Amana Special Projects District Cooling: An Integrated Solution Provider
The Amana Group Today The Amana Group has been providing solutions to the commercial and industrial sectors in the region for over 15 years. The company today is the regional leader in the design-build construction of industrial & commercial facilities across the Gulf. The Group is active in the design and construction of chiller plants, thermal storage tanks and their associated networks through its subsidiary companies: Amana Contracting & Steel Buildings Amana Pipeline Construction Amana Industries Amana Group is committed to total customer care by delivering world-class products and services by meeting or exceeding customer expectations and pursuing organizational & technical excellence. The ability of the company to achieve its vision is dependent on satisfying and retaining its client who understands and values the element of time saving.
The Amana Group Today Cont. With over 9,000 employees across 7 GCC countries, Amana provides seamless solutions to the industrial and commercial sectors. In 2007, the Amana Group reported revenues in excess of AED 1.4 billion. The synergy provided within the Group allows the company to service these important sectors in a seamless manner to build a reputation in delivering designbuild solutions to extremely fast-track projects for such clients as Emirates District Cooling (Emicool), Abu Dhabi Oil Company (ADOC), Abu Dhabi National Company (ADNOC), General Electric, Schlumberger and many others. Projects include the District Cooling network at Dubai World Central, the district Cooling Plant at Riqqa Station for Dubai Metro Project & at Dubai Investment Park & the Energy Storage Tanks at Dubai Motor City Our aim is to become the leader in the business of district cooling industry in the region. We are ambitious and competitive, and we will achieve our aim by supplying high-quality products and services to our customers.
Design-Build Capabilities Amana is capable of providing integrated district cooling solutions: Chiller Plants Temporary, as well as, Permanent Plants Sizes ranging from 2,400TR to 48,000TR Thermal Energy Storage Solutions Provide capabilities to further increase efficiencies of District Cooling Result in smaller-sized and more economical Chiller Plants Energy Storage Tanks provide peak load management (often substantial capital cost saving for large process cooling applications & for wide range of facilities including commercial, industrial, institutional & governmental District Cooling Distribution Networks All the required piping and valve-ing between the Chiller Plants and the Thermal Energy Storage (TES) stations in the receiving building With Amana in-house district cooling pipeline specialists, we are capable of constructing Distribution Piping Systems including Energy Transfer Stations (ETS)
Design Build Solutions Venture Partners: The Amana Group has a long-term relationship with the Walbridge-Aldinger Group to serve the industrial construction sector in the Middle East. The long standing reputation of Amana across the region for quality and time combined with 90 years of proven record by Walbridge in the USA provide an unparalleled team capable of delivering seamless design-build solutions to the industrial construction market in general, and the district cooling sector, in specific. Amana Group has entered into commercial agreement with John Anderepont, founder and president of The Cool Solutions Company, which provides professional services in the support of technical and commercial development of Thermal Energy Storage, District Cooling and Turbine Inlet Cooling applications The Amana Group is a member of the International District Energy Association (IDEA)
Design Build Solutions Cont. International Consultants: We have agreements to work with leading international consultants to ensure that the design District Cooling is meeting highest international standards; where we concentrate on meeting leads standards (Green buildings) as well. Following the October directive on Green Buildings by his highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum - Vice President & Prime Minister of UAE & ruler of Dubai; it is mandatory for all new buildings in the Emirate of Dubai to obtain Green building certification. Amana s One-Stop Solution goes beyond the design and construction of the District Cooling plant and its facilities. Amana ensures that the right companies handle subsequent maintenance work on the cooling facility.
Key Success Factors As EPC contractor we have teamed up with other District Cooling organizations to be able to give options to our clients as currently some developers are interested in having their own pay back from District Cooling as partners in risk not as end users Heavy investment in identifying, recruiting, developing and retaining the best available talents Heavy reliance on use of information technology Undertake appropriate reviews and evaluations to measure Quality Assurance performances against identified objectives and targets and to ensure the compliance with this policy Comply with all applicable local or international laws and regulations Manage the business process within the framework of a well-designed quality management system in line with the requirements of ISO 9001:2000.