Formed between the partners of TBA Periti and of Architecture Project, both local practices, to provide consultancy services relating to the Manoel Island and Tigné Point Development Project.

TBA Periti (originally TBA Structural Engineers) is a professional Partnership formed in 1988, primarily as a structural engineering consultancy, offering its services to local architectural and civil engineering practices, in the solution of specific civil and structural engineering problems. It subsequently broadened its activities in the areas of architectural and interior design, rehabilitation of heritage buildings, and assessment and repair of structures.

Architecture Project was set up in May 1991 to provide a full range of architectural services with a special focus on restoration and design consultancy. The main interests of the firm are a primary concern with context, and the reciprocal relationship between the finished work and its physical and cultural environment; research in energy efficiency, innovative proposals utilising new technology, materials and construction methodology; and the rehabilitation of historic buildings and their absorption into the contemporary context.

MIDI p.l.c. has engaged the services of a team of specialists led by Danish engineering consultancy firm, Carl Bro Group to cater for harbour modelling studies for Manoel Island.

Carl Bro is an international consulting engineering company, employing more than 2100 people spread across more than 80 countries in four continents and with an annual turnover in excess of US$180 million. Over the past 40 years, Carl Bro Group has carried out projects in more than 100 countries worldwide, supplying intelligent solutions that require a broad spectrum of specialist skills in marine and mechanical engineering.

In 2001, Carl Bro concluded the virtual modelling of Marsamxett Harbour which led to recommendations on the eventual design of breakwater and other marine related works to be carried out at Manoel Island.

Colliers CRE have been appointed the retail leasing and management consultants for The Point shopping mall at Tigné Point.

Colliers CRE is one of the UK’s top ten real estate advisory organisations. It employs over 800 people in 20 offices throughout the UK, Ireland and Spain. Colliers CRE is an independent member of the worldwide Colliers International Organisation, one of the world’s largest real estate consultancy firms, with over 9,000 staff based in 248 offices in 51 countries.

Colliers CRE is involved in tenant mix planning, management strategy, leasing strategy, as well as the pre and post launch marketing. They are also directly involved, in conjunction with local estate agents, in the leasing of the individual premises within The Point.

Will be conducting studies on the currents around Manoel Island and how these can be improved. An independent, self-governing research and consultancy Institute, affiliated to the Danish Academy of Technical Sciences. The Institute is organised into four divisions: Environmental Technology & Chemistry, Water Resources, Water Environment & Informatics, and Marine Technology. DHI, which has subsidiaries in Europe, Asia, and Australia, employs over 400 professional experts and scientists with post-graduate qualifications and several years of consultancy and R&D experience. DHI has conducted projects in more than 140 countries.

Are among the world leaders where branding, retail and leisure concepts are concerned. Fitch led the design league tables in the last UK's Design Week Top 100 survey. With an office in London, Paris, Singapore, Japan and another five in the United States, Fitch is an international consulting organisation with over forty years of experience helping companies to achieve business success by design. Among others, Fitch specialises in developing new forms of communication and interior design for branding and retail purposes. Their extensive list of clients includes Hewlett Packard, Siemens, Microsoft, Sainsbury's, Universal Studios, W.H. Smith, Debenhams, LEGO and Bertelsmann.

The law firm comprises a number of Partners and Associates who combine a spectrum of expertise and experience in their relative fields. This enables the firm to handle a variety of different areas of activity.

These cover all aspects of Commercial Law with specialisation in particular areas namely: Corporate Law, Real Estate Development, Manufacturing Industry, Banking and Finance and Insurance, Financial Services Regulation and Compliance, Intellectual Property, Information Technology, Maritime Law, Ship and Yacht Registration and Mortgage Registration, Litigation, Employment and Industrial relations, Nominees and Trustees, E.U. Law, Planning Law and Telecommunications.

The firm (previously through Tonna Camilleri Vassallo & Co) have acted as legal advisors in connection with Manoel Island / Tigné Point Project ever since the commencement of negotiations which led to the acquisition of the property.

In our ten years of trading, Mason has successfully delivered over a thousand projects in over forty countries, all focused in our specialist area of ICT convergence. In recent years, Mason has been involved in a growing number of high-profile property development projects, whereby strategic
deployment of ICT has been a critical part of the programme.

MIDI plc issued a Call for Proposals in the summer of 2002 for "Establishing Design Scope for a Unified ICT Strategy for Tigné Point and Manoel Island". Following this tender process, Mason were appointed by MIDI as their ICT Advisors.

Mason is the number one* telecommunications and IT convergence consultancy providing business solutions to public and private sector organisations worldwide. Mason provides a comprehensive range of disciplines including strategy & business planning, programme and project management, design and engineering, procurement and outsourcing, network optimisation and training. Our innovative services address the communications technologies enabling the networked economy and incorporate our unique knowledge, experience, methodologies and toolsets, tailored to the particular requirements of our clients.

Although originally associated with the automotive sector, the Group has evolved and today is combining advanced creations and innovative styling based on a mastery of architectonic building technique, which are then employed in various other sectors of design. Purity of line and distinction in décor are two values to which Pininfarina Group subscribes. Many are those who had the opportunity to have first hand experience of Pininfarina designs. Apart from their beauty of their designs, a distinct methodology and a precise recognisable dimension are the constant hallmarks of Pininfarina designers.

PricewaterhouseCooper is one of the leading firms of Accountants and Auditors in Malta. It forms part of the worldwide PricewaterhouseCoopers organisation - the world's largest professional services organisation, drawing on the knowledge and skills of 155,000 people in 150 countries.

Services provided include external audit services; internal audit services; accounting services; taxation advisory, both personal and corporate; management advisory; information technology advisory; corporate and financial services including accountancy support, payroll and statutory secretarial services; executive and employee selection; and liquidation and executorship.

SIS Limited is a joint venture in Malta between Siemens and Midi plc, set up to provide the operation and maintenance of systems at Tigné Point and Manoel Island. These services include building technologies such as convenient Access Control Systems, environment-friendly and energy-efficient Climate Control systems and Smart-Card services aimed at providing higher standards of comfort to the residents, businesses and customers using Tigné Point retail and entertainment establishments.

In addition, SIS is a fully licensed telephony and internet service provider, and offers fully digital IP telephony and data services under the brand name SISCOM.

SIS is able to bring next-generation telephony services to the market by means of its fully digital IP-based telephone exchange or ‘soft-switch’ provided by Siemens, a global leader in telecommunications equipment, and a fully developed fibre-optic network throughout Tigné Point and Manoel Island, enabling data transmissions of up to 100Mbit/s.

SIS is the first telecom provider in Malta to offer a virtual PBX service – IP Centrex – to its business telephony customers. SIS Centrex provides a flexible, cost-effective and hassle-free PBX-like service, without the need for any switching equipment on the customer premise since the service is supplied and managed directly from SIS’s exchange site, with lines being delivered to the premises over fibre optic.

The SIS IP Centrex service bundle includes additional services like conference calling, automated attendant and voicemail, and is fully customisable to suit businesses of any size. The major benefits of this service include:
• No capital investment in equipment is required;
• Labour, maintenance and running costs become obsolete; and
• The system is continually upgraded by SIS, never becoming outdated.

SIS also offers state-of-the-art desktop video-conferencing services that permit simultaneous video communication with multiple participants and document sharing, improving communication with suppliers and customers and reducing response times on urgent queries.

Business organisations can now make use of this technology in order to cut travelling expenses and improve productivity, both inside the precincts of Tigné Point and Manoel Island, and beyond.

Other services include voicemail to e-mail and fax to e-mail conversion services for a more organised workplace, video telephony and SMS service, as well as portability of telephone sets to multiple locations, and the possibility of making free phone calls from overseas to the office using the SIS Centrex Service. SIS also launched their website www.sis.com.mt