Rihan Heights gives a clear point of reference for Shaher Awartani’s link to Abu Dhabi’s construction sector. The project ties to a named development, a dated contract award, a set joint venture, and a defined role for Silver Coast Construction & Boring on one phase of the Arzanah build.
Shaher Awartani co-founded Silver Coast Construction & Boring in Abu Dhabi in 1997 and chairs the firm. Rihan Heights offers a project-level view of the large residential work the company has delivered. It gives the construction side of his public profile a named site, a dated contract, and a clear scope of work.
Rihan Heights within the Arzanah development
Rihan Heights formed the residential part of Arzanah, a mixed-use scheme planned around Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi. Public reports described Arzanah as a 1.4 million square metre development that wrapped the stadium. It joined homes, shops, leisure and infrastructure within one master plan.
Inside that plan, Rihan Heights held five towers, 854 flats and 14 villas. The mix gives the project a clear scope: a multi-tower residential build inside a wider civic and sports district. That detail sets it apart from broad talk of construction work. It points to a real build at a known address in Abu Dhabi.
Silver Coast’s joint venture role
In 2008, Capitala, the developer behind Arzanah, awarded the main build contract for Rihan Heights to a joint venture. Malaysia’s Sunway Construction and Silver Coast Construction & Boring made up the pair. The contract covered the main construction work plus the mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) scope.
The joint venture puts Silver Coast on the public record for a named Abu Dhabi residential project, working with an outside construction partner. A scheme of this size called for joint work across design, build, MEP, procurement, scheduling and handover, all set against the developer’s brief and timeline.
Silver Coast Construction & Boring in Abu Dhabi
Silver Coast Construction & Boring describes itself as a multi-discipline contractor. Its listed services cover construction, design and build, architectural engineering, MEP, fabrication and facility management. It lists offices in Abu Dhabi and Dubai.
As co-founder and Chairman, Shaher Awartani sits at the head of that structure. The Rihan Heights contract ties his role at the firm to a dated project in the Abu Dhabi residential record. It shifts the company reference from a broad list of services to a tracked case of project delivery on a named development.
A project-level view of Abu Dhabi development
Rihan Heights places Silver Coast inside a clear stretch of Abu Dhabi’s growth. Through the late 2000s, the emirate planned major homes, hotels and mixed-use sites around civic and sports landmarks. Arzanah, built around Zayed Stadium, formed part of that wider build programme. Rihan Heights met a large share of its housing scope.
The contract also shows how Abu Dhabi often delivered big sites through joint ventures. These pairings joined outside build experience with local contract capacity. Developers used them to bring specialist skill and regional know-how into one delivery team. Silver Coast’s place in the Sunway joint venture set the firm inside that model on a major housing project, next to a Malaysian contractor with cross-border project work.
Conclusion
Rihan Heights links Shaher Awartani to a named Abu Dhabi development with a recorded contract. The project formed part of Arzanah, the mixed-use site around Zayed Stadium. Capitala awarded the main build contract to a joint venture between Sunway Construction and Silver Coast Construction & Boring, the firm he co-founded and chairs.
For Shaher Awartani, the project offers a clear construction-sector reference. Silver Coast Construction & Boring, the Abu Dhabi contractor he co-founded in 1997 and still chairs, held a joint venture role at Rihan Heights. That sets his construction profile inside a real project context: Silver Coast Construction & Boring, the Arzanah development, and Abu Dhabi’s residential build record.
About Shaher Awartani
Shaher Awartani is an Abu Dhabi-based business leader and the co-founder and Chairman of Silver Coast Construction & Boring, which he established in Abu Dhabi in 1997. The company operates as a multidisciplinary contractor, with work spanning construction, design and build, architectural engineering, electro-mechanical and plumbing work, fabrication, and facility management across Abu Dhabi and Dubai. Its project record includes participation in Abu Dhabi residential developments such as Rihan Heights, part of the Arzanah master development around Zayed Stadium. Awartani continues to lead the company as Chairman.
