Masdar City awards facilities management contract to Cofely Besix Facility Management

Cofely Besix Facility Management has been awarded the facilities management contract to provide total facility management services to Masdar City.

Masdar City is a sustainable urban development that fosters an innovative ecosystem, connecting education with research & development and business with investment opportunities. The project is home to the first clean-tech cluster in the Middle East integrated with a world-class research institute, the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology.

The initial contract is for a 3-year period, and includes full hard, soft and civil facility management services including operations and maintenance of electrical systems, HVAC and ventilation systems, potable water, fire detection systems, life-safety critical systems, elevators, BMS, low voltage systems and civil infrastructure work. Cooling of the buildings is provided via an energy efficient district cooling plant located within the confines of the site to assist natural cooling elements of the building design.

Powered by renewable energy, Masdar City combines sustainable design principles to showcase how an urban environment can accommodate denser populations with fewer resources even in a dry, arid climate. Designed as a clean technology cluster with special economic incentives, the city attracts companies to commercialise and deploy new energy technologies in the Middle East. The community is currently home to 198 companies, including the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), Siemens’ regional headquarters, among others.

About Cofely Besix Facility Management                                         

Cofely Besix Facility Management LLC is a joint-venture established in 2008 by Cofely and the BESIX Group, to provide first-class integrated facility management services in the Middle East. The company employs 650 staff members in the UAE and 800 in Qatar.

Cofely is part of ENGIE, worldwide global energy player. + [update with Cofely wording]The BESIX Group, active for more than 50 years in the Middle East, has a wide range of experience of real estate and infrastructure construction.

The strengths of these two companies were combined in order to deliver the most critical part of facility management – the maintenance of technical installations and energy management.

Cofely Besix Facility Management delivers an Integrated Facility Management Model which provides the ability to offer multiple services on multiple sites, all through a single point of contact. That means that we offer a complete range of maintenance, cleaning, management solutions and essential multi-disciplinary trades, supported via a 24/7 call centre, to every industry sector, from residential and commercial to educational and airports.

Clients include The Emirates Group, Dubai Mall and the Dubai Fountains, Emirates Real Estate Corporation, Yas Island and Adar Headquarters in Abu Dhabi, to name a few.