Access Projects completes Taj refurbishment

Access Projects (Pvt) Ltd recently completed the refurbishment of three floors of Hotel Taj Samudra in less than six months, in time for the recently-concluded Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.

Access Projects renovated three floors, the lobbies on each floor and 86 rooms, including one presidential suite, an executive lounge and 14 suites.

The civil work of the renovation included concrete and masonry work, painting, marble and glass work, door and window, ceiling work, moulding, fixing of fittings and fixtures, fabric and wall paper. The specialised finishes comprised marble floors and marble walls, tempered curved glass balconies, feature ceilings and walls with moldings, and grooves and mirrors.

“This demonstrates the capability of Access Projects as a forerunner in the hotel construction and refurbishment sector. Our dedicated and professional staff, enables us to complete near impossible tasks,” said Access Projects, Executive Director Nishal Ferdinando.

“The actual construction time was less than six months, and to achieve high quality finishes in such a short time was a tremendous challenge. The actual effective construction time from mobilisation was barely five months, due to holidays and Victory Day parade road closures,” he said.

“We also had to ensure that other floors in the hotel were functional. This too posed a major challenge to control noise levels and limitations of work at night,” Ferdinando said. The government has an ambitious goal of reaching 2.5 million tourist arrivals by 2016 and the authorities project that 50,000 new hotel rooms are needed to accommodate the tourists, he said.