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Association News

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.

• 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.

Our Vision and Mission
Building for Sustainable Development
Development of the profession contracting in the UAE through the upgrading of the construction industry, coordination
and integration between the members and their effective representation before the relevant authorities locally and

internationally and to achieve excellence in customer service management techniques and advanced technology to
contribute to sustainable development.

Achievements of the UCA

The UCA has been able to register several achievements since its inception in September 1985. It has cooperated with
municipalities and professional bodies to assist in continuing task of developing a building and safety code for the UAE
construction industry. This function is executed through the UCA’s Technical Consultative Committee.
The UCA has placed the UAE in the focus of the international building officials’ community by the virtue if its prominent
membership of the World Organization of Building officials (WOBO), an affiliate body of the United Nations. At present,
the UCA’s chairman is also the president of WOBO.
The UCA is also an institutional member of the Federation of Arab Contractors and the Federation of Islamic Contractors.
The UCA has signed protocols of cooperation with its counterparts in several countries including, China, Egypt, Jordan,
Lebanon, Syria, Canada, the UK and the USA. These protocols assist in flow of market and technical information between
the UAE and the respective country for the benefit of industry on both the sides.
The UCA serves as the Middle Eastern office of the International Marine Contractors Association Which aims at improving
safety standards in underwater projects.

In addition to the protocols of cooperation the UCA also receives delegation from construction industries in other
countries as well as send its own delegations abroad for the purpose of enhancing international cooperation in UAE
construction industry.