UAE’s Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has awarded a contract for the construction of its new headquarters called Al-Shera’a (Arabic for sail).
The Project has been awarded to a UAE based consortium comprising Ghantoot Transport & General Contracting and Ghantoot Gulf Contracting.
The value of signed Contract is Dh 981.96 million ($267 million)
DEWA previously awarded the first phase of construction, worth Dh46 million, to Dutco Balfour Beatty, which brings the total cost of the building’s construction to over Dh1 billion.
Al Shera’a will be built in Jadaf in Dubai, and will be the tallest, largest, and smartest government Zero Energy Building in the world.
Total energy used in the building during a year will be equal to or less than the energy produced on site during that year. Dewa’s new headquarters has been designed to receive a platinum rating by LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) and a silver rating from the WELL Building Standard.
DEWA plan to announce two more phases to implement work on the Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI), and the photovoltaic solar systems for the building.
The building will consist of built-up area is over 2 million sq ft. The building will have 15 floors, a basement and four floors of car parking.
The building can house more than 5,000 people. Facilities will include a 500-people auditorium, training halls, a creativity centre, an exhibition hall, a nursery for the children of female employees, and a gym, among others.
The building will have over 20,000 sq m of photovoltaic solar panels rated to over 4,000 kilowatts. There will be 1,000 sq m of building integrated photovoltaics (BIPVs). The building will generate over 6,500 megawatt hours (MW/h) a year of renewable energy, Stated MD & CEO, HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer.
The project duration is 30 months.
