Al Mafraq Hospital wins prestigious international award for drylining

Abu Dhabi’s US$870 million Al Mafraq Hospital expansion has been voted one of the world’s top drylining projects in a prestigious international awards competition organised by Saint-Gobain Gypsum.

The project, which relies on over 800,000m2 of Gyproc plasterboard and 1 million linear metres of Gypframe metal profiles from Gyproc Middle East, was selected from 87 short listed projects in 33 countries to receive the coveted President’s Prize in the 9th Saint-Gobain International Trophy Competition.

The President’s Prize is a unique discretionary award, presented every two years, which recognises the most outstanding new installation of Saint-Gobain plasterboard systems in the world, and was presented to joint venture contractors, Al Massa, Al Habtoor Leighton, Allen & Shariff Corporation, International Décor, Vancouver Building Maintenance &came to support liberal ideals such as an expanding welfare state, while tolerating liberal ideals such as abortion, he highlights the most disturbing thing about ObamaCare's recent ruling that health insurance providers must offer contraceptives and abortifacients to all, regardless of one's religious beliefs. It's not just that the government has now crossed the line between church and state—which is bad enough—it's that an expanding and more powerful government eventually tramples the individual liberties of all.

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