The Arab Contractors as one of the leading organizations in the Middle East and Africa has a comprehensive heritage of experience that extends over 50 years. The responsibility of steering such an organization in a turbulent market that is affected by the political, economical and social circumstances changes as well as the increased competition that is quite demanding and requires non-conventional approaches

Innovative approaches that build on our legacy were adopted in some instances. However in many instances the surrounding environment mandated re-engineering the existing processes in order to cater for the market’s needs. During the last five years, The Arab Contractors has tackled its problems fiercely and honestly, and induced major reforms in its financial structure. Financial re-structuring enabled our organization to increase its competitiveness and overcome many problems. There is a clear separation between ownership and management in the organization, as the company is owned by the government. This has enabled the management to adopt the private sector frame of thoughts in an efficient and transparent manner. These steps have enabled us to change the company’s image in order to reflect its efficiency and effectiveness in the construction industry.

Along the technical stance; quality, safety and environment were the main dimensions along which we have improved/re-engineered our processes. We have maintained and increased our reputation as a quality driven organization both nationally and internationally. Training, as a preventive activity, has been encouraged either in The Arab Contractors Training Institute or internationally through realistic training programs that link these programs to our needs. We have re-engineered safety activities within the organization with the aim of creating a safer work place for the workers as well as for the public. This has been achieved through an efficient awareness program to our employees so that they start to believe the negative implications of not complying with safety regulations. Besides our specialized department for the environment, we have been able to increase our active participation in this worldwide issue through numerous projects. Research and development is a corner stone in our activities, whereby our organization has sponsored many applied research projects in cooperation with universities in Egypt and internationally.

Among the activities that have improved over the last five years, we are specifically proud towards our consultancy department, M/E activities, restoration of monuments, and manufacturing of construction equipment (e.g. concrete plants, asphalt plants, etc). Acknowledging our need to transfer technology in some aspects and increase our competitive edge, we have been engaged in many successful partnership schemes with organizations all over the world.

These efforts were crowned recently by granting The Arab Contractors the order of Merit from the first degree by H.E. the President of Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, in recognition of our efforts in construction of two fast track tunnels in the downtown area of Cairo. On the international arena, our ranking has moved up more than 30 positions, to be number 88 according to the ranking performed by prestigious ENR magazine in 2005.

We are looking to the future with hope and expect to be able to increase our market share in the Middle East and Africa in the coming years whilst maintaining our reputation as one of the major contractors in the Middle East.