Dedicated to Youth

At ICONS INTERNATIONAL, the specialists in emerging markets and innovation, we are very close to community’s events and youth. We take to heart and treasure young boys and girls initiatives in a very delicate phase of their lives by supporting and promoting youth and school activities.

In this great venture, we are but just a drop in the ocean! It is for this reason that we greatly appreciate your consideration for helping us in this very important Social Mission.

We thank you for taking your time in further reading about the projects that we promote and are grateful for any financial support and contributions that you will devote to our young friends and students projects .

World Challenge

ICONS INTERNATIONAL is strongly ingaged in supporting the World Challenge school initiative aimed at:

  • Supporting and sustaining RAK Educational Programs
  • Promote RAK in the World
  • Help and support humanitarian activities for communities in need
  • Improve RAK students education and experience
  • Invest in a better adult community for the future
  • Decreasing world poverty around the world

A great opportunity and learning curve for the students and a great humanitarian act. It will help make a better world for tomorrow bringing help to children in need whilst forging our future adults.

Join us in helping to support this initiative by making a contribution:




We thank you in advance for your kind support and contribution and look forward to sharing our experience with you after the events.

 For alternative payment methods please send an e-mail request to: info@iconsfze.com.

Make a contribution

If you have reached this section, you have decided to make a contribution to our World Challenge project. ICONS International has kindly set-up a “World  Challenge Account” for us making it easy for you to donate.

We thank you in advance for your support and look forward to sharing our experience with you after the event.

Should you prefer to pay your donation via:

  • Bank Transfer
  • Western Union
  • MoneyGram

please refer to “World Challenge Account” at the ICONS International Administration introduction section.

Green building solutions – Accomodation modules

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Suppliers prequalification – Exclusive Resort construction

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First International

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to carry out pre-qualification of contractors and suppliers for the development, construction and management of a World Class Exclusive and Unique Resort Complex to be built in the United Arab Emirates.

Dream Island

The destination!

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Burj Khalifa grand opening – Dubai

January 2010

ICONS CONSULTING: Burj Khalifa grand opening – Dubai – FACTS

Ahead of its opening on January 4, Emaar, developer of the Burj Khalifa tower, has released some of the massive numbers and world records that make up the world’s tallest building

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  •  31,400 – the amount of steel rebar in metric tonnes used in the structure of Burj Khalifa
  • 28,261– the number of glass cladding panels making up the exterior of tower and its two annexes
  • 15,000 – the amount of water in litres collected from the tower’s cooling equipment that will be used for landscaping irrigation
  • 12,000 – the numbers of workers on site during peak of construction
  • 5,500 – the capacity in kilograms of the tower’s service lift
  • 3,000 – the number of underground parking spaces
  • 1,044 – the total number of residential apartments inside Burj Khalifa
  • 900 – the length in the feet of the world’s tallest performing fountain, The Dubai Fountain, that lies at the foot of the tower
  • 605 – the vertical height in metres to which concrete was pumped in the construction of Burj Khalifa, a world record for concrete pumping
  • 504 – the distance traveled, or ‘rise’ in metres of Burj Khalifa’s main service lift, the most of any elevator
  • 828 The building’s final official height, in metres
  • 22,000,000 Number of man hours it took to build the tower
  • 5,670,000 Total built up area of the tower, in square feet
  • 330,000 Volume of concrete used to build the tower, in cubic metres
  • 39,000 Amount of reinforced steel used to build the tower, in metric tonnes
  • 103,000 Volume of glass used for exterior façade, in square metres
  • 15,500 Volume of stainless steel used for cladding, in square metres
  • 12,000 Number of people expected to live and work at Burj Khalifa
  • 10 Maximum speed, in metres per second, at which lifts in the Burj travel
  • 192 Number of piles that were used in the building’s foundations

Bright futures for Qatar & Abu Dhabi

November 2009

ICONS CONSULTING: Bright futures for Qatar and Abu Dhabi

Construction suppliers now see Qatar and Abu Dhabi as the key places to do business, exhibitors at The Big 5 have said.

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Investors are showing growing confidence in the Middle East, particularly Doha, where there is an opportunity to build new projects.

“We supply foundation pumps for piling, shoring and dewatering and a lot of our business is going on in Qatar and Abu Dhabi now as there are new projects developing there,” said Austin Parfett Foundations sales manager Devanand.

Devanand predicts business to pick up in Dubai in the next couple of months as his company has future projects planned in the emirate.

Wilo, a manufacturer and supplier of pumps and pump systems for heating, air-conditioning, cooling, water supply and sewage disposal agreed: “Local companies are investing in Qatar and Abu Dhabi. Developers and contractors feel comfortable starting new projects in the area because new developments are progressing at a steady pace and are not accelerating too quickly,” said the company managing director Simon Mrad.

Mrad explained that The Big 5 will give his company an opportunity to show the industry what it can do.

“We want to show delegates that we are here and ready to support and advice them. I predict that the exhibition will be a success.”

Wilo was the first company to introduce an electrical powered water pump, which is designed to save energy when circulating water around a building.

The company wishes to show that this kind of product can save energy and long term-costs.

Carmania – Maritime Industry Experts

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Carmania Ltd is an international business consultancy service based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates and incorporated in the UK. The business was conceived and developed primarily in the maritime sector to take advantage of the expanding range of opportunities both locally to the region and internationally, on behalf of principals located predominantly externally to the region.

Through their extensive network of contacts and drawing on a wealth of local knowledge and well-established commercial expertise, their company together with Icons cooperation is committed to taking your business through the twenty-first century and together we can explore opportunities that can help move your business to the pinnacle of its capabilities.

Carmania today represents the lynchpin between local and international maritime businesses, corporate bodies, and business professionals within the region and Europe.

Carmania’s focus encaptures a broad spectrum of maritime and engineering expertise gained through over 20 years’ experience in the field and we aim to help you to capitalise on the potential synergies and new opportunities that can still be found within the Middle Eastern region.

This new cooperation between Carmania, with its engineering division and Icons, with its team of professionals can undertake a wide range of services on your behalf. A thorough knowledge of Middle East markets and an extensive range of contacts across all fields of the maritime sector globally enable us to provide assistance and collaboration to any business looking to penetrate this complex market. drawing on our pool of knowledge and experience we have helped companies to scrutinise their current business practices and improve their processes as well as developing into new markets.

BUSINESS SERVICES

Our business consulting services include:

  • market analysis
  • project leadership
  • international networking opportunities
  • business development
  • business plans and reports
  • agency provision
  • company set-up
  • corporate licensing assistance

Our engineering division can provide, inter alia:

  • CAPS surveys
  • close-up inspections
  • project management
  • dry-dock specifications
  • steel inspections
  • problem, accident and incident investigations
  • pre-purchase vessel inspections
  • safety and security surveys
  • expert witness representation

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Burj Khalifa

November 2009

ICONS CONSULTING: Last Burj Dubai (NOW BURJ JHALIFA) crane comes down

Burj Dubai, the world’s tallest building, which is being developed by Emaar Properties PJSC, is nearing completion, following the dismantling of the last high-altitude crane used in the tower’s construction.

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Having also completed the external cladding recently, the Burj Dubai construction team is now concentrating on the interiors and landscaping.

Mr. Mohamed Alabbar, chairman, Emaar Properties PJSC, said: “Working at great heights involving of the world’s tallest tower is just around the corner.”the use of massive cranes has been one aspect of the challenge. Dismantling the cranes is an exciting development because it shows that completion

Three huge tower cranes were used in moving construction materials up to level 156 of Burj Dubai. The cranes could each lift a staggering 25-tonne load and were designed to withstand 120km/hour winds.

Installation of the three tower cranes used for the construction of the higher levels of Burj Dubai was relatively straightforward, as sections of the cranes could be moved up the tower with the completion of new levels.

But as the tower grew in height, the floor plates and working area became smaller and smaller, providing insufficient room to fit the three cranes at the top of construction.

Dismantling the towers was considerably more complex than installing them. The first crane was removed in November 2007 and installed at Level 99 in order to serve as a future recovery crane.

For the next 11 months, the two remaining cranes continued their climb up the tower until October 2008 when one of them was removed due to the small size of the tower’s floor-plate. This left one final crane to continue with the rest of the exterior work.

In June 2009, the final crane had to be removed in order to allow the exterior cladding and finishing works to progress in the area it occupied. This longest serving crane had been in operation since the start of construction in March of 2005.

A small recovery crane was lifted up and installed at Level 159. With recovery cranes now positioned at Levels 99 and 159, the task of removing the last crane was ready to begin.

The process started with the crane climbing down from its working height of over 700 metres. The crane removed its own mast sections and lowered them to the ground until the boom and power pack were at the position of the level 159 recovery crane.

From there, the level 159 recovery crane dismantled the remainder of the main crane, lowering the pieces of boom, mast and power pack to the recovery crane at Level 99, which further lowered them to the ground.

Final work on interiors and landscaping is underway as the Burj Dubai prepares to open on January 4, 2010.