In March 2017 Abdelmonem inaugurated Concrete (Alserkal Avenue), a multipurpose venue and the first building in the UAE to be completed by the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA).[6] In April 2019, Concrete was shortlisted for the 2019 Aga Khan Award for Architecture.[7] Alserkal and the Alserkal family launched Alserkal Arts Foundation[8] in March 2019, which supports multi-disciplinary practices across public art commissions, residencies, research grants[9] and educational programmes.