Shirawi's leading position in carrying out the specialized acoustic walls, ceilings and miscellaneous fit-out works for cinema projects in the UAE , apart from carrying out other Interiors Fit Out projects and Partitions and Ceiling projects on a regular basis .
Al Shirawi Contracting's "Interiors Together" is part of the Al Shirawi Group of Companies and has been undertaking interiors works since 1991. In 2008 the company launched the brand "Interiors Together" to reinforce its emphasis on interiors industry in the region.
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| Dubai Mall Cinemas: Al Shirawi's Box Office Hit Performance |
August, 2009 |
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| Reel Cinemas, Dubai Mall |
In the long list of Cinema Complexes completed by Al Shirawi Contracting "Interiors Together", the latest achievement is the completion of the 22 Cinema Complex at the Dubai Mall, named Reel Cinemas, which opened amid great fanfare on Thursday August 13th, 2009 Al Shirawi has successfully completed the project with their special D-stud Acoustic Walls, Acoustic Ceilings and a number of related decorative works. The Cinema Complex is divided into two levels, the Lower Level containing 10 Cinemas and Upper Level with 12 VIP Cinemas.
With long list of Cinema Projects such as the Grand Megaplex at Ibn Batutta Mall, Grand Festival City, Grand Cinecity at Al Ghurair Centre, Cine Royal Cinemas at Khalidiya Mall in Abu Dhabi, the project of Reel Cinemas at Dubai Mall is the largest and latest feather in Al Shirawi’s cap.
This milestone further reinforces Al Shirawi's leading position in carrying out the specialized acoustic walls, ceilings and miscellaneous fit-out works for cinema projects in the UAE.
Al Shirawi Contracting's "Interiors Together" is part of the Al Shirawi Group of Companies and has been undertaking interiors works since 1991. In 2008 the company launched the brand "Interiors Together" to reinforce its emphasis on interiors industry in the region.
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| Salesforce.com – Top Brand Sales and CRM Application rolls out in Al Shirawi Group |
July, 2009 |
 Al Shirawi Group has implemented Salesforce.com, one of the leading CRM and Sales Applications in the world. "Salesforce.com will allow us to leverage the sales process and provide faster response times on sales requirements. It will effectively allow us to monitor the sales cycle which is critical in today's environment." said MN Chaturvedi, Director of IT at the Al Shirawi Group.
Salesforce.com's flagship sales application gives businesses the upper hand with their sales data. Extensive training to over 50 Users and the management has been given in various group companies and the system has gone live in record time of 4 weeks including data migration and various customizations for the effective use of information.
Al Shirawi Group has realized that quick support, along with the use of the same language as a sales person's dictionary, is one of the key attributes for a successful life cycle on a CRM tool and therefore the Group has put in place a three level support structure of sales coordinators, systems administrators at thegroup level and finally the customer support at Salesforce.com.
The Group has invested in the product and services and hopes to recover this through improvements in the sales process improvement and bringing in the CRM culture at all levels of the sales staff.
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| Long serving member of Al Shirawi retires |
May, 2009 |
 Stephen Anthony, who began his career at Al Shirawi on 11th February 1978, has decided to retire and go back home to India. Stephen joined the Al Shirawi Group working for its flagship trading division as an office boy after which he was transferred to Lunad Publicity as a helper. He learned welding skills at Al Shirawi Equipment and ended his career as at Al Shirawi Contracting (Interiors Together) where he started off as a driver and ended as a vehicle coordinator.
Stephen has 2 sons, one of whom is in Dubai working as an accountant and the second, Staminson, is in Germany studying for a bachelors degree in mechanical engineering. Staminson has been the recipient of an Al Shirawi Group tuition scholarship for 2 consecutive years while studying in Germany.
While his retirement was inevitable, Stephen will be missed by his colleagues across the Al Shirawi Group. He is pictured here on his last day at Al Shirawi receving a memento from Raj Pal Saran, General Manager of Interiors Together at Al Shirawi Contracting, along with Solomon George and Ani Chacko, managers at Interiors Together. |
| Al Shirawi awarded for Transport Safety |
January, 2009 |
 H.H. Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, presented Al Shirawi Engineering Services’ CEO, Navin Valrani, with the Roads and Transport Authority Award for Sustainable Transport in a glittering ceremony at the Monarch Hotel in Dubai. Al Shirawi Engineering Service Group (ESG) was awarded the 2nd winner prize in the Transport Safety Category.
In order to establish, implement and maintain a system that continuously works to enhance road and transport safety, Al Shirawi Engineering Services Group (ESG) deputed a team of professionals to develop an organisational level campaign called “BEST“ (Better Environment and Safer Transportation System )
When RTA announced transport safety campaign in the second quarter of the year 2008, a steering committee was formed at to get the programme benchmarked with regional best practises.
The objective behind the core group formulation was to work continuously and improve commercial vehicle efficiency, performance level with investment in state of art technology, training, measurement and monitoring accidents and incidents and to reduce them with targets .The implementation process was kicked off with the help of a well defined commercial transport management system procedure generated to give directions to the campaign.
The campaign title “Better Environment and Safer Transportation System” was chosen taking into account the organisational commitment to build an accident free Dubai through improvement of safety standards adopted by commercial vehicles. |
| Hotels in old town waterproofing |
March, 2008 |
 They say it never rains but it pours. That's certainly true of Dubai, and Emaar called on the skills of the team at Al Shirawi Contracting to safeguard the
flagship Qamardeen and Al
Manzil Hotels. The waterproofing
works for these
properties presented a particular
challenge, not from
above, but from below,
thanks to the proximity of
the Business Bay extension
of Dubai Creek and the
extensive construction going
on in the Burj Dubai/
Downtown development
area.
One of the Old
Town’s features is the
absence of traffic – all cars
are parked underground,
and this is equally true of
the parking  provision at the
hotels. In fact, some
25,000m2 of space for 500
cars is found at Qamardeen
and a similar provision at Al
Manzil, demanding meticulous
waterproofing and
extremely high quality work.
The whole area was
sealed with Bitumat
Premierflex 4000 using an
injection hose system to
eliminate the possibility of
any leakage at any stage.
Above ground, a
matching 25,000 square
metres of roof was sealed
using Bitumat Polyflex, and
heavy rains experienced during
the early stages of the
works proved the quality of
the installation! Guests staying
at Qamardeen and Al
Manzil are ensured of a
comfortable, relaxing, and
above all, dry stay during
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| EFG Hermes Bank on Al Shirawi quality |
February, 2008 |
| When prestige financial
house EFG Hermes decided
to set up an operation in
Dubai, they chose DIFC for
their office. The only problem
was, no suitable office
was available for their
move in two months time.
Solution? Pick up the
phone to Al Shirawi.
Working very closely
with Project Managers M A
C E, Ani Chacko and the
team from Al Shirawi
Contracting Co LLC undertook
the whole thing as a
complete turn-key project,
supplying and installing all
flooring, partitions, ceilings,
woodwork and glass paneling.
A particular feature of
this project is the very
sleek profiles of the work –
take a look at the almost
invisible joints between the
glass panels, achieved by
specifying and unusually
slim profile for the edges.
Tricky, but the result was
definitely worth it!
The team also had to
work very closely with the
MEP agency to ensure that
services and finishes were
installed in a coordinated
fashion, and the whole job
was completed and handed
over successfully within the
original 60 days window.
Such was the success
of the job and the
quality of the finishes
achieved that the team
went on to win the contract
for Kuwait-based real estate
investors Grand
International’s prestigious
new head office in EMAAR
Business Park, opposite
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| Eye glass project sees great results |
February, 2008 |
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What do you notice when you
look at the buses carrying construction
workers around the
streets of Dubai? Jamie Phares
noticed that virtually none of
the workers wore eye glasses.
Jamie raised the subject
with her friend, Navin Valrani,
and asked him why this was.
Do construction workers have
unusually good eyesight? Or
was there some other reason?
This conversation laid the
foundations for the Eye Glass
Project, which was to become
a major charitable initiative
driven by Al Shirawi Electrical
and Mechanical Engineering.
Jamie Phares happens
to work with Johnson &
Johnson, one of the world’s
leading sight specialists, supplying
vision correction technology
to opticians throughout
the region. Navin Valrani was
impressed with her concerns,
and recognized immediately
that proper eye care and correct
vision are vital for the
welfare of all company
employees. The problem was
that many workers did not
have access to qualified and
professional eye care.
So, a company-wide
initiative was implemented to
ensure that all workers had
access to proper sight testing
and vision correction. The
company teamed up with Al
Jaber Optical to offer all workers
free eye testing, and also
arranged with Johnson &
Johnson to provide spectacles
to those who needed them at
a heavily
subsidized rate.
It began with a Notice
posted in April 2006 inviting
workers to come for a free eye
test. That first notice brought
69 enquiries, and resulted in
69 pairs of spectacles being
issued! Subsequent rounds
have seen a further 200 applicants,
of which 173 now have
glasses and better vision.
The program was an
immediate success, and so far
more than 250 workers have
been enabled to see properly,
many of them for the first
time! The program is ongoing,
and when every member of
current workforce has taken up
the opportunity, it will be
offered to all new recruits as
well.
Employee welfare is a
one of the cornerstones of all
Al Shirawi group businesses,
and the company’s initiative
was prominently featured in
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| Al Shirawi Contracting Company's New Offices |
September, 2007 |
| What do you do if you can’t
find the right space for your
business headquarters? If
you’re an Al Shirawi person,
you just build it yourself!
Drivers on the Al Khail
road have a new landmark in
the shape of the prominent
new head office for the Al
Shirawi Contracting Company,
in Al Quoz. Naturally, it’s blue.
But it is also much
more than a prestige office,
it’s a showcase for all that the
Group can do. The building
itself is new, and this created
the opportunity to implement
the latest technology – it is
fully ‘wired’ for easy networking,
uses highly efficient
equipment to reduce environmental
impact, and showcases
the skills of every part of the
Al Shirawi team. The fitout
was carried out by our
Interiors division, using carpentry
and materials sourced
from other group companies
like VisionWood International
for the carpentry and Al
Shirawi Electrical & Mechanical
Engineering for the air conditioning.
Visitors can see for
themselves the quality of
materials and workmanship
the company can achieve, and
clean, modern design creates
an ideal working environment.
Modern, efficient, low impact
and high quality, it is an office
that properly reflects the skill,
vision and integrity of the
company it houses. |
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