Cofely Besix Facility Management launches ‘Al Mareefa’ Training Bus

The facility management provider, recently launched the ‘Al Mareefa’ Training Bus, the region’s first mobile training facility

Cofely Besix Facility Management (CBFM), the region’s leading facility management provider, recently launched the ‘Al Mareefa’ Training Bus – a purpose-built mobile training facility to provide on-site training to all the company staff.
The training bus will regularly visit approximately 50 sites across the UAE providing training on-site for all staff located at the various projects managed by Cofely Besix Facility Management. The company also plans to host special community-based training programmes at labour accommodation camps, schools, and remote farming communities within the UAE.

Al Mareefa was created by a team of in-house carpenters and electricians who renovated a second-hand school bus, and included the removal of 75% of the bus seats in order to build workbenches for the training. The bus has also been modified with a mini-theatre style seating arrangement and TV monitor for class-room type training delivery.

Simulation panels, such as electrical distribution boards for the practical part of the training were also installed. The bus also boasts a state of the art vehicle fire suppression system, and has its own independent power supplier via an on-board generator.
Approximately 14 people can be training simultaneously on the bus, and all the training will be conducted whilst the bus is stationary.

A team of Cofely Besix FM volunteers will also visit remote farming areas in the UAE in Al Mareefa where for the first time some of the Asian sub-continent workers in farming will have access to a bespoke training centre, showing them how to deal with basic electrical wiring, air conditioning, plumbing as well as water hygiene, as part of the company’s Corporate Social Responsibility initiative.

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. GDF SUEZ is now ENGIE.
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.