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“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
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