More than 15,000 workers and staff are currently engaged on the various onsite projects at Dubai World Central (DWC), helping the mammoth aviation city rise from the desert. That number is expected to increase substantially over the next three years as several tenders are awarded in the coming months.
Peliminary excavation work is under way on the largest, most complex civil engineering project ever undertaken in the Middle East, the Arabian Canal.
Dubai has recently announced plans to build an iconic Sixth Crossing Arch Bridge, which is expected to be the longest, widest and possibly the most expensive arch bridge in the world.
The west bridge of the Sixth Crossing at Dubai Creek is the world’s widest spanning arch bridge at 667 m with an iconic arch rising 205 m above sea level. The east bridge has a span of 560 m and the arch rises 88 m above sea level.
The Burj Dubai tower will be the tallest structure ever built; when completed, it will be more than 700 m tall and have more than 160 floors.
After the Palm islands, the Waterfront and the World, Dubai-based Nakheel – which has blazed a trail with these and other iconic, groundbreaking coastal developments in the region – has launched The Universe, which appears to be the next level in its grandiose plans for the emirate.
More than 20,000 workers and 3,000 construction vehicles are currently on site at the Waterfront project in Dubai, creating what is expected to be the largest waterfront development in the world. Its developer Nakheel reports that the massive development has made significant progress, with more than a quarter of the earth works already completed.
The $4.4 billion Dubai Sports City (DSC), the world’s first purpose-built sports city – launched as a cornerstone project of Dubailand – is well on course for completion with many of its facilities poised for opening this year.
The Dubai Metro project, which is considered the world’s biggest driverless metro project implemented as one unit, continues to race ahead at a remarkable pace towards a strategic milestone of September 2009, when the first of its four lines become operational. The $6.
Corus International, a leading European steel producer, is currently supplying substantial volumes of ComFlor 80, an innovative composite floor profile developed by Corus Panels and Profiles, to help build the Burj Dubai, the world’s tallest free-standing structure and the centrepiece of the Gulf most prestigious urban development to date.
The iconic Burj Dubai project, which has already attained the crown of the world’s tallest tower, is among the latest high-profile addresses which will sport exclusive bathroom products from German specialist Duravit.
Through supplying its innovative StruCad 3D modelling system, AceCad Software, a major software developer for the constructional steel industry, has helped speed up and ensure precision in the steelwork involved in the construction of the iconic Al Kazim Tower building in Dubai.
Mammut Technocrete predicts busy times ahead for the company in the construction industry, having been awarded several high-profile projects since opening its factory in Dubai in the last quarter of 2005.
Mammut Building Systems (MBS) has been awarded two contracts to construct two auxiliary depots for the Dubai Metro project in Al Rashidiya and Jebel Ali. The contract was awarded by Dubai Rapid Link (DURL), the main contractor on the project.
Build Safe Dubai, a group launched to ensure the health and safety of the construction worker, has mapped out steps toward its key objectives and is now planning to widen its member base and raise its profile in the city. Developers and regulators are key organisations whom the group is keen to engender support from.
With a steadily growing number of high-profile projects to its credit, Atlantic opened its first regional office in Dubai last year to address the needs of the market that demands close liaison with customers and in a bid to provide the right support to the region, says a spokesman for the company which is ranked as the top French manufacturer of w
Amid its stupendous growth and multibillion-dollar projects that crowd its skyline, a quiet revolution is taking place in Dubai. The emirate is firmly moving towards a “green revolution” in construction and has become the global hub for design and for the tall building concept.
