Delivering two vast turnkey spaces, designed and built for two different brands, creating contemporary F&B areas
Food Halls, Expo 2020 Dubai
Supporting the staging of the ‘World’s Greatest Show’
ISG successfully delivered the largest number of fit out projects commissioned by Expo 2020 Dubai. These projects include 62 country and thematic pavilions, Expo 2020 Media Centre, Expo Monitoring and Control Centre, 10 of the Best of the Best restaurants, seven Local Gems restaurants, two Food Halls, North and South Viewing Platforms, and the Service Pavilions.
About Expo 2020 Dubai
For 170 years, World Expos have provided a platform to showcase the greatest innovations that have shaped the world we live in today. From 1 October 2021 to 31 March 2022, 192 countries participated in Expo 2020 in Dubai, UAE, as representatives from across the world gather to discuss future trends and find solutions for key global issues. Expo 2020 Dubai was the first Expo to be held in the Middle East.
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The world-class Pavilions
ISG delivered the country pavilions that support the Expo’s subthemes of opportunity, mobility, and sustainability. These include pavilions for countries from every corner of the world, Jamaica to Senegal and Georgia to the Bahamas and international organisations, including the UN and The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) pavilions.The best culinary destinations
ISG in Dubai delivered ten of the Best of the Best fine-dining restaurants, seven Local Gems restaurants and two Food Halls, which combined, were central to the exceptional dining experience at Expo 2020 Dubai.
The Expo Media Centre
The Expo 2020 Dubai Media Centre encompassed 82,000 sq ft of purpose-built campus, providing state-of-the-art facilities for the world’s media throughout the six-month duration of the Expo. ISG provided turnkey fit-out of the media centre, creating high-specification TV and radio production studios, post-production and editing suites, in addition to meeting and interview rooms.
ISG’s managing director, Steve Ramsden speaks at Commercial Interior Design’s Power 50 Panel about legacy work that goes into creating District 2020
“Expo 2020 Dubai pavilions are among the most prestigious elements of this landmark project and the food experiences are among the most popular at the Expo. This fantastic accomplishment is a feat of collaboration, trust and confidence in our commitment to delivery excellence.
Our outstanding track record in the delivery of built environment infrastructure to support some of the world’s best known and iconic events undoubtedly played a key role in this highly successful outcome.”Steve Ramsden, Managing Director, Southeast Asia & Middle East
Unparalleled standards in Health and Safety
ISG received the coveted Golden Excellence Card which entitles us to obtain 35 incentives from the four main government entities in Dubai.
Ross Hopewood, HSQE Manager at UAE also collected the distinguished HSQE Manager Award (Construction) at this year's Taqdeer Awards, for ISG’s overall part in maintaining exceptional H&S, Worker Welfare Standards on Expo 2020 Dubai.
Our delivery dynamic approach
Agile and intelligent programming was an essential component of ISG’s delivery masterplan with a large number of technical spaces that are spread out across the vast 438-hectare Expo 2020 Dubai site. The museum quality spaces on each of the pavilions demanded exacting fit and finish standards from the team – all backed up with robust state-of-the-art technical infrastructure. The fast-track programme saw the extensive use off site fabrication to ensure quality and speed of component delivery and to help mitigate challenges associated with the COVID-19 disruption.
Delivering at Expo 2020 Dubai builds on ISG’s expertise in staging global events, including the London 2012 Olympic Games, where the company constructed the iconic Olympic Velodrome building and worked across every single one of the 120 event venues for both the Olympic and Paralympic Games. This successful track record delivering temporary infrastructure to support one of the most globally recognised sporting events proved instrumental in ISG’s appointment by the organisers of Expo 2020 Dubai.
