Steel, from workshop to site.
Steel construction is a precision trade, and most of it is decided upstream, in the workshop. There AHMA designs, cuts, assembles and treats its steel structures (beams, portal frames, composite floor decks, walkways) before they are taken to site for fast, fully controlled erection. This chain, from the workshop to the final lift, guarantees millimetre tolerances, full traceability of materials and a standard of execution that depends on no outside party.
Steel lets AHMA take on the most ambitious programmes: long spans, halls, extensions and vertical additions, where the lightness and strength of the structure make all the difference. By keeping this expertise in-house, the company shortens schedules, keeps the budget under control and gives its contracting authorities a complete technical solution, from the design office to the last bolt fitted. The same standard as on concrete, carried this time by steel.
The works where this trade can be seen.
A dedicated subsidiary: AHMA STEEL.
The group's steel subsidiary: structures, frames and steel assemblies, designed and erected in-house.
A single point of contact.
Further reading.
Choosing a construction company in Morocco: a client's guide
A main contractor (entreprise générale) is a construction company that delivers a complete building under a single contract and coordinates all the trades. To choose a construction company in Morocco, check six points before you invite tenders: its qualification and classification, comparable and documented references, its people and plant, the trades it carries out itself, its financial health, and its safety and insurance. This guide gives the checklist, the questions to ask and the way to read a list of references.
Construction glossary in French, Arabic and English: 74 site terms
Structural works are gros œuvre in French and الأشغال الكبرى in Arabic, earthworks are terrassement and أعمال الحفر, the client is the maître d'ouvrage and صاحب المشروع. This construction glossary brings together 74 terms from building and public works in Morocco, grouped by family, with the French, the Arabic of the official texts, British English and a one-sentence definition.
Client and project supervisor: who does what on a building site in Morocco
On a public building site in Morocco, the client (maître d'ouvrage), called the contracting authority in procurement, is the authority that prepares and awards the contract and has it carried out in the name of the public body. The project supervisor (maître d'œuvre) designs the works and supervises them on the client's behalf, and the construction company builds them. Around them come the delegated client, the architect, the engineering consultancy, the technical inspection body, the testing laboratory and the subcontractors.
