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Posted on 2020-06-01 04:09:18
Special structure

Makkah Royal Clock Tower complex, also known as the Abraj Al-Bait Towers, located near Masjid al Haram in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, is a mixed residential and hotel complex. Construction on the complex was started in 2004 and finished in 2012.

The building structure spreads over seven towers erected above podiums. The tallest tower adorned with the Makkah Royal Clock stands 601m-high above ground, which makes it one of the ten tallest skyscrapers in the world.

The massive building was developed as part of the King Abdulaziz Endowment Project, which aimed to modernise the city to offer world-class accommodations for the increasing number of visitors and residents of the Holy City of Makkah.

Saudi Binladin Group is the developer of the Makkah Royal Clock Tower project. The architectural design contract for the complex was awarded to Dar Al-Handasah in 2001.

 

The structural engineering services for the building complex were provided by Dar Al-Handasah. The upper portion of the clock tower (from a height of 450m up to the top) was designed by the German architecture firm SL Rasch.

The facade cladding for the tower top and the clock installation was performed by Premier Composites Technologies (PCT) of Dubai, UAE. Gurit supplied the composite materials used for the tower’s top facade.

The huge clock fitted on top of the Makkah Royal Clock Tower was provided by the German tower clock manufacturer PERROT.

Posted on 2020-06-17 08:06:52
A Breakthrough for Dar and the Greater Beirut Water Supply Project

On Friday, December 6, 2019 and with all project partners in attendance, Dar celebrated the breakthrough of the last TBM tunnel within the “Greater Beirut Water Supply Project.”

The event marked the successful and safe completion of the boring of the third tunnel, despite all the challenges faced. The tunnel had crossed hard geological conditions, encountered a cavern, and passed under a congested residential area at a relatively shallow depth along the final stretch of the alignment at Khaldeh. Notwithstanding, the hard work and dedication of the project’s team led to the completion of this daunting task and to the safe delivery of this milestone.

The completed tunnel runs around 9 km from Damour to Khaldeh and was bored using a gripper-type tunnel boring machine. With tunnel boring completed, the works will proceed on installing the final lining inside the tunnels and on laying the pipelines. The final system – which is composed of 24-km-long tunnels (with a final diameter of 2.8 m) and 16-km-long pipelines – will convey water from the existing hydroelectric power system tunnel at Joun to Beirut’s water infrastructure, in order to boost the city’s water supply.

We are proud to have been involved in this massive achievement, where Dar has undertaken the design review and supervision of the project.