Contracting

Ghassan Ahmad Al Khaled & Co. (W.L.L.)

Ghassan Ahmad Al Khaled Company & Co. (W.L.L) was established in 1975. It entered the field of contracting and holds a favorable position in the market partly due to its new building concept of the load bearing wall system.

In 1982, Ghassan Ahmad Al Khaled Company & Co. W.L.L. (GAK), made its first steps into the market by importing construction material of aerated reinforced and non-reinforced concrete from Germany. It used this new system to complete several villas, along with other traditional projects. GAK believed in the unique characteristics of building with the autoclaved aerated concrete (AAC) system. It wanted to take advantage of this new innovative concrete material, tested and adopted by the Europeans; hence they conducted a feasibility study to install an AAC plant in Kuwait. The Company considered the feasibility of the project and received a license to build the plant. Shortly later, it gave up the land and granted the licenses to Aerated Concrete Industries Company (ACICO).

GAK continued to import AAC to execute its projects until the beginning of 1994. In 1994 GAK began to use concrete produced by ACICO in Kuwait. They were the first company to use this new technology in Kuwait and were the mainstay of the autoclaved aerated concrete load bearing wall system. This
led GAK to position itself as a leading contractor. GAK's experience since the beginning of 1980 in using AAC and its reputation for excellent quality led to it being exclusively assigned the task of commercializing the AAC load bearing wall system in the early days of production. GAK is considered the qualified contractor of ACICO, whilst continuing to carry out contracts related to the conventional skeleton building system. The experience, reputation, and know-how of GAK was recognized with the company being classified as a first category company by the Central Tenders Committee (CTC) in Kuwait.

With the company’s objective to expand and pursue new business opportunities and obtain different revenue sources, GAK acquired Kuwait United Company for Pre-cast Concrete Systems (KUPS), a second category company by the CTC.KUPS specializes in prefabricated buildings made using the conventional skeleton system. This allows GAK to accommodate those companies that need to build using CTC category 1 and CTC category 2. KUPS produces all types of pre-cast concrete that can be used for its own projects or sold to the local market or to Ghassan Ahmad Al Khaled Company & Co.W.L.L.