№ 1.247
Abu Dhabi · UAE
Project № 1.247 · In execution · 2024 — 2026
Client — Cultural Authority of Abu Dhabi
Forty-seven years delivering for sovereign clients, multinationals and Fortune-500 occupiers across the UAE — from civil structure to specialist finishes.
Privately held, family-owned and conservatively financed. We have grown through cycles, kept clients for decades, and delivered the work that defined modern UAE.
A privately held UAE construction house. Forty-seven years building this country — from structure to surface.
Al Madar MGM was established in 1979, predating modern Dubai's construction boom by a decade. Across nine in-house disciplines we deliver projects spanning civil works, fit-out, maintenance, specialist finishes, decorative arts, architectural concrete, decorative flooring, metal coatings and theming.
Most peers are either generalists or boutique finishers. We are both. Our anchor client relationships have averaged 18 years, and our oldest active maintenance contract dates to 1991. Senior project management has worked through at least one cycle of UAE construction; many through several.
We work with sovereign clients, multinationals and family offices. The board reviews every contract above AED 50 m. Our ICV score is 78%; our health-and-safety record is independently audited; our financial position is conservatively cash-positive.
Numbers behind the brand — verified, audited, and reported annually to clients, lenders and the board.
Established 1979 — predating modern Dubai's construction boom by a decade.
From boutique hotels to palaces — civil, fit-out, decorative.
Total contract value across 47 years of trading.
Average tenure of our top-twenty clients.
From civil structure to gilt — the full scope of our delivery, all in-house.
Low and mid-rise structures, refurbishments, additions. RCC frames, ground works, MEP, completion.
Capability briefCommercial, hospitality, retail, residential. End-to-end interior delivery.
Capability briefAnnual maintenance contracts, facilities, planned upkeep. Many clients have stayed twenty years.
Capability briefVenetian plaster, micro-cement, tadelakt, marmorino. Hand-applied, hand-burnished.
Capability briefMurals, gilding, hand-painted ornament. 22-carat gold leaf, palladium.
Capability briefPolished, board-formed, exposed-aggregate. Cast-in-place finishes.
Capability briefEpoxy, terrazzo, resin, micro-screed.
Capability briefArchitectural metallics, patinas, brass & copper finishes.
Capability briefThemed environments — sculpted GRC, faux finishes, set design crossed with permanent construction.
Capability briefThree representative projects — sovereign, multinational and private. The full portfolio is available under NDA on request.
№ 1.247
Abu Dhabi · UAE
№ 1.192
Palm Jumeirah · UAE
№ 1.166
Dubai · UAE
From hospitality to civic infrastructure — every mandate carries the same audit trail and the same sign-off discipline.
Established 1979. Forty-seven years of receipts in the UAE — palace projects, civic landmarks, hospitality. Our oldest active maintenance contract dates to 1991.
Civil to gilt under one roof. Most peers are either generalists or boutique finishers. We are both.
Independent audit, board oversight on every contract above AED 50 m, ISO-certified across quality, environment and H&S. The receipts compound.
Privately held, family-owned, single-country execution — supported by a partner network across 34 cities. ICV score 78%.
A representative list of clients we are authorised to disclose, alongside our current certifications and audit status.
Knowledge, press and events from the practice — written for the people who specify, procure and operate the buildings we deliver.
Eighteen months on site, 38,400 m² of cast-in-place architectural concrete. Programme remains on schedule despite a challenging summer; the cultural authority confirmed the opening sequence at a board meeting on 22 March.
Press release →
How Venetian plaster, tadelakt and micro-cement behave under coastal humidity, AC cycling and direct sun.
9 min read →
Live demonstrations of marmorino plaster, gold-leaf gilding and patinated metal coatings.
Dubai World Trade Centre →Tell us the brief — sector, scope, programme. One of the studio principals replies within two working days. Drawings, RFPs, term sheets and budgets welcome.