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AL FAROOQI ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS / STRUCTURAL DIVISION is the specialized company for structural design and supervision of various kinds of structures, with use of all available materials, and implementation of the latest technologies in construction industry.
The following are the projects that company has successfully designed:
1. PRECAST CONCRETE |
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Pre-cast buildings of large area and volume (shopping malls); |
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Pre-cast car park structures; |
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Pre-cast high rise buildings; |
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For projects constructed in precast concrete technology, the extensive use of pre-stressing and post-tensioning has been applied. |
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2. CAST IN SITU CONCRETE |
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Concrete high rise tower structures; |
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Various C.I.S structures, residential, commercial, industrial of large area and volume; |
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For C.I.S. structures the most economical solutions have been sought, since the design process usually follows Contractor’s requirements. |
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3. STEEL STRUCTURES |
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Various building steel framings; high rise structures; |
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Large steel roof structures; space frame structures; |
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The projects in steel have been followed through fabrication and erection and the shop drawings have been produced as required. |
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4. Rectification / renovation works |
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Structural strengthening has been designed and followed trough rectification works for buildings over 30 years old. |
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5. Foundation, piles design |
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Various foundation systems have been designed, including mat slabs, isolated footings, precast driven piles, bored piles systems and pile-raft systems. |
Company has been founded in Cyprus, under the name of PROPYLION ENGINEERING LIMITED, and has worked under this name from December 1991 until 1st October 1999.
Due to sponsorship change and restructuring of business activities, the Company has made the Agreement with AL FAROOQI ENG. CONSULTANTS on 1st October 1999, and created the Structural division.
Under the Agreement, all legal requirements for local Consulting offices have been fulfilled.
During past years of activity in Kuwait, structural design works have been undertaken for the most reputed Kuwaiti Construction companies and clients:
- AHMADIAH CTC
- ALAMIAH BUILDING COMPANY
- KCPC (Kuwait Company for Process Plant Construction)
- INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS & CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
- AL FULAJ UNITED GROUP
- RECAFCO
- ARINCO
- ASCO (Associated Construction Company)
- ALGHANIM INDUSTIES
- ALGHANIM INTERNATIONAL
- KMC (The Kuwait Manager Company)
- UGCC - United Gulf Construction Co. w.l.l.
- CMBC - Construction Management & Building Co.
- KUWAIT DYNAMICS Ltd.
- KUWAIT CURRENT GENERAL TRADING & CONTR. Co.
- KIGC - Kuwait Industrial Gases Co.
- SITCO GENERAL TRADING AND CONTACTING Co.
- METAL CENTER Co. W.L.L
- ORIENTAL CONSTRUCTIONS Co.
- FIRST KUWAITI TRADING & CONTRACTING w.l.l.
- KUWAIT BRUCKNER GENERAL CONTR. w.l.l.
- EDRASIS MIDDLE EAST
- AL ARGAN GENERAL TRADING & CONTR. Co.
- GREEN SPRING GROUP
- HIGH SLANT PRE-CAST FACTORY
- NBK (National Bank of Kuwait)
- UNITED AMERICAN REAL ESTATE
- UNITED REAL ESTATE (URC)
- AL IMAD REAL ESTATE
- AMANA CONSTRUCTION
- SAYED HAMID BEHBEHANI & SONS CO.
- BEYOUT PRECAST FACTORY, SAUDI ARABIA, DAMMAM
- COMBINED GROUP CONTRACTING CO.
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Also, well established relations resulted in structural sub-consultancy for:
- SSH (Salem Al-Marzouk and Sabah Abi-Hanna w.l.l.)
- BONYAN DESIGN
- ARAB CONSULTANTS
- KUCM (Kuwait United Construction Management)
- SALEH AL QALAF CONSULTANTS
- MIMAR CONSULTANTS
- DOURWAZA ENGINEERINGG
- AL DOWAILAH CONSULTANTS
- GDTEC
- PROJACS (Projects Management)
- PROMAN (Projects Management)
- TAMDEEN REAL ESTATE COMPANY
- THE ASSOCIATED ENGINEERING PARTNERSHIP (TAEP)
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Company’s engineering and drafting staff is highly professional. The core of the Company is 8 structural engineers and 7 structural technicians permanently employed. In the peaks of work the staff has been several times increased as required, the part timers being highly rated engineers, or trained structural and CAD technicians.
Company is following the latest drafting technologies in CAD system. Structural software is STAADIII, and ROBOT, the latest versions.
The main characteristics of Company’s work are fast, reliable and economical structural design in all fields of Construction industry. The reference is the long list of completed projects where, during more than 16 years of activities, no structural problems have been found.
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