Sharjah marks record concrete pour
01 June 2017
Sharjah Municipality has created a new world record for the largest continuous concrete pour at an upcoming mall in Muweilah area of the emirate, according to a report.
A crew of Sharjah Municipality along with construction workers set the record pouring a total of 20,246 cu m of concrete mix over four days as part of laying the foundation for the new Safari Mall in Sharjah, the Gulf News reported.
Around 622 people took part in the engineering feat of 62 hours, that began at 2 pm on April 13, with 4,600 tonnes of rebar used and 140 individual mixers delivering the concrete, said the report.
The Dh250-million ($68 million) project is being built by a team including Mazaya Consulting Engineers, Oscar Construction Company, Safari Trading Company, Conmix, in addition to the engineering staff of Sharjah Municipality.
The concrete pour, which lasted 42 hours, beats the previous record of 19,793 cu m concrete achieved by Gulf Asia Contracting (RP Group) for Geepas International (both UAE-based) in Dubai last September, the report said.
On completion, the building will have a basement, a ground floor and two levels.
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