UCC Holding
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| Industry | Building and Construction Services |
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| Headquarters 🏙️ | Lusail, Qatar |
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| Revenue🤑 | $1.192 million (2013) |
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| 🌐 Website | www |
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UCC Holding is a Qatari based company founded by Moutaz Al-Khayyat and Ramez Al-Khayyat. The group of companies provides a range of services including contracting, machinery and vehicles, landscaping, joinery, stonework, industrial facilities, marine and offshore services, facilities management, security services and design and consultancy. UCC Holding’s group of companies employs over 41,000 staff.[1]
Through its subsidiary Urbacon Trading & Contracting LLC, UCC Holding has completed projects including the Mall of Qatar, Banana Island, Lekhwiya Stadium and the Doha Sheraton Hotel and Convention Centre[2] in Qatar. International projects include the luxury Waldorf Astoria hotel in the Maldives.[3]
In 2012, UCC Holding acquired United Coffee, the biggest independent coffee business in Europe, for €500 million.[4]
Urbacon Trading and Contracting LLC (UCC)[edit]
Urbacon Trading and Contracting LLC (UCC) is a subsidiary of UCC Holding.
The company was founded by Moutaz Al-Khayyat and Ramez Al-Khayyat in 2011. The revenues of the company were $1.192 million USD in 2013 according to Engineering News Record (ENR).[5]
The company was the lead contractor for the 20,000-sq-m Lekhwiya sports stadium. The stadium opened in February 2013 and will function as a training venue during the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.[6]
The company was contracted to refurbish the Sheraton Doha Hotel and Convention Centre in 2014[7], and was appointed to renovate the Doha Marriott Hotel in late 2019.[8]
In 2015, UCC was awarded a $466 million USD contract to design and build the economic zone in Ras Bufontas, close to Hamad International Airport, in a joint venture with Spanish construction company Sacyr.[9]
The company was responsible for construction of the 4,176,000-sq-ft Mall of Qatar, at an estimated cost of $1 billion USD.[10] UCC was named Developer of the Year at the 2016 Global RLI Awards[11], and won the Retail Leadership Award at the 2016 Asia Retail Congress for its work on the project.[12]
In January 2020, the company was awarded three public infrastructure contracts by Qatar’s Public Works Authority, Ashghal, worth a combined 1.49 billion QAR.[13]
UCC was ranked 194th in the 2019 ENR’s top 250 Global Contractors list.[14]
References[edit]
- ↑ "UCC Holding". uccholding.com. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
- ↑ "Gulf Construction Online - Icon enhanced". www.gulfconstructionworldwide.com. Gulf Construction Worldwide. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
- ↑ "Awards Shortlist". Ahead Asia. 2 June 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
- ↑ "Subscribe to read | Financial Times". www.ft.com. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
- ↑ Thomas, Aby Sam (2015-01-27). "Engineering Success: Moutaz Al Khayyat, CEO, UrbaCon Trading & Contracting". Entrepreneur. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
- ↑ "Interview: Planning for business after the World Cup". Middle East Economic Digest. 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2020-06-02. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Gulf Construction Online - Icon enhanced". www.gulfconstructionworldwide.com. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
- ↑ "Doha Marriott Hotel set for major facelift; to close for renovation from Sept 1". thepeninsulaqatar.com. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
- ↑ "UrbaCon wins $466 million build contract". Construction Week Online Middle East. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
- ↑ "Mall of Qatar construction 70pc completed". tradearabia.com. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
- ↑ "Mall of Qatar adds another award to its line-up". Construction Week Online Middle East. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
- ↑ "Mall of Qatar wins Retail Leadership award at Asia Retail Congress 2016". www.zawya.com. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
- ↑ "Development and infrastructure projects for 10 areas to start soon". Gulf-Times (in العربية). 2020-01-21. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
- ↑ "ENR 2019 Top 250 Global Contractors 101-200". www.enr.com. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
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