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About UAE Contractors’ Association

UAE Contractors’ Association is a non- profit organization formed in 15 September 1985 under a
decree number (137) 1985 from the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs. The principal objective of
the UCA is to strengthen the UAE construction industry and the construction contracting business
so that they can sustain their positive role in the task of national development of the UAE. This
overall objective is a achieved by the following means
• Assisting in constant up gradation of technology at the disposal of contractors.
• Serving as a common platform for contractors to fulfill their common interests and address the
common challenges. Chairman of Board of Directors
Dr. Ahmed Saif Belhasa
• Serving as platform for contractors to coordinate and interact with the federal and local authorities.
• Coordinate with association and organization in other countries to facilitate two - way
exchange to trade, experiences and technology.
• Organize seminars, conferences and exhibitions designed to enhance knowledge and upgrade construction technology.
• Publish a technical magazine in Arabic and English to help initiate debate and disseminate information of construction technology.
• Cooperating between contracting companies and establishments in order to combine their efforts and thus improve the standard
of their operations.

The UAE Contractors’ Association to launch “Vision and

Achievement” project

The UAE Contractors Association is working to launch the “Largest Mural in the Contracting Sector” project - the first of its kind in
the Middle East - under the title “Vision and Achievement” during the year 2024, as part of its efforts to advance the construction
and contracting industry, coordination and integration among members, and their effective representation before the competent
authorities locally and internationally.
His Excellency Dr. Ahmed Saif Belhasa, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the UAE Contractors Association, said: “This project
represents the creation of the largest mural bearing the logos of companies in the contracting sector, real estate development and
supporting companies, with the aim of obtaining a Guinness World Records certificate as a new achievement added to the United Dubai Metro Blue Line
Arab Emirates - the state of the impossible -, and in line with the saying of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum:
The fifth strategic project in Dubai public transportation
“I and my people are only satisfied with the number one.”

Service areas, stations, routes, passenger capacity, Cost and benefits

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