Recently Kirby, one of the exhibitors at Gulf Industry Fair, won several steel building projects in the GCC. Kirby Bahrain bagged one of the biggest and prestigious mall projects being developed by Enma House in Riffa, Bahrain.

“It is hailed as one of the best architecturally designed malls in the kingdom with a contemporary modern design, whilst its exterior will uniquely reflect modern-living in Bahrain,” a Kirby spokesman said. Arif Sadi Consultants, Bahrain, has designed the facility.
The mall has an area of 54,000 sq m and will contain showrooms, cafeterias and a hypermarket. The building has special architectural features.  It is boat-shaped with a curved roof which will support a tensioned membrane structure. The building will have a special curved fascia structure provided with aluminum decorative panels. The curved member will be supplied from Kirby’s new curved beam facility at RAK, UAE
Kirby also won an order   from Kuwait Finance House for Project Industrial Oasis which will consist of 24 light industrial workshops with a combined area of 50,000 sq m. The oasis is coming up at the Bahrain International Investment Park (BIIP) and is the first of its kind in Bahrain.
“Kirby is well positioned as the global leader in pre engineered steel buildings having activities spread across over 70 countries and production capacity from five sophisticated plants exceeding 400,000 metric tonnes,” said the spokesman.
“It is reputed for providing customers with cost-effective solutions and has created more than 35,000 landmark projects globally.”
Kirby’s pre-engineered steel building applications are widely used in the construction of warehouses, factories, showrooms, shopping centres, aircraft hangars, offices, camps, supermarkets, workshops, community buildings, car parks, gas stations, sports complexes and schools amongst others. The company uses the latest design codes such as MBMA 2002, ASCE 2005, AISD 2005, IBC 2006, AISI 2001, AWS 2006 and ASTM 2006 for its buildings.
Some of Kirby’s valued global customers are General Motors, AT&T, PepsiCo , Coca Cola, Nokia, Ford, Shell, Bridgestone, Toyota, General Electric, Tata, Saudi Aramco, Schlumberger,  KNPC, Halliburton, BMW, P&G, Unilever, Sabic, Agility, Henkel, Delhi Metro Railway, Royal Jordanian, Larsen & Toubro and Reliance.
Kirby is expanding its reach across several new regions and recently opened sales offices in Turkey and South Africa.  Its new production facility in Vietnam, which has an annual capacity of 50,000 tonnes, will increase Kirby’s ability to service its customers across Southeast Asia and Australia.
As part of an ambitious growth plan, Kirby is setting up its first structural steel plant in RAK, UAE.  The plant will have an installed capacity of 50,000 tonnes and will service markets in the Middle East, Africa and Turkey.  A further move is planned into the storage solutions arena. Kirby already offers manually operated pallet racks in India.