Idrak — Sport Facility Management
Case study

Client
Abu Dhabi Weightlifting Club (ADWLC)
Category
Facility
Year
2021
Outcome
360°turnkey scope — construction, equipment, head coach, digital
Abu Dhabi Weightlifting Club — Main Branch
Before / after

Watch the build in a minute, then drag the gold handle to compare the site as we found it with the hall the club opened.

One minute on site — excavation, steel, brickwork, fit-out and the finished Olympic hall.
Abu Dhabi Weightlifting Club — Main Branch — Raw siteDeliveredRaw site
The brief, the build

The Abu Dhabi Weightlifting Club — part of the Abu Dhabi Sports Council — signed a cooperation agreement with Idrak to deliver a new main branch in Khalifa City capable of preparing athletes for international competition. Idrak took the project on as a full turnkey system: needs analysis, design, construction, fit-out and equipment — one team, one accountable delivery.

The branch was built to the highest standards and equipped with the latest devices to Olympic specification. Competition platforms, bars and plates were installed to the requirements of international weightlifting, and every training zone was planned around athlete flow, from warm-up to competition simulation.

Idrak's involvement did not stop at the building. We provided the club's head coach, Mr. Avinash Pandoo — an international lecturer and member of the International Weightlifting Federation — bringing world-class technical leadership to the new facility from day one.

To match the physical build with a digital one, Idrak created the club's official website, adwlc.ae, and established its social media accounts — grounded in a detailed study, with a dynamic design and high standards of protection — giving the club a public presence equal to the standard of its training floor.

The main branch is the clearest expression of the Idrak model: perceive what a client will need, plan it precisely, build it fast, and operate it to standard.

Officials seated around the boardroom table at Abu Dhabi Sports Council, the Council's emblem and the UAE flag behind the chair
At Abu Dhabi Sports Council, where the cooperation agreement behind the branch was set.
On the ground

Nine views of the finished Abu Dhabi Weightlifting Club main branch — lifting platforms, colour-coded bumper plates, the cardio hall, the free-weights room and the glazed office
The delivered facility, floor by floor.