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Infrastructure deal inked for NAKHEEL Gardens

01 July 2004

Al Naboodah Engineering Services has been awarded the infrastructure contract for Nakheel’s new Gardens of Discovery project, which consists of hundreds of buildings on Sheikh Zayed Road.

Under the terms of the contract, Al Naboodah will design and execute the infrastructure network of the Gardens of Discovery, as well as undertake extensive landscaping of the 234-acre project. The project is scheduled for completion by October, 2006.
As part of the infrastructural development, Al Naboodah Engineering Services will implement electricity and telecommunications installations, as well as develop an extensive water supply and irrigation network. The company will also install a sewage network capable of accommodating effluent increase with the passage of time. Also on the cards are a sophisticated road network and pedestrian walkways.
Al Naboodah Engineering has also been asked to design and implement a well-equipped children’s playground, a basketball court and a series of pools. In terms of landscaping, the company will design and develop both the hard and soft features of the Gardens of Discovery. While the hard landscape features will include architectural and sculptural developments such as fountains, the soft features will include extensive green areas, flowering annuals, perennials and trees.
The project will involve 290 buildings housing 25,412 apartments. Tenders for the first two packages of the project have already being floated while the third package are expected to be floated shortly.
“The first tender package, Zen 1, involves 17 buildings. So far about 30 companies have bid for the package, which will be evaluated and awarded around August,” said a Nakheel official.
“Tenders for the second package, Med 1 which involves 36 buildings, have also been floated. We expect to float tender for the third package, Med 2 around July.”
The entire project, he said, is still in the developing stage and could be fine tuned. All the buildings range between four to eight floors. As per the masterplan, all the 290 buildings will be built around 90 ‘circles’, each having three buildings around them, while some will have four buildings.