Nakheel Tower MEP contractor cuts jobs

MEP contractor Norman Disney & Young (NDY), which was hired for the Nakheel Tower, has had to cut its staff numbers by more than half after it was revealed last month that Nakheel was stopping work on the 1km- plus tower in Dubai as a result of a slowdown in construction industry.

But NDY has several other MEP contracts in the pipeline in the UAE and Bahrain on which announcements are expected soon, said Dennis O’Brien, Middle East director of the Australian consulting engineers.

NDY has had to slash its number of engineers and other workers from 12 to five.

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“We’ve had to change our plans, reduce staff and get more focused on marketing our services,” said O’Brien.
“Time would tell,” whether the building would go ahead, but the company “would gear up to do whatever we need to do when it happens,” he said.

NDY has suspended its work on the tower and had to vacate the project’s offices after they shut down this week. It has also had to shelve plans to recruit more staff.

The company is working on Etihad Towers, a five-tower mixed-use project in Abu Dhabi, and has completed work on the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Ritz Carlton hotel.