The envelope, to the millimetre.
Aluminium joinery is the envelope of the building: the façades, the curtain walling, the windows, the doors and the balustrades that join the inside to the outside. AHMA fabricates and installs these elements to millimetre tolerances, because they govern air and water tightness, thermal and acoustic insulation, and the finished appearance of the building. From site measurement to the last profile fixed in place, every step is carried out by the company's own teams.
Aluminium gives AHMA considerable architectural freedom: slender sight lines, large glazed areas, high thermal performance. By keeping this trade in-house, the company ensures precise coordination between the structural works and the envelope, prevents defects at the interfaces and controls both the quality and the installation schedule. The result: façades that are well made, durable and faithful to the designer's intent, on public and residential buildings alike.
The works where this trade can be seen.
A dedicated subsidiary: AHMA ALU.
The group's aluminium subsidiary: façades, curtain walling and joinery, to millimetre tolerances.
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.
