Building Materials- Hussain Fikri and Sons Trading Co.

Hussain Fikri & Sons
P.O.Box : 24552, Doha - Qatar.
Tel : +974 4583999
Fax : +974 4582555
Email : info@fikri.com.qa

“We are told never to cross a bridge until we come to it, but this world is owned by men who have 'crossed bridges' in their imagination far ahead of the crowd” from past to presnt to the future we will be there

By integrating natural resource, human health, and community concerns into building design and construction, architects and designers can create buildings that are cleaner, healthier for occupants and the environment, and which deplete fewer resources.
Supplying building materials salvaged from homes and businesses, conducting salvage sales at homes due for demolition or remodeling, and working with charities.
Building materials choices are important in sustainable ... is movement toward dematerialization, the building industry will always need materials...

Schaffer Holz offers a very extensive range of products. High-quality softwoods (spruce, larch, fir) are processed for the European window, furniture and solid wood panel industry as well as for the construction timber sector. In particular, Schaffer Holz delivers timber window scantlings to Italy and other central Europe countries, but the common product lines of our sawmill are also sold on a high level.

Larch

Schaffer Holz is one of the largest larch-processing companies of the Austrian sawmill industry. An absolutely high product quality is essential because only fine-growing larch from Austrian mountain areas is cut. Schaffer sells larch mostly to the export markets Italy, Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands and France, but there is also a great demand in Austria

HEAT-TREATED TIMBER

When indigenous softwood is treated thermally, its properties clearly change for the better. On the surface, heat-treated timber gets similar to tropical hardwood and can be used even more flexibly on the whole. Especially the use of heat-treated timber for historical buildings enjoys great popularity, and it is used for saunas more and more as well.

A brief outline of the procedure: In a very complex procedure, timber is heated for several hours up to 160 to 220° C, depending on the intended use. Apart from water, resins, phenols and terpenes escape at these temperatures. From about 190°C on, even the structure of the timber starts to modify so that a new material is created. Due to this change, the timber finally gets darker in colour.

The properties achieved by this treatment are:

• Reduced swelling and shrinking
• Increased dimensional stability
• Increased resistance towards fungi (without any chemical treatment)
• Change in color towards darker shades of colors
• Better heat-insulating properties than untreated timber
• Internal stress is reduced
• Resins diffuse out and do no longer present an application problem (sauna construction)
• Due to the reduced bulk density, solidity is reduced. This has to be calculated accordingly in case a static load is applied. Areas of application for heat-treated timber: Wherever increased durability and resistance towards the weather or also a good dimensional stability and a pleasant visual effect are necessary.

Indoor application:

• Damp rooms
• Bathrooms, kitchens, saunas
• Furniture construction
• Paneling
• Ceiling lining
• Floors
Outside application:
• Garden furniture
• Façade coverings
• Windows & shutters
• Doors
• Playgrounds for children

Our supply’s from iron and steel has been locally from one of leading company in the country Qasco. Qatar Steel Company (QASCO) became the first integrated steel plant in the Arabian Gulf when it began producing steel in 1979.

The Iron and Steel Sector produces materials that support the infrastructure of industrialized society. We are constantly striving to develop new products that meet changing needs.

Even though our Green Coat surface treated steel sheets are chromium-free, they are as corrosion resistant, formable, fingerprint resistant, pintable, and electrically conductive as steel sheets with chromate coatings. Easily recycled, these environment-friendly sheets are used in electrical appliances, audio equipment, office equipment, and communication equipment.

Germans Boada, s.a., RUBI®, has its origins in 1951 with the invention of a manual cutter for hydraulic mosaic work, created by the Boada brothers.

This new tool had an excellent reception, receiving a diploma of honour and the gold medal at the first national exhibition of inventions, held in Barcelona in 1953.

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