PRESS ARTICLES - 2005

EVERSENDAI awarded structural steel sub-contract for Rose Tower project in Dubai -  22/02/2005 - The Star


EVERSENDAI group of companies has been awarded structural steel sub-contract work worth RM53.3mil for the prestigious Rose Tower hotel project in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Group managing director Datuk A.K. Nathan said the job, which was awarded early this month, involved the connection design, supply of materials, detail shop drawing, fabrication and erection of structural steel works.

“The Eversendai group has on-going projects worth RM292mil and we expect to secure additional jobs worth RM200mil by the end of the year,” he told StarBiz.

Eversendai has secured several major structural steel jobs in the Middle East for the last nine years and executed many prestigious landmark projects in the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain.

The Kuala Lumpur-based group is a specialist structural steel contractor that undertakes structural steel design, detail shop drawing, fabrication and erection works.

Nathan said the group was proud to fly the Malaysian flag in the Middle East.

“The 72-storey high Rose Tower will be another landmark in Eversendai's skyscraper construction history,” he added.

The 480-suite Rose Tower, which is 333 metres high, will add to Dubai's dazzling skyline of skyscrapers.

The building will be the tallest hotel in the world, according to the Guinness Books of Records. It will also have fully furnished studio flats.

Eversendai is a 30% associate company of Bursa Malaysia main board-listed IJM Corp Bhd.