Covering long spans.
Framing is the art of covering large spaces without multiplying supports. AHMA designs and builds steel and composite frames able to clear long spans, sports halls, market halls, covered play areas, public facilities, combining lightness, strength and an elegant line. Every truss and every purlin is calculated, fabricated and then erected by the company's own teams, an integrated approach that keeps the load-bearing structure and the roof covering aligned.
Beyond technical performance, the frame gives a building its silhouette and its signature. By keeping this trade in-house, AHMA controls the whole chain, from the structural calculation to the waterproofing of the roof, and delivers buildings where robustness never comes at the expense of appearance. It is this ability to cover large areas, quickly and well, that sets apart the public facilities built by AHMA.
The works where this trade can be seen.
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.
