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Khansaheb Sykes Dewaters for the Etihad Rail

Posted Date 16/03/2025

Khansaheb Sykes is proud to be part of the prestigious Etihad Rail project. This will be the first national freight and passenger railway network connecting seven emirates of the UAE.

With over 40 years’ experience in the successful design and execution of major dewatering challenges, Khansaheb Sykes, are the preferred and trusted partner for various main contractors across the projects’ Dubai and Abu Dhabi locations. Deep well, trenching and sump pumping systems have been used to dewater the excavations. read more

Proactive response leaves a positive impression on a major customer!

Posted Date 24/03/2023

Few things bring us more joy than hearing positive feedback from satisfied clients. Recently, we had the pleasure of providing dewatering pumps to a customer and major building contractor in Oman, and we are thrilled to say that they were extremely happy with our service.

Advanced pumping and groundwater solutions are our undoubtedly our area of expertise. Upon completion of the dewatering works needed prior to the construction of a desalination plant, our customer kindly took the trouble to comment on the solution provided by Khansaheb Sykes. read more

Generational construction project reliant upon expertise of Khansaheb Sykes

Posted Date 23/11/2021

The $1.37billion Shindagha Corridor is a five-phase project currently being undertaken by Dubai’s Road and Transport Authority. Aimed at improving various local roadways in the heart of the city, the development is expected to be completed in 2025.

The construction of a new underpass has now reached a critical stage, with a series of perimeter deep wells recently put in place to help tackle the presence of groundwater on site.

A number of Khansaheb Sykes engineers have assisted this process, recommending and installing a complex pumping arrangement to enable safe excavation. We also considered the need to remove groundwater pressure on the back side of a watertight cofferdam, providing greater stability for the shoring system. read more

Sykes Pumps, not just for dewatering applications

Posted Date 16/11/2019

Khansaheb Sykes was approached to provide a feasible and dependable solution to a project at one of the UAE’s busiest airports. A complete site survey was carried out to access the project and for Khansaheb Sykes R&D department to provide the best solution using a Sykes dewatering pump.

The solution for Fire Safety Training was to provide a Sykes GP150 6inch dewatering pump built as a booster pump powered by Kirloskar Air cooled engine supported by a Murphy Control Panel thereby allowing the pump to run in an Auto start / stop function controlled by discharge water pressure.   read more

Confirmed order, for Sykes’s Dewatering Pumps to our GCC Distributor Partner

Posted Date 30/08/2019

Sykes pumps not just a Blue colour dewatering pump!

Khansaheb Sykes are known to provide you with the most reliable and efficient dewatering pumps and have done for the last 160 years!

 Our presence in the Middle East for over 4 decades has made us the leading and trustworthy dewatering pumps supplier in the MENA region.

Following on from a successful delivery of an earlier dewatering pump order, Khansaheb Sykes’ received an additional order for the Sykes GP200 8’’ dewatering pump from their trusted partner. Our build division dispatched the dewatering pump as per time critical schedule. read more

Khansaheb Sykes and engine partner ‘Lister Petter UK’ goes from strength to strength

Posted Date 28/03/2019

Sykes Pumps and its engine partner Lister Petter Engines UK, continue their strong bond.

Following on from a successful pump sales trading period in 2018, Khansaheb Sykes have taken additional engine deliveries from Lister Petter UK, namely the TR3 Air Cooled engine. From received boxed engines to complete pump build in less than a week

Khansaheb Sykes new pump build division completed an order of 10 x Genuine Sykes WP150 -60 dewatering pumps powered by Lister Petter TR3 Engines for an Oil & Gas client based in Abu Dhabi in the agreed time frame and just in time for the rainy climate.  read more

HOT OFF THE PRODUCTION LINE

Posted Date 04/03/2019

Newly fleeted Sykes GP150 dewatering pumps heading out for a Ballasting Project in Dubai, not sure if the paint had even dried!

The Sykes dewatering pumps can be utilized on several applications, not only as a WellPoint dewatering pump. With an open impeller design they are suitable for moving sewage water, as booster pump on dewatering projects where the discharge point is not in close proximity to the project site and for general pump hire.

On this occasion 10x Sykes GP150M dewatering pumps are being used on an off -shore ballasting application. read more

Khansaheb Sykes Silt Away in Operation in Abu Dhabi

Posted Date 23/12/2018

Following on from the success of the Sykes environmentally silt separation system, Khansaheb Sykes have introduced the same unit into their rental fleet for the UAE / GCC region.

In the majority of cases, water pollution is caused by the presence and prolonged build-up of sediment, silt and other abrasives which puts mounting pressure on our clients to ensure discharged water is as silt free as it can be before being reintroduced to a storm water network or directly back into the sea.

Increasing requirements for companies to take their ecological obligations seriously has led to Khansaheb Sykes adding a this new environmentally friendly product to our extensive hire fleet – the Sykes Silt Away. By deploying a Silt Away unit on site, customers can be confident of avoiding substantial fines and adverse publicity, as well as suffering enforced closures. read more

WellPoint Dewatering Drilling Machine Sole Working

Posted Date 28/11/2018

Khansaheb Sykes the UAE’s longest and most established Dewatering Solutions provider and Ground Water Control Specialist was recently awarded a dewatering project in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi which consists of a WellPoint Dewatering project covering a distance of approximately 15km.

As a result to our success on a similar project with the same Client then awarding of the project to us was straight forward.

Due to the eagerness to commence dewatering activities, a standalone drilling machine has been mobilized to site to commence drilling works before complete mobilization of the dewatering pumps and their associated accessories. read more

Khansaheb Sykes provides Emergency over-pumping for Sewage Network

Posted Date 14/10/2018

Khansaheb Sykes was contacted by a site main contractor to provide emergency over-pumping so that vital maintenance of a sewage network could commence.

Our emergency response was to mobilise 2 of our Sykes 12” diesel dewatering pumps along with bunded fuel tanks and all associated accessories.

The Pentair 12” diesel dewatering pump has the capability of, maximum duty flow of 1450 cubic meters per hour & maximum duty head of 45m. This emergency over-pumping solution worked perfectly, with the contractor being able to carry out their maintenance works fault free – underling our ability as a pump hire specialist and being able to respond to any emergency. read more