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Arabicon Associated Consultants was a partnership formed in the sixties, to architect the town planning and engineering for the city of Abu Dhabi, Trucial States of the Oman Arabian Gulf, as commissioned by the Ruler H.H. Sheikh Shakhbout Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, prior to, and concurrent with it becoming the capital of the newly established United Arab Emirates (UAE).
H.H. Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum– Ruler of Dubai
1966 – Formation Documents
Alfred George‘s Initial Draft
H.H. Sheikh Shakhbout Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Ruler of Abu Dhabi
Alfred George‘s Initial Draft
H.H. Sheikh Shakhbout Bin Sultan Al Nahyan (on right)
Sheikh Mohammed Bin Khalifa (cousin, on left)
Draft Agreement Between Arabicon Associated Consultants and George and Davies – January 25, 1965
H.H. Sheikh Shakhbout Bin Sultan Al Nahyan with Arabicon Associated Consultants
Solicitor’s Letter regarding Arabicon Partnership Agreement, etc. – January 3, 1966
Sheikh Saeed Bin Shakhbout Al Nahyan (Son of Ruler)
Arabicon Associated Consultants Deed of Partnership – June 1, 1966
H.H. Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan
Memorandum of Agreement between Arabicon Associated Consultants and Alfred George and Derek Crawford Davies – June 1, 1966
H.H. Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan
First Draft Deed of Partnership for Arabicon Associated Consultants between Alan Barnett Grant, Alfred George, Derek Crawford Davies and Ian Duncan Stuart Cuthbert – June 22, 1966
Alfred George‘s town planning design is the first to reshape the Abu Dhabi coastline – 1967
Draft Agreement Between Arabicon Associated Consultants and Alan Grant & Partners – December 15, 1966
Alfred George‘s town planning design is the first to reshape the Abu Dhabi coastline – 1967
Draft Release and Discharge – December 16, 1966
Alfred George‘s town planning design is the first to reshape the Abu Dhabi coastline – 1967
Draft Partnership Agreement for Arabicon Associated Consultants – December 16, 1966
Solicitor’s Letter to Mr. Davies regarding Arabicon – Abu Dhabi – June 22, 1966
Taken in Sharjah – (From Left to Right)
1. Hossein Khan Saib,
2. Mr. Wright (Man from Electricity board),
3. Alfred George (“that terrible chap”), &
4. Abdullah Hossein – “Our Arab Assistant”
1967 – Formation Documents
Solicitor’s Opinion regarding Arabicon Associated Consultants Constitution ( Residence ) – January 25, 1967
Alfred George with his Surveyors, field verifying his town planning design of the Airport Road, etc.
Solicitor’s Opinion regarding Arabicon Associated Consultants Constitution – January 25, 1967
Alfred George field verifying his town planning design of the Airport Road, preparing for the construction of the Maqta Bridge
Solicitor’s Note regarding Arabicon Associated Consultants Constitution – January 25, 1967
On a Sunday in Abu Dhabi (circa 1980), while Alfred George was there to reconcile his outstanding “Town Planning Claim”, (that remains unresolved to this day), he sent a post card to his sister Rose, stating:
“When I designed this road (Airport Road) there was not a tree in sight.” ~ Alfred George Architect and Town Planner
Solicitor’s Cover Page to Engrossments of Agreements regarding Arabicon Associated Consultants – April 7, 1967
Agreement of Release and Discharge – May 31, 1967
Alfred George with prominent men of Abu Dhabi, and friends
An Arabicon Contract List
Estimated Fees – June 1969 to December 1969
DCD initialed, Estimated Fees – June 1969 to December 1969
Alfred George with prominent men of Abu Dhabi, and friends
Staff as of June 1, 1969 – Proportion of Settlements of Persons Leaving New Practice Chargeable to Old – Appendix D
Accounts to be settled, owed by Old Practice, as at May 31, 1970 – Appendix A
Accounts incurred by Old Practice, Settled by New Practice submitted after May 31, 1970 – Appendix B
I.D.S. Cuthbert Statement of Items to be Reimbursed
Letter to Arabicon Associated Consultants Old Practice
Statement of Expenditures Incurred on behalf of Old Practice to be Reimbursed to New Practice
Alfred George‘s Notes regarding Decisions taken in Abu Dhabi trip – May 22 – 26, 1970
Is Line #4 “A. G. (Alfred George) to arrange replacement for J. E. soonest”, a reference to (John Elliot) mentioned in the paper Planning Abu Dhabi: From Arish Village to a Global, Sustainable, Arab Capital City ?
Statement of Expenditures – June 1970
Draft Contract for Consultants – 1967
Mechanical & Electrical Services Consultants, working in association with Arabicon Associated Consultants – Kenneth Stead & Partners
Quantity Surveyors working in association with Arabicon Associated Consultants – Markahm Tillyard Partnership
Alan Grant & Partners Civil and Structural Engineers, a member of Arabicon Associated Consultants
Letter to Derek C. Davies
CONFIDENTIAL Letter to Bank – September 23, 1970
CONFIDENTIAL Letter to Bank – September 23, 1970
Reconciliation between financial status accepted on May 22, 1970 & actual status – October 4, 1970
Letter to Alfred George regarding Unpaid Fees Due for Architectural Design, Town Planning, & Engineering Services Rendered, and “The Town Planning Claim has not yet been investigated” – October 5, 1970 (still…)
Letter to Alfred George regarding Unpaid Fees Due for Architectural Design, Town Planning, & Engineering Services Rendered. – October 7, 1970
Memorandum to I. D. S. Cuthbert & D. C. Davies – October 11, 1970
Letter to Alfred George for New Resident Partner A. F. Harrison – December 19, 1970
Alfred George’s Notes regarding Abu Dhabi, etc. – December 28, 1970
Figures . . .
Alfred George, Architect & Planning Consultant
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