Iceland joins Zamil Steel export list
Monday, 25th August 2003
Zamil Steel has added Iceland to its list of international export markets following the recent completion of a 1.2 million euro contract to supply nine Pre-Engineered Steel Buildings (PEBs) to the country.
Zamil Steel's scope of work in this project included structurally designing the steel buildings to meet Iceland's environmental climate, local building codes and specifications; detailing and manufacturing the buildings within only five weeks from the date of signing the contract; and then shipping them to the Icelandic port of Reydarf Jordur.
"This undertaking truly demonstrates one of the competitive advantages that we possess in being present globally with multi-source operations, without which we would not have been able to meet our customer's requirements," said Ziad Yamak, Zamil Steel' area manager in Athens.
"This project was secured by our sales office in Athens for an important repeat client of ours in Italy to deliver the buildings to an end user in Iceland," said Yamak.
"In order to accommodate the strict delivery schedule for this 725 metric tonne project, which is approximately 6,000 square metres in area, our operations in Saudi, Egypt and India collaborated closely, each taking part of the work load which would fit into their ongoing busy operations schedules.
"Since our internal engineering and production systems are so flexible, it didn't really matter which Zamil Steel operation would do the design, the detailing or the fabrication of the buildings."
The structural design of the buildings was completed by Zamil Steel' Engineering Group in Saudi Arabia; detailing work on the buildings was undertaken by Zamil Steel Engineering Group in India; and production took place at Zamil Steel' factories in Saudi Arabia and Egypt.
Zamil Steel' engineering and production operations in three countries dovetailed their respective activities to accelerate the delivery cycle time by using Zamil Steel' internal technology systems.
"These include 'eZ-Build' - electronic Zamil Steel Buildings System - a proprietary software solution which enables sales teams around the world to estimate and design buildings and to submit detailed proposals and drawings within hours of receiving client requests; and the Project Information System (PIS), which enables Zamil Steel' 400 engineers employed in Saudi Arabia, Egypt, India as well as in Jordan and Vietnam to remotely share estimating and engineering activities using the world wide web," said Fadi Mujahed, marketing manager, Zamil Steel, Pre Engineered Buildings
The PEB unit is the oldest and largest of four business units at Zamil Steel, which also includes the Structural Steel Unit, which is an acknowledged leader in the fabrication of high rise steel buildings, air and gas ducting and other support structures; the Towers & Galvanising Unit, which produces premium galvanised steel towers for electrical transmission and telecommunications projects and other specialised lattice steel structures; and Canam Asia Limited, a joint venture between Zamil Industrial Investment Company (ZIIC) and Steel Plus Limited, a subsidiary of Canam Manac Group (Canada), which produces open web steel joists and floor decking.
Zamil Steel is a global leader in the manufacture of pre-engineered steel buildings and the Middle East's premier supplier of steel structures, transmission and telecommunications towers, open web steel joists and floor deckings, north-western European nation.
