Abu Dhabi Infrastructure Agency Signs Five Agreements With German Firms Including Siemens

The Abu Dhabi Projects and Infrastructure Centre (ADPIC) signed the agreements in October at the Expo Real property fair in Munich. The fair hosted the German leg of the Abu Dhabi Infrastructure Summit (ADIS) International Roadshow. The partners are engineering group Siemens AG, architecture practice HENN, investment firms Patrizia and Partners Group, and the German-Emirati Joint Council for Industry and Commerce (AHK). ADPIC director general Maysarah Mahmoud Salim Eid signed for the agency.

What Each Partner Will Do

According to AGBI, Siemens will look at cooperation on digital project delivery, advanced technology, modern construction methods and lower-carbon infrastructure. HENN's agreement covers design standards, masterplanning, urban and climate-responsive design, building information modelling and digital delivery.

The two investment firms have the financial side. Partners Group will look at private-sector participation, public-private partnership (PPP) structures, investment readiness, bankability and risk allocation across a programme of roughly 500 projects. Patrizia will focus on infrastructure and real assets, including financing, governance, ESG and green finance. AHK will arrange introductions to German industry and share knowledge on PPPs and Musataha, the legal right to develop land owned by another party.

"Abu Dhabi has the scale, the pipeline and the institutional strength to deliver its next phase of infrastructure growth," Eid said. He described ADPIC's role as providing "the governance and coordination that give partners greater clarity and confidence as opportunities move towards delivery."

A Push for Private Capital

ADPIC led a delegation of more than 40 people over the roadshow's three days, drawn from Abu Dhabi's transport, planning, housing and investment departments. Developers Aldar, Bloom Holding, LEAD Development, Modon and Trojan Construction Holding also took part. The delegation met more than 100 business and government representatives, AGBI said. These included engineering consultancy Obermeyer, project management firm Gleeds, modular construction specialist Goldbeck, and regional bodies from Baden-Württemberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Stuttgart and Hamburg's HafenCity.

The Munich trip followed Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan's state visit to Germany in September 2026, the first by a UAE president, which launched a dialogue on closer economic ties. Earlier ADIS roadshows went to Singapore, Shanghai and Turkey as ADPIC turns the summit into a year-round international platform. Abu Dhabi has previously announced a $15 billion PPP investment pipeline.

Why It Matters

The agreements are memorandums, not contracts, and no project values or commitments were disclosed. They do show what Abu Dhabi wants from foreign partners: private financing and risk-sharing models through PPPs, plus digital construction methods such as building information modelling that can speed up delivery across hundreds of projects. Infrastructure investors and engineering firms already active in the Gulf will be watching for German companies to win work as projects move into procurement.