Commercial & Hospitality Fit-Out · Schools & Education
Schools refurbished in the summer break
Classrooms, libraries, laboratories, auditoriums, corridors and play areas — refurbished to ADEK and KHDA requirements with fire and life-safety upgrades, aluminium windows and partitions, durable finishes and school furniture, delivered to a programme built around the academic calendar.
The short answer
In short
KRM Global refurbishes and fits out schools in Abu Dhabi and Dubai: classrooms, libraries, laboratories, auditoriums, corridors, washrooms and external areas, together with fire and life-safety (FLS) upgrades, aluminium windows and partitions and school furniture. Recent work includes fire and life-safety enhancement at the Al Erteqaa and Al Tafawoq ADEK schools for Asteco and Aldar, coordinated for Civil Defence inspection. Works are planned around the academic calendar, with the heavy works in the summer break.
- Recent project
- FLS enhancement at Al Erteqaa and Al Tafawoq schools, Abu Dhabi
- Client
- Asteco / Aldar / ADEK
- Programme
- Summer-break refurbishment, phased term-time works
- Furniture
- Classroom, library and laboratory furniture, custom or imported
Learning environments
Safe, durable and ready for the first day of term
School works have a hard deadline: the first day of term. KRM plans backwards from it — surveys and approvals during the year, long-lead materials ordered early, and the heavy works compressed into the summer break with the manpower to finish on time.
Fire and life safety comes first. At the Al Erteqaa and Al Tafawoq schools in Abu Dhabi, KRM upgraded the fire-alarm, emergency-lighting, firefighting, clean-agent and passive fire-protection systems for Asteco and Aldar, coordinated for Civil Defence inspection and handover. The same discipline applies to refurbishments: durable, cleanable finishes, impact-resistant wall protection, acoustic ceilings and safe glazing.
Our aluminium workshop supplies the windows, doors and partitions; our joinery workshop and procurement department supply the furniture — classroom tables and chairs, library shelving, laboratory benches and storage — custom-made or imported from European manufacturers.
- Classrooms & corridors
- Libraries & learning commons
- Laboratories & STEM rooms
- Auditoriums & sports halls
Scope of works
What KRM delivers for schools
Refurbishment and fit-out
- Classroom, library, laboratory and auditorium refurbishment
- Acoustic ceilings, durable flooring and impact-resistant wall protection
- Aluminium windows, doors and partitions with safety glazing from our workshop
- Washrooms, canteens, kitchens and nursery areas
- External works: canopies, car shades, play areas and landscaping
- School furniture: classroom, library, laboratory and office ranges
Fire and life safety and MEP
- Fire-alarm and emergency-lighting upgrades
- Firefighting, sprinkler and clean-agent systems
- Passive fire protection: fire doors, stopping and compartmentation
- HVAC, lighting and electrical upgrades
- Civil Defence inspection coordination and handover documents
- Annual maintenance after handover
Interactive 3D
Inside a KRM-refurbished classroom
Drag to look around, tap a numbered point for each element, and switch on the fire and life-safety layer to see the detectors, exit signs and extinguishers a school inspection checks.
Loads the interactive model (about 160 KB).
Illustrative model of a typical refurbished classroom, built from the systems KRM delivers. It is not a drawing of a specific school.
Height-adjustable student tables and ergonomic chairs, teacher desk and mobile storage — supplied custom-made or imported by KRM.
Interactive display with built-in storage joinery, whiteboards and concealed cabling.
Acoustic ceiling tiles for speech clarity and glare-free LED lighting with daylight dimming.
Aluminium windows with safety glazing, restrictors and external shading from KRM’s own workshop.
Smoke detectors, sounders, emergency lighting, exit signage and extinguishers, upgraded and certified for Civil Defence inspection.
Durable vinyl flooring, impact-resistant wall protection and rounded corner guards.
Full-height cupboards, cubbies and display shelving made in KRM’s joinery workshop.
In pictures
Schools & Education by KRM
Project photographs and design visualisations from the KRM studio — the captions say which is which.
Classroom refurbishment — design visualisation 
School library — design visualisation 
School corridor — design visualisation
Behind every project
A full engineering department, monitoring every week, maintaining after handover
Health, safety and environment
Design and engineering
Estimation and quantity surveying
Procurement and imports
Planning and project management
Quality control and document control
The works are monitored with daily supervision, inspection requests and weekly progress reports with photographs and cost status. After handover, defects-liability and corrective works are carried out by KRM’s own in-house maintenance team — not a subcontractor — with an optional annual maintenance contract. The same team handles a single room and a multi-building contract.
How the division worksQuestions answered
Frequently asked questions
Which school projects has KRM delivered?
Fire and life-safety enhancement works at the Al Erteqaa and Al Tafawoq schools in Abu Dhabi for Asteco and Aldar (ADEK schools): fire-alarm, emergency lighting, firefighting, clean-agent and passive fire-protection works coordinated for Civil Defence inspection and handover. KRM also prices and supplies school furniture and refurbishment works in Abu Dhabi and Dubai.
Can the works be done during term time?
Heavy works are planned for the summer break. Smaller works are phased out of school hours or in sealed zones with separate access, with the school’s safeguarding and HSE rules written into the method statement.
Do you supply school furniture?
Yes. Classroom tables and chairs, library shelving, laboratory benches, storage and staff-room furniture — custom-made in our joinery workshop or imported from European manufacturers, delivered and installed by KRM.
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