Dubai Maritime City sets a new milestone with the casting of the first pre-cast block for its quay walls in the first week of April 2006. This procedure was carried out for the first time with concrete produced at the project site, using the site’s batching facilities, and marks significant progress in the development of the Dubai Maritime City industrial precinct – the first phase of the overall project development.
This is the first step in the construction of the quay wall of the industrial precinct and includes the preparation of the ship lift area which will be finalized by the end of the year when other phases will follow. The 20-month construction process for the entire quay wall will require the casting of over 10,000 blocks to form the 3.5 km quay wall.
This is a vital stage in the project and is testimony of the way Dubai Maritime City is now taking shape. When completed, Dubai Maritime City will serve as the world’s most comprehensive maritime complex located on a 216-hectare man-made peninsula between Port Rashid and the Dubai Dry Docks, and surrounded by the waters of the Arabian Gulf.
Current construction stage includes the completion of the mobilization of the marine equipment and will commence block placing by mid May 2006. The Quay Wall at Dubai Maritime City will form the ship yard docking and wet berth areas, all of which are critical to the successful completion of the project.
All quay walls have been designed as pre-cast concrete block on a rock foundation, with the exception of the half a kilometer stretch of area surrounding the ship lifts, which have been designed as sheet piled quay walls in order to accommodate the shiplift mechanisms.
Dubai Maritime City will be a 216-hectare manmade peninsula and will create an iconic multidimensional maritime centre providing a unique world-class environment for the global maritime community. Dubai Maritime City is headed by Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, Executive Chairman.
