Structural acrylic, the material behind acrylic pool walls, underwater acrylic windows, acrylic pool floors, and cantilevered acrylic pools, has quietly become one of the defining materials of luxury architecture in the Gulf. New Exclusive Decoration Design & Fit-Out LLC, the Dubai-based specialist practice trading as New Exclusive Structural Acrylic Pioneers, has marked its position in that field with two independently assessed ISO certifications.
The company now holds ISO 9001:2015, the international standard for quality management systems, and ISO 45001:2018, the standard for occupational health and safety management. Both certifications were assessed by QRO under EGAC accreditation and IAF multilateral recognition, and both are valid through November 12, 2027. Each can be verified independently through the certifying body at qrocert.org.
For a practice working in structural cell-cast PMMA, where a single acrylic pool wall may be expected to hold water safely for decades, these standards carry particular weight. ISO 9001 speaks to the consistency and traceability of how work is specified, produced, and delivered. ISO 45001 speaks to how that work is carried out on site, where large structural acrylic panels are handled, bonded, and installed. Together they formalize the discipline a structural water installation demands from the first calculation to the final seal.
New Exclusive specializes in structural cell-cast PMMA, a material distinct from the decorative acrylic used in signage and display. Its work spans architectural acrylic pool walls, underwater acrylic windows, panoramic acrylic pool floors, cantilevered acrylic pools, and large-scale acrylic aquariums, delivered across the UAE and the wider Gulf. The distinction matters, because structural acrylic is calculated, cast, bonded, and installed under standards that decorative acrylic never faces.
Founder Rabih El Hawarni, a Structural Acrylic Specialist, has built the practice around that distinction. His focus has been on treating structural acrylic as a discipline in its own right, one where the calculation behind a panel matters as much as the finish a client sees.
Part of that positioning is educational. Through The Acrylic Code, an ongoing video series, New Exclusive breaks down how structural acrylic actually works: how it is cast, how its thickness is calculated for real loads, how panels are bonded and laminated, and how they are installed to perform over the long term. The series is aimed at architects, engineers, and the specifiers who make material decisions on luxury projects, and it reflects a view that a specialist's role includes teaching the field, not only serving it.
That combination, verifiable quality and safety credentials alongside a public commitment to educating the market, is what New Exclusive presents as the foundation of a structural water installation clients can trust for the long term. In a sector where the finished result looks effortless and the real work is invisible once the water is in, formal certification and transparent expertise are how a specialist demonstrates what stands behind the glass-clear surface.
New Exclusive Decoration Design & Fit-Out LLC is a structural acrylic practice based in Dubai, working across the UAE and the wider Gulf.
Rabih El Hawarni
Structural Acrylic Specialist
Founder, New Exclusive Decoration Design & Fit-Out LLC, Dubai