Gleeds Gulf Participates In the "Cityscape Dubai 2013" Exhibition

Dubai, UAE: October 1, 2013

Gleeds Gulf is proud to announce their participation in the Cityscape Global 2013 Exhibition for investment and real estate development, taking place at Dubai International Conference and Exhibition Centre, from 8 to 10 October 2013. Cityscape, where investors, developers, governments, architects, real estate consultants and designers meet to exchange information discuss issues and participate in drawing the features of the future of this industry. Attracting more than 2500 participants, it is considered the annual opportunity for the companies to build and maintain their position in the Middle East real estate markets.

“This is the first time that Gleeds has exhibited at Cityscape Dubai and having built up a very solid practice in the last few years we feel that we have quite a lot to offer to the visitors of this event. We are very excited to participate in Cityscape as it presents a tremendous opportunity for our team here to meet and exchange ideas and opportunities with other organisations involved in the U.A.E's enormous programme of development” said Projects Director, Jonathan Robinson.

“Gleeds Gulf is currently providing project management, cost management and dispute advisory services. ‘We have a strong and dynamic locally-based team who are well supported by our global group and this gives us the chance to provide high level services to our U.A.E clients through projects which are done according to the global standards”.

“The clients in Dubai understand the benefits of engaging with quantity surveyors and cost managers to assist in achieving the project objectives. The staff employed by Gleeds, qualified according to RICS standards, hold a proven track-record of performance and delivery", he added.

“Effective and proactive cost management is crucial to the success of any project and it is important that this begins in the early stages of the project – ideally at the conception stage. It is the stage where the majority of the decisions are made such decisions are related to cost and influential on the work that follows through design and construction. It is vital that the client's expectations at the beginning for the project are aligned with his expectations of budget and cost. With a brief and budget established, a strategy of ‘design to cost' can then be established to minimize any delay or risk resulting from revisiting the design to reduce cost at later stages”.

Gleeds Gulf are accredited as Grade ‘A' Quantity Surveyors in UAE and has completed a number of projects such as New York University in Abu Dhabi as an Independent Certifier, Project Manager of Etihad Tower Office project, cost manager for the establishment of Meraas Engineers Office of Meraas Holding, in addition to the gatehouse of the British Embassy in Dubai.

Regionally, Gleeds operates from its offices in Cairo, Alexandria, Abu Dhabi and Dubai and is growing rapidly and expanding across MENA region and GCC. This expansion is due to the long term and strong relationships that Gleeds has established with regional clients such as Futtaim, Emaar, Msheirib and many more.

Bruce Haswell, Gleeds Regional Director said, “we are honored to contribute to UAE's impressive and challenging real estate plans through our delivery of high quality and independent cost and contract management services. Our continued investment in Gleeds staff, training and technology aims to ensure that we remain at the forefront of our profession. We are constantly improving the level of our service to our clients by benefiting from our past performance to refine and enhance our response to clients' requirements. The industry is always evolving and our ethos of blending our strong local market knowledge with the best international standards of professional practice is a winning formula that assures the trust of our clients in the services that we provide”.

Haswell added, “Gleeds Gulf is a living example of that winning formula: the investment we have made in our staff and service has been translated into trust and respect from our clients and colleague consultants allowing us to rapidly grow in UAE, doubling our business in the past year alone. We have set some ambitious targets and support systems for the coming years to ensure that our quality and reliability are maintained. I am proud of our team's achievements and consistency and I have a great deal of faith in them to uphold the very best industry standards as well as Gleeds' own very high standard of practice, quality of delivery and reliability of advice. U.A.E is embarking on its ambitious plan of real estate and infrastructure development and Cityscape is a reflection of that plan. We are very proud to participate in this event and demonstrate our ability to contribute to the successful plan of development of UAE”.