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NEW Perspecti PROJECT UPDATE JW Marriot Hotel Abu Dhabi HEE recently signed an agreement with Abu Dhabi National Hotels (ADNH) to construct the second phase and final touches of JW Marriot Abu Dhabi Resort and Spa. The project which is expected to finish by the end of 2009 will have of 10 nos. Hotel Blocks, 88 chalets, venation village including 33 apartments, SPA building, Staff Accommodation, Ancillary buildings, service building, security building, 7 nos. new substation, 86 pergolas, 11 gazeboes, 3 nos. shades to swimming pools, tennis building and car park along with external works with a total built up area of 177,791 m2. It will be the first JW Marriot brand in the UAE’s capital and will be constructed on the Abu Dhabi water canal opposite the Grand Mosque. Chairman of ADNH his excellency Khalifa Nasser Bin Huwaileel Al Mansoori, said: ‘We chose Al Habtoor Engineering Enterprise to complete the construction work of JW Marriott resort based on their expertise and reputation both in the UAE and the Gulf region. JW Marriott resort is slated to be one of the major landmarks in Abu Dhabi for business and tourism.’ Riadh Tawfiq Sadik, Chairman of HEE also commented that: ‘We are extremely happy to be working with ADNH, which is a pioneer in the UAE’s hotel and hospitality sector. We look forward to a long-term relationship and other mutually-beneficial projects with ADNH in future.’ With its unique design and location together with the executive and uxorious detail that will go into making this landmark, the JW Marriot hotel will surely be a huge attraction for tourists and locals alike• 8 AKHBAR ALDAR - NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 2007
ve NEW Perspective “The Largest Pour” Dubai Tower - Qatar What’s the largest concrete pour that you’ve heard about? This is a pour that started on a Wednesday and finished on a Sunday. In short, it went on for 5 days. Over these five days, a total of 15,000 cubic meters of concrete was poured into a giant crater. In the preceding two months, 5,000 tonnes of steel was installed in the foundation area. This task kept the site working twenty-four hours continuously. It then took two weeks of preparation before the final pouring operation. The challenge was to cast this raft without a cold joint. While an operation of this scale usually has concrete pumps pouring in concrete from all sides off the site, the unique location of this site meant that it could only be approached from one of the four sides of the fence. So all the concrete mixers had to come to this one side of the fence and pour over an area of 6000 square meters, and upto a depth of 3.5 meters. A whopping 1,785 individual trips had to be made by concrete trucks to the site to supply all the concrete. This led to a logistical nightmare for those involved, and was really a challenge to control. The project is a Joint Venture between Al Habtoor Engineering and Al Jaber Engineering, and upon its completion, it will be the tallest building in Qatar. Al Wataniya Concrete, which is a subsidiary of Al Jaber, was the sole supplier of concrete for this job and carried out the pour. It also arranged for all the cement and the washed sand to be made available. The Concrete Consultants were GHG, and high-flow, self-compacting Grade 75 Concrete was used for the job• Yas Island Hotels Abu Dhabi HEE has been awarded the contract to build two hotels on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi worth a total Dh506 million by Aldar. The project comprises of the construction of two separate four-star hotels on adjacent plots on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi. The first hotel comprises of 400 rooms and 30 suites; the second hotel will consist of 200 rooms and 10 suites. Also included is a ballroom, function rooms, food and beverage outlets and recreational facilities. The construction will commence immediately and will be completed in September 2009• The New JAFZA Convention Center Dubai HEE has secured the Dh1.9 billion contract for the construction of the new Jafza convention centre in Dubai for the Jebel Ali Free Zone Authority. The Jafza convention centre complex will comprise the twin towers for the convention centre, a food court, a 33-storey office complex and seven-storey hotel. “These new contracts are further evidence of the tremendous opportunities for growth for Leighton International in the Arabian Gulf region, and the UAE in particular,” said David Savage, managing director of Al Habtoor Leighton Group• AKHBAR ALDAR - NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 2007 9
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