Abu Dhabi developers and infrastructure companies are seeking the expertise and skills of Turkish contractors, architects and engineering companies as development booms in the UAE.
The Abu Dhabi Projects and Infrastructure Centre (Adpic) is managing more than 600 active capital projects valued at more than $55 billion across housing, mobility and cultural assets, Maysarah Mahmoud Eid, director general, said at the Abu Dhabi International Roadshow for Capital Projects and Infrastructure in Istanbul, Turkey.
Adpic oversees strategic capital projects in Abu Dhabi from planning to delivery.
“In 2024, we completed over 11,000 homes,” Mr Eid said. “In the coming years, we aim to activate a significant amount of our projects through private sector investments.”
Abu Dhabi aims to deliver more than 40,000 homes in the next three to five years and this requires a huge supply chain, said Mohamed Alsuwaidi, Adpic's executive director of capital projects in the financial affairs sector. He recommended Turkish companies to localise manufacturing in Abu Dhabi, especially for modular construction.
Abu Dhabi is seeking more private sector investment to develop its non-oil sector and diversify its economy. Last year, the emirate said it would need private sector investment to develop Dh450 billion ($122.5 billion) worth of infrastructure projects over five to 10 years.
The UAE capital’s initiative to adopt the public-private partnership (PPP) model is providing opportunities for foreign consultancies and contractors to invest in infrastructure development in the emirate.
Maysarah Mahmoud Eid, director general of Abu Dhabi Projects and Infra
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