Founded 2023 · Dubai · Two Partners

Two engineers. Two decades. One practice.

Fortis Prime Contracting is the consolidated practice of two civil engineers who, across two decades and several firms, have helped deliver some of the most demanding projects in the Gulf. Today, we build under our own banner.

2023.
Year of founding
II.
Partners — wholly owned
20+
Years building together
Stepped Foundation Course
Fortis · Strong by Construction
25.2710° N · 55.3163° E · Al Muteena, Dubai
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Fortis fortuna adiuvat.
Fortune favours the strong
§ 02 / 06 The Practice

Not a new firm. A consolidated one.

Fortis Prime is what happens when two engineers decide, after twenty years of building together inside other people's firms, to build under their own.

The firm is young. The partners running it are not. Fortis Prime Contracting LLC was founded in January 2023 to consolidate, under a single banner, a practice that had already been running — across multiple firms, multiple capacities, and multiple landmark projects — for over two decades.

The name is deliberate. Fortis — Latin for strong, steadfast, fortified. The Roman engineers who coined it built roads and aqueducts that are still standing two thousand years later. Prime — first, principal, apex. Together: built to be strong, built to be foremost, built to last.

This is a small practice by choice. Two partners on every brief. No layer of account managers, no diluted accountability, no spread-thin ambition. We do a small number of projects each year — and we do them properly.

§ 03 / 06 The Partnership

Two engineers. Wholly owned. No layers in between.

PARTNER · I

Planning & Programme

Schedule · Cost · Risk · Contracts

Civil engineer with a background spanning planning, scheduling, and contracts across the GCC. Career roles include senior planning and project-controls positions on theme parks, hotels, mixed-use developments, and public-realm projects. Holds PMP, PSP, and ACIArb credentials. Brings the firm's discipline on schedule, cost, and commercial risk — and the long view on programme strategy.

PMP PSP ACIArb
PARTNER · II

Construction & Delivery

Site · Quality · HSE · Closeout

Civil engineer with deep delivery experience across high-rise residential, hospitality, and infrastructure projects in the Gulf. Career roles include senior construction-management positions on landmark towers, hotels, and major civil works. Brings the firm's site-level rigour — and the contractor's instinct on what's buildable, what's risky, and what's worth the fight.

B.E. Civil Site Delivery Contracts

Partner credentials and full professional histories provided on request as part of formal pre-qualification.

§ 04 / 06 The Approach

Small by choice. Decisive by design.

Construction decisions should be made by engineers, at the point of work — not three escalations away from it.

In a firm our size, the partners who review your brief are the same engineers who will stand on your site.

There is no layer of account surrogates between client and craft — and no translation loss when a design issue, a procurement question, or a commercial call has to be made quickly.

We would rather do a small number of projects well than spread thin across many. Repeat work and long-cycle relationships are how we measure success — and how we have always measured it.

i.

Direct access.

The two partners who win the work are the ones who deliver it. No surrogates. No surprises mid-programme.

ii.

Fast decisions.

Issues surface and close in the same meeting. A small partnership makes calls quickly — and owns them just as quickly.

iii.

Earned judgment.

Two decades of precedent on landmark Gulf projects. Decisions are backed by real history, not process manuals.

iv.

Long view.

We select engagements for fit and quality of execution rather than volume. Repeat clients are the business we are building toward.

§ 05 / 06 Services

Seven disciplines. One discipline of execution.

SVC / I
Construction
Our core discipline as main contractor — tender through practical completion, with single-line accountability across civil, structural, and finishing works.
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SVC / II
Project Management
End-to-end owner's project management — initiation through closeout — with rigour on schedule, cost, quality, and risk.
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SVC / III
Construction Management
Site-level coordination of consultants, contractors, and owner representatives. Meetings, time, budget, HSE.
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SVC / IV
Restarting Stalled Projects
Forensic due diligence on halted works — financial, technical, contractual — followed by recovery and resequencing where the fundamentals support it.
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SVC / V
Remodelling & Alterations
Careful modernisation of older buildings and residences — functionality upgraded, character preserved.
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SVC / VI
Contracts & Commercial
Contract negotiation, administration, variations, and dispute resolution — aligned to project and programme goals.
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SVC / VII
Innovation Toolkit
3D printing, BIM, drone surveying, and green building methods — applied where they earn their keep on a project.
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§ 06 / 06 Where the Partners Have Built

Fifteen projects across the Gulf — before Fortis Prime existed.

Fortis Prime Contracting is three years old. The partners running it are not. Below is a selection of projects across the Gulf on which the partners held key delivery roles during prior careers — as contractors, consultants, or project managers. We list them not to claim the work, but to show what informs every decision the firm makes today.

No. Project Client Value Location
i. Expo 2020 — Public Realm Government of Dubai AED 360M Dubai
ii. Dubai Mall — Zabeel Fashion Avenue Expansion Emaar AED 1,400M Dubai
iii. Dubai Mall — Zabeel Car Park Expansion Emaar AED 761M Dubai
iv. Dubai Creek Harbour — Programme Management Emaar AED 6,000M Dubai
v. ADNOC Headquarters (75-Storey Office Tower) ADNOC AED 1,400M Abu Dhabi
vi. Midfield Terminal, Abu Dhabi Int'l Airport (MEP) Abu Dhabi Airports AED 1,200M Abu Dhabi
vii. Muscat International Airport OAMC AED 6,000M Muscat
viii. Salalah International Airport OAMC AED 1,500M Salalah
ix. Sidra Medical Centre Qatar Foundation AED 6,000M Doha
x. Science & Technology Park Qatar Foundation AED 2,000M Doha
xi. Novotel Hotel, Sheikh Zayed Road Novotel AED 800M Dubai
xii. Kempinski Hotel, Business Bay Sea Star Properties AED 280M Dubai
xiii. Torch Tower (86-Storey Residential) Dubai Select AED 475M Dubai
xiv. 23 Marina (90-Storey Residential) Hircon AED 400M Dubai
xv. Power & Desalination Plants, Jebel Ali DEWA AED 800M Dubai

A selection of Gulf projects on which the partners held key delivery roles in prior professional capacities. These are not projects executed by Fortis Prime Contracting LLC, but form the professional foundation on which the firm was built.

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Whether it is a new build, a stalled scheme worth reviving, or a programme-management assignment — we would be glad to talk. Short introductions welcome; formal pre-qualification packs available on request.

Head Office
Majid Sultan Building, GF/012,
Al Muteena, Dubai, UAE
Telephone
+971 XX XXX XXXX
Email
info@fortisprimecontracting.com
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