Intertek has been appointed as enclosure quality consultant on Al Maryah Central in Abu Dhabi by Multiplex, the projects main contractor.
Due to open in 2018, Al Maryah Central is a retail-led mixed-use development owned and managed by Gulf Related, the joint venture partnership between Gulf Capital and Related Companies.
Al Maryah Central, combined with The Galleria on Al Maryah Island Abu Dhabi’s luxury shopping and dining destination, will deliver a 2.8 million-square-feet super-regional mall in Abu Dhabi.
Interteks scope of work is to implement a quality assurance, testing, inspection, and consulting programme to assure the complex building performance requirements of the new mall, and compliance to the UAE Fire & Life Safety Code are fully met.
This includes reviewing and approving the submittals of all façade elements such as glass and glazing, stone cladding, Glass Fiber Reinforced Concrete Cladding (GFRC) and the different types of skylights to cover 9,000 square meters of glazing on the roof.
The work also includes testing to ensure the stone types used meet the mineralogical, chemical, physical and mechanical properties required. Intertek is also providing full time factory quality control inspections for the coating systems of all the façades secondary steel structures.