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Zayed City Schools named MENA social infrastructure deal of the year

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01 May 2023

ABU DHABI, UAE – The Zayed City Schools PPP has been recognised as Middle East and North Africa Social Infrastructure Deal of the Year at this year’s IJGlobal Awards.

The project is the UAE’s first schools infrastructure PPP and Plenary’s first project in the Middle East.

It comprises the financing, design, construction, commissioning and 20-year operations and maintenance of three new school campuses for 5,360 students in Zayed City, Abu Dhabi.

Plenary is sponsor, financial arranger, SPV manager and investor in the project, part of the BESIX-Plenary consortium selected to finance, design, build and maintain three schools for 20 years, facilitated under the procurement agency ADIO and in partnership with the Abu Dhabi Department of Education and Knowledge.

Construction of the state-of-the-art schools is underway and set to be completed in August 2024, with schools opening in September 2024.

Chris Whitefield

Executive Director, Communications and Community

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