Drake & Scull International (DSI), the leading mechanical and electrical engineering contracting company in the region, has bagged a 15-month-long contract worth Dh26.63 million ($7.25 million) to install electromechanical works for the luxury Amarante El Nile Hotel project on the banks of the Nile in Central Cairo.

The company’s contract with Amarante El Nile Company consolidates its presence in Egypt where it was earlier involved in building Smart Village, the country’s prestigious 450-acre high-tech, IT and telecommunications hub located in close proximity to the Pyramids in Cairo. 
Khaldoun Al Tabari, executive director of DSI said: “The Amarante El Nile Hotel project marks the expansion of DSI’s operations in the pan-Arab world and is in line with our plans for becoming the region’s most preferred provider of world-class engineering services.
“Our next projects will take DSI to Qatar and other countries in the region, helping us to further boost our presence in the Middle East and North Africa region. DSI is committed to utilising the expertise towards completing the Amarante El Nile Hotel project within the stipulated period and in compliance with stringent international standards.”
Drake & Scull International is a leading provider of quality engineering services in the Middle East. In Dubai, it has installed highly specialised and customised facilities for the Emirates Aviation Centre, Dubai Free Zone, American Hospital and the Dubai Police Headquarters building, amongst others.
The company has completed the Dh31-million Accident, Emergency and Trauma Centre project at Dubai’s premier Rashid Hospital and is engaged in setting up a 60,000-tonne chilled water plant and distribution system for 54 tower blocks at Jumeirah Beach Residence. Its extensive regional operations are spread across the UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Jordan and Egypt.
Drake & Scull International is the global arm of Emcor Group Inc, a US-based construction and facilities management Company with a turnover of $4.6 billion a year. Drake & Scull’s expertise, spans from providing complete solutions through design-and-build to engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) as well as maintenance and operations of district cooling plants.