AbbVie | KUWAIT
THE CLIENT AbbVie Inc. is a publicly traded global biopharmaceutical company that develops innovative advanced therapies for complex and critical conditions. With a presence in over 75 countries, AbbVie’s headquarters are in Chicago, USA. Founded in 2013, it is a spin-off of Abbott Laboratories. AbbVie consistently receives acclaim for its responsible economic, environmental, and social performance; it has earned its place on the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for a seventh year.
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Q4 2019 - Q3 2020 Project Management, Cost Management
THE PROJECT AbbVie affiliates existing office in Kuwait City required refurbishment and enhancement to give it an open plan and collaborative environment. Our client required to move towards the current trends in office planning with a push towards employee wellbeing with respect to the office design and layout. This productive professional environment requires to meet the company’s global design guidelines. The project has a built-up area of 600 sqm. The existing closed offices were redesigned as open plan workspaces with additional meeting rooms and collaboration/innovation spaces to allow for more engaging and interactive meetings. Additionally, the space required a staff break-out area. OUR APPOINTMENT We were appointed to provide project and cost management services throughout the project life cycle from validation of the test fit layout and concept development through to completion. We carried out front-end planning for cost and procurement, and contractor pre-qualification and tendering services. Our team was responsible for the design development in-line with budget parameters, construction monitoring, and preparing and coordinating all close out documentation. We are also coordinating the Landlord and Statutory approvals and modification works for AbbVie’s temporary premises with the relevant regulatory offices. The temporary offices will be used as a ‘swing space’ during the refurbishment of the existing office.
THE BENEFIT With the AbbVie team and its affiliates based in Europe and throughout the Middle East, our team is a central point of contact throughout the initiation, planning and soon-to-commence delivery phases of the project. This organisation of information flow allows the client’s teams to focus on their day-to-day tasks with minimal operational disruption from the ongoing project. Our local knowledge, expertise and experience brings significant benefit to AbbVie in terms of cost management. We were able to identify risks and develop mitigation strategies to help avoid exposure to cost overrun and compliance issues while successfully carrying out works within the allotted timeline.
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