Saudi Gulf Intertrade brings together Initial Saudi Group and Mace Macro International to sign a joint venture agreement
01/01/2010
Saudi Gulf Intertrade is a Dubai based company whose primary objective is to assist UAE companies expand their businesses into Saudi Arabia. Over the past 10 years SGI has successively introduced and joint ventured with several UAE based/multinational companies with its subsidiaries in Saudi Arabia. Initial Saudi Group was established 26 years ago as a Saudi-British joint venture which has grown into a diversified services organization employing over 6000 staff and committed to providing the best in maintenance services to its valued customers in Saudi Arabia. ISG is a One-Stop full service group covering all essential building services from facilities management, pest control, landscaping, security, general maintenance, cleaning and industrial support services.As an ISO & BSCAI certified company, ISG maintains over 300 clients across the Kingdom, many of whom are market leaders in their sectors, such as: Abdul Latif Jameel group, Savola Group, YBA Kanoo Group, Basamh Group and others, who have also retained ISG's services for over 20 years.
The Edge
CNA Group wins contracts worth $18m in Vietnam
01/12/2009
CNA Group, the enabler of intelligent buildings and facilities, says the group has secured $18 million worth of new contracts in Vietnam all of which are expected to contribute to FY2010 performance.the group’s 51%-owned subsidiary, HTE Vietnam Co. won three more multinational corporation contracts for interior fitouts, signages, landscape works and facility management services in Vietnam.Firstly, Australian bank ANZ has handpicked HTE to replace all its signages in 10 branches and 80 offsite ATM locations country wide as part of the bank’s rebranding exercise in that country.Secondly, Singaporean real-estate company, Mapletree Investments has commissioned HTE to carry out interior fit outs to its administration building in the Mapletree Logistics Park at Vietnam Singapore Industrial Park 2 (VSIP 2) in Ben Cat District, Binh Duong Province. Mapletree has also contracted HTE to provide facility management services to about 165,200 square metres of built up area across the Mapletree Logistic Parks in VSIP 1 and VSIP 2.The third and last contract is from CapitaLand. Under this agreement, HTE will provide landscaping and waterscaping features for CapitaLand’s first Vietnamese residential project, The Vista, a luxury condominium in Ho Chi Minh City.
Imdaad
Eye of Dubai
Imdaads Impressive Client List Grows with Contract at JLT
01/12/2009
Dubai - Imdaad, the leading integrated facilities management company in the UAE, has added another landmark project into its prestigious client list after a recent agreement to provide total facilities management services for three towers at Jumeirah Lakes Towers (JLT), the mixed use urban community by Dubai Multi Commodities Centre Authority (DMCCA).Imdaad, which offers world-class outsourced management services in facilities management, will provide complete FM services to the towers, which are now ready for handover. The towers consist of two commercial and one residential buildings.Imdaad will provide the three towers with value added services, including the vital process of snagging, handover, resident mobilisation, fit-out management and service charge collections among others. It is also entrusted with the responsibility of managing recreational facilities in all three towers. Imdaad will be dealing with residents on all matters pertaining to the management and operations of the buildings on behalf of the developer.
Jones Lang Lasalle Inc.
Construction Week online
JLL to manage Philips facilities across APac
01/06/2009
Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) has been appointed by Philips to manage its 4.3 million sq ft real estate portfolio in Asia Pacific. The appointment, which takes effect from June 2009, is an extension of Jones Lang LaSalle’s current relationship as Transaction Management provider for Philips. As part of the five-year outsourcing contract, Jones Lang LaSalle will manage the facilities in 25 sites across 11 countries. Philips’ outsourcing contract represents the first truly integrated facilities management outsourcing contract in the manufacturing sector. Jones Lang LaSalle was selected after an intensive and competitive selection process over a six months period that included major corporate real estate services firms.Yash Kapila, MD, integrated facilities management, Jones Lang LaSalle Meghraj, stated that this win is important in the context of the company’s India operations. “This is an exciting win, especially coming so close on the heels of our appointment by Nokia to manage its facilities in Asia Pacific. The high demand for professional integrated facilities management services in India is indisputable,” he said. Similar to the early adopters of outsourcing like the financial services, technology and telecommunications industries, the industrial sector’s outsourcing potential is high. We expect the momentum to grow rapidly in Asia as there is significant scale of operations in key markets like India, China, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and Japan,” noted Jordi Martin, MD, integrated facilities management, Asia Pacific at Jones Lang LaSalle. Last year, JLL's integrated facilities management business in Asia Pacific expanded its space under management by 27 million sq ft. This growth has continued in 2009 and in the first quarter of the year, it has seen the portfolio of space under management increase by an additional 9 million sq ft.
Jones Lang Lasalle Inc.
Trading Markets
JLL Lands Nokia deal
01/06/2009
Nokia has appointed Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) to manage its facilities in Asia-Pacific including its 1,440-square-metre corporate office in Bangkok. JLL will manage Nokia's 30 facilities in 11 countries as part of the three-year contract that starts this month. The telecommunications sector was one of outsourcing's early adopters, together with financial services and technology, said Jordi Martin, JLL's managing director for Integrated Facilities Management in Asia-Pacific. JLL says it is the sector's Asia-Pacific market leader, with 110 corporate clients occupying more than 12 million sq m of space across the region.
Jones Lang Lasalle Inc.
Queensland Business Review
Suncorp recruits services of Jones Lang LaSalle
01/07/2009
Jones Lang LaSalle will provide Suncorp with integrated corporate real estate services, such as facilities management, property transactions and real estate management.It will also provide Suncorp with a common real estate technology platform for all its properties, which total over 350,000sqm.
Monadelphous Group Ltd
Finance News Network
Monadelphous Group Ltd (ASX:MND) secures $60 million contract
01/11/2009
Engineering company Monadelphous Group Ltd (ASX:MND) has secured a $60 million facilities management services contract associated with the construction of the Gorgon Project on Barrow Island in Western Australia.The company says the initial contract is for three years with the option for two further one-year extensions.Monadelphous will provide management, operation and maintenance on construction facilities and utilities for the Gorgon Project.
United Group Limited
Live News
UGL wins long-term property services contracts
01/12/2008
has signed a number Australian property services contracts that it said would generate an anticipated $190 million in revenue. UGL said the contracts included plans to develop 11 new schools for the Victorian government starting January and to open in 2010.The company said it had also won a five-year contract to provide facilities management services to Australia Post's national property portfolio beginning in April 2009. The contract contained two additional one-year options.Additionally, the company flagged a three-year facilities services contract with the Department of Prime Minister & Cabinet in Canberra. The contract also had options for two potential one-year extensions.
