Our Work
Over the years, Polidano has been instrumental in creating property landmarks such as Tigne’ Point residential and retail complex, the award-winning Portomaso lifestyle development, the international gateway of Malta International Airport, the Mgarr ferry terminal, major road networks and the extensive Malta Freeport infrastructure. One of our current and most high-profile contracts is the unique Renzo Piano City Gate project in Malta’s capital Valletta, a Unesco World Heritage city. We also deliver numerous smaller-scale projects including the landscaping of waterfronts, and constructing sports’ complexes, social housing and schools.
Many of our infrastructure projects have been key in stimulating economic growth in new sectors for the country, such as the maritime and aviation sectors. We have assisted traditional sectors such as tourism through, for example, embellishment projects and the construction of some of Malta’s most ambitious hotel infrastructure.
We take pride in the fact that a great many of our developments have helped people gain a better quality of life, whether living and working in Malta or visiting the Islands. That we are entrusted with some of the country’s most sensitive and critical infrastructure developments is testament to our expertise and ability to deliver to client satisfaction. In all we do, we are committed to quality, safety and the environment.
Transport & Infrastructure
Transport systems and infrastructure construction is vital to improving the quality of our society and strengthening our economy. Polidano has been engaged repeatedly by government and major private operators for our ability to understand and address the specific challenges inherent in this sector, and also because we have the scale, skills and capacity to deliver large-scale projects well within budget and time frames.
Polidano has been either the sole firm or a leading partner in developing most major transport and infrastructural projects – ports, airport and roads – in Malta for over 25 years. Many clients are long-standing partners, such as Malta Freeport where our ongoing terminal works, fairway dredging, innovative piling and construction of quays is testament to our ability to give value and deliver excellent service.
Our recent delivery of the extension to the infrastructure of the Valletta Gateway Terminal to berth one of the largest catamaran vessels in the world is yet another milestone in our portfolio of infrastructure works. Equally, the innovative way we are refurbishing the breakwater at Marsaxlokk, a main fishing port in Malta, is redefining how our industry addresses challenging marine works in the region.
We see our edge as combining technology, innovation and expertise to deliver quality results efficiently and cost effectively in high-profile, often sensitive developments of national importance. At Polidano, we are keenly aware that many of our infrastructure projects have country-wide impact. We therefore endeavour to meet public expectations of transparency and openness in how we go about our work.
Social Infrastructure
Polidano has long worked as a service provider to government and local councils on projects that are aimed at enhancing communities and our living and working environments. Today, the social infrastructure we have delivered is helping improve the quality of life of many of Malta’s citizens. We gain immense professional satisfaction from undertaking these projects and seeing them through successfully. We view them as a cornerstone of our work.
Our projects range from clearing and redeveloping brown-field sites, building and upgrading social housing, constructing affordable housing for the private sector, extending schools, constructing local roads, building sports’ centres and embellishing seafronts, parks and other public areas.
Public buildings and spaces need to perform for several decades for the communities they serve, without the need for frequent upgrades or redesign. At Polidano, we deliver lasting quality to tightly-defined budgets and time frames in all our social infrastructure works, from housing to hard landscaping.
Social infrastructure is important within our project portfolio as it is often among the most visible of our work within local communities. Our in-house architectural practice designs social housing, for example, that is contemporary in style, designed for modern living and sensitive to the localities in which it sits. We never compromise on people’s needs nor on quality.
Lifestyle Developments
Over the last decade, Polidano has been the mainstay of the construction industry’s involvement in lifestyle developments in Malta. Our first landmark in this sector over a decade ago was to set a standard for high-end, luxury living in the Mediterranean. The Portomaso and Hilton development, including a yacht marina and commercial centre, is one of Malta’s most exclusive residential, leisure and business addresses.
Polidano was a lead construction firm in the development. We carried out excavation works and the construction and finishing of the flagship Hilton hotel, apartment blocks and created the marina as the outstanding centerpiece of the development.
Portomaso has gained recognition regionally and internationally, winning the Bentley & Rolls Royce Prize for Quality Living, the Gold Award in the Best Marina Development Category and Silver Award in the Luxury Development Category in the 2005 International Property Awards.
The development set the stage for our ongoing involvement and growth in the sector. Apart from developing our own lifestyle brand, we continue to work as a trusted partner to luxury property developers, creating a range of leisure and lifestyle offers aimed at helping Malta’s traditional resorts upgrade and enter the top-end residential and commercial markets.
Projects in our portfolio include the Tas-Sellum Residence in northern Malta, a sister project to Portomaso, and Ta’ Monita Residence, an outstanding development in the South of Malta. Both are lifestyle standard–setting developments in their regions. At the same time, we have delivered components of the unique MIDI Project in Tigne’ Point, which is evolving into the largest, mixed-use development project constructed in Malta.
All lifestyle developments in our portfolio have received high acclaim and registered off-plan sales that exceed projections. Our competence in this area has led us to take the next step in this sector by developing our own lifestyle property offer. Our vision is to take the quality of these developments to the next level of sophistication.
Energy, Utilities and Waste
In a small island state, the efficient and environmentally-sound management of resources is paramount. Since we started out, Polidano has been the major player in the strategic development of Malta’s energy, water, sewage and waste management sectors.
We have been the leading contractor in a range of major projects aimed at upgrading the Islands’ infrastructure and bringing the country in line with EU best practice and legislation. Our challenge in this sector is to design integrated, bespoke solutions that are sensitive to the sites, respect the environment and use the latest clean and efficient technology to deliver the purpose for which they are developed.
Among other critical energy infrastructure projects, Polidano has taken on the entire lifecycle of the construction of the Delimara power station, the development of multiple electricity distribution centres and the laying of electricity cables across Malta and Gozo and between the two islands. Polidano was also the key player in the civil works required for the construction of the two sewage treatment plants in Malta and the major waste management facilities operating on the island.
Polidano is the leading firm in Malta thanks to our complete in-house capability to mobilise the specialist plant and high-capacity machinery and manpower required for the job, particularly for marine-based infrastructural projects such as submarine cabling, outfalls and related activities. With an investment of over €25 million in the last two years, Polidano has established itself as a regional player in the field.
We have facilitated also the growth of the communications industry locally. Polidano works alongside all the major telcos in Malta, including Vodafone, Melita and Go, carrying out trenching and cable laying work efficiently and cost-effectively using the latest cutting technology.
Polidano is increasingly working with international partners in the sector. Our local know-how and in-house capabilities combined with latest solutions and international best practice has proved a winning formula for local solutions.
Industrial and Commercial
Polidano is widely regarded as the undisputed leader in industrial and commercial construction in Malta. We have a proven track record in industrial and commercial developments with an impressive portfolio of local and global blue-chip industrial and commercial clients ranging from aviation services, retail and manufacturing to international names in leisure and hospitality. We have played a leading role in the establishment and development of the key sectors identified as economic drivers by the government.
Industrial and commercial work has drawn on every facet of our operations and given us some of our most varied and challenging projects. It is here that our expertise and promise of a fully-integrated construction shop is tested to the full.
At the core of all our projects lies our commitment to sourcing the most sophisticated plant for the job. We rarely lease and always have back-up to ensure we reduce dependency on third parties as much as possible. A case in point is the recent completion of a state-of-the-art hangar for Lufthansa Technik. Here, we invested in leading-edge paving machinery to deliver precision flooring to meet exacting client requirements.
These capabilities coupled with our business-driven attitude have positioned Polidano as the prime construction company in Malta capable of translating industrial building requirements into a blueprint for success. We deliver industrial projects efficiently within challenging time-frames imposed, thereby reducing operational down-time.
Our unique mix of plant, skills and experience has established us as the leading construction company for the hospitality and leisure industry. Polidano has constructed the larger share of the most exciting five-star resorts including four leading hotels in Malta, namely The Westin, The Hilton, The Intercontinental and Le Meridien St Julian’s. All these top-end properties carry our seal of competence.
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