< PreviousPROJECTS WWW.CONSTRUCTIONWEEKONLINE.COM ON SITE CW provides a collection of its most recent site and plant visits to keep you up-to-date with project progress PROJECT UPDATE FOLLOW CONSTRUCTION WEEK @CWMIDDLEEAST 78 CONSTRUCTION WEEK JUNE 2020 WANT TO UPDATE YOUR PROJECT'S PROGRESS, OR HAVE IT INCLUDED HERE? Email the editor: ashley.williams@itp.com FOLLOW CONSTRUCTION WEEK @CWMIDDLEEAST One of the largest brown eld projects in the region, Alba's Line 6 expansion project was completed at the end of 2019 and is among the fastest expansion projects to be ever commissioned in the aluminium industry after just 23 months. Line 6 is one of the longest reduction lines in the world comprising 424 reduction cells built over an area of 1,400m2 – will add 540,000 metric tonnes per annum to the company’s total production capacity. ALBA Location Bahrain Visited March 2020 Dubai-based contractor ASGC Construction LLC, as the main contractor, is tasked with the Dubai Mall Boulevard Expansion project, which includes the conversion of multiple levels of the existing car parking to a double-height retail mall. Both, overall construction and MEP works at the project are 65% complete, with ASGC now moving ahead with t-out and nishing works, which includes the nal phase and external façade. ASGC is aiming to complete the project by September 2020. DUBAI MALL EXPANSION Location Dubai Visited April 2020 Dubai-based developer Samana Developers is currently in the nishing stages of its rst residential project with the handout letter being planned to be delivered in weeks. The development has a total of 122 units, with 116 comprising residential units. Samana Greens is located in the heart of Arjan within Dubailand. Samana Greens is an residential complex development comprising of studios, one and two bedroom apartments. SAMANA GREENS Location Dubai Visited May 2020PROJECTS WWW.CONSTRUCTIONWEEKONLINE.COMJUNE 2020 CONSTRUCTION WEEK 79 Located within the Jumeriah Golf Estates, Beaver Gulf's rst real estate development project - Zafran - is a $75m 40,413m2 residential development comprising 178.4m2 two-bedroom houses, as well as three-bedroom houses covering an area of 207.4m2 and 217.6m2. The project has crossed the 30% on site completion and is expected to be handed over on 20 October, 2020, coinciding with the start of the Expo 2020 Dubai. ZAFRAN Location Dubai, UAE Visited December 2019 Located in Downtown Dubai, the 75-storey tower will comprise 946 units, including studios, one-bedroom apartments, and two-bedroom lofts and duplexes. Construction of the tower has been ongoing for 30 months, with the building being topped out in April 2019. Work on SLS Dubai Hotel & Residences is being carried out by Mapa & Gunal Construction, Aedas is involved as the architect, and the interiors are being led by Bishop Design SLS Location Dubai, UAE Visited January 2020 Located off the shores of Muharraq, the kingdom’s historic former capital, Diyar Al Muharraq is a 12.2km2 waterfront development comprising a mix of residences, hotels, beaches and a shopping mall. Work on the project started in 2007 which will be divided into four to ve phases. Several contractors have been appointed for certain projects across the project, including Almoayyed Contracting Group, who are working on the Souq Al Baraha market. DIYAR AL MUHARRAQ Location Muharraq, Bahrain Visited February 2020 Located at Dubai's Science Park, Deyaar's rst design-and- build project is progressing ahead of schedule and will be delivered by December 2020. During an exclusive site visit to the project’s site, Ababneh told Construction Week that Deyaar had appointed design and engineering rm Kling Consult to supervise Bella Rose's design in April 2018. The project comprises 478 units, and its main contract was awarded to Condor Building Contracting in September 2018. DEYAAR'S BELLA ROSE Location Dubai, UAE Visited March 2020PROJECTS 80 CONSTRUCTION WEEK JUNE 2020WWW.CONSTRUCTIONWEEKONLINE.COM FOLLOW CONSTRUCTION WEEK @CWMIDDLEEASTVISIT WWW.CONSTRUCTIONWEEKONLINE.COM FOR PICTURES King Abdullah Financial District (KAFD) station is one of the four main stations of Riyadh Metro, an infrastructure megaproject set to transform the way people travel in Saudi Arabia’s capital city. Touted as the biggest elevated metro transfer station in the world at 32m high, 42m wide, and 232m long, it is raising the bar for architectural design and engineering. Located west of King Fahd Road, adjacent to the under-construction KAFD, the station will serve as the main interchange for Riyadh Metro, connecting Lines 1, 4, and 6. RIYADH METRO Location Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Visited May 2019 Dubai Investments Real Estate Company (DIRC), which is owned by Dubai Financial Market-listed Dubai Investments, is developing Mirdif Hills – a mixed use development covering an area of 9.3ha adjacent to Dubai Municipality’s Mushrif Park in Dubai’s suburban Mirdif neighbourhood. Valued at $816.7m (AED3bn), Mirdif Hills – which is the only freehold project in the suburb of Mirdif – is made up of three clusters, named Janayen Avenue, Nasayem Avenue, and Multaqa Avenue. MIRDIF HILLS Location Dubai, UAE Visited May 2019 Dubai-based private real estate developer Azizi Developments, headed by chairman Mirwais Azizi, is currently developing the $3.2bn (AED12bn) Azizi Rivera a mixed-use, four-phase megaproject, located within the city's Meydan One neighbourhood on the banks of Dubai Canal. Azizi Riviera comprises a cluster of 71 buildings, with 16,000 units ranging from studios to one-, two-, and three-bedroom apartments.In May 2019, construction work on Azizi Riviera was 41% complete, with the developer having recorded 3.4 million safe man-hours on the site. AZIZI RIVIERA Location Dubai, UAE Visited August 2019 Located within the master-planned mixed-use community Mohammed Bin Rashid City, along the 3.2km Dubai Water Canal, is Dubai-based real estate developer, Sobha Group’s $4bn (AED14.7bn) Sobha Hartland development - the group’s agship project in the Middle East. In October 2019, overall infrastructure work across Sobha Hartland was 90%. 30% of the 74.3ha master plan is enveloped in green spaces. Sobha Group employs 4,000 workers across its Hartland development, who recorded 27 million lost-time injury-free hours at the master community at the time of the site visit. SOBHA HARTLAND Location Dubai, UAE Visited November 2019PROJECTS JUNE 2020 CONSTRUCTION WEEK 81WWW.CONSTRUCTIONWEEKONLINE.COM Sa'ada is a mixed-use, waterfront destination that its developer, government-backed Edamah, describes as one of the nation’s “most prestigious developments". Located in Muharraq – the main city on Bahrain’s second-largest island, situated to the east of Manama – Sa’ada features a marina, dozens of shops and restaurants, and a footbridge to Muharraq’s traditional souk. Work kicked off in Q1 2018, with reclamation required to create an 18,000m² plot and sea walls to protect the structures within the site. The two- phase project was 20% complete at the time of the site visit. SA'ADA Location Muharraq, Bahrain Visited February 2019 MIDTOWN Location Dubai, UAE Visited April 2019 Deyaar Development has merged 40 plots of land to bring its 46ha agship community, Midtown, to life. The mixed-use development is located in a growth corridor of Dubai and has direct access to Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road. Its transport links are further supported by its proximity to Jebel Ali Port, Al Maktoum International airport, and the Route 2020 Dubai Metro extension. Belhasa Engineering is the main contractor, having won a $163.3m (AED600m) contract. The World islands are a man-made archipelago located 4km off the coast of Dubai, with 300 islets reclaimed from the sea to form a collection of private residential and resort-style islands. Dubai-based real estate developer Kleindienst Group has acquired six islands, known as Germany, the Floating Venice, Sweden, Switzerland, St Petersburg, and Main Europe. These islands comprise the Heart of Europe, which will feature underwater living experiences called “ oating Seahorse Villas”, located around the heart-shaped St Petersburg Island. THE HEART OF EUROPE Location Dubai, UAE Visited April 2019 Located close to the Giza pyramids, Egypt’s planned Grand Egyptian Museum is set to become one of the largest archaeological museums in the world and will showcase approximately 100,000 ancient Egyptian artifacts in the main exhibition hall. Belgian construction giant Besix, alongside its 50% owner, Egyptian contracting rm Orascom Construction, are building the museum, which is being developed on a 50ha plot. Construction on the project began in 2012, with Irish architecture rm Heneghan Peng having designed the structure. GRAND EGYPTIAN MUSEUM Location Cairo, Egypt Visited July 2019EVENTS CALENDAR 82 CONSTRUCTION WEEK JUNE 2020WWW.CONSTRUCTIONWEEKONLINE.COM Dispute Resolution Date: 30 June 2020 Venue: Dubai, UAE Construction Week Oman Awards Date: 17 September 2020 Venue: Muscat, Oman KSA Summit & Awards Date: 30 September 2020 Venue: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia CONFERENCES & EVENTS For up-to-the-minute conference and events information, log on to constructionweekonline.com/conferences As we continue to adapt to the changing marketplace as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, our next event, which will be our Dispute Resolution Question Time Dubai, will be held as a webinar. The virtual event will comprise a panel of construction law eld heavyweights to discuss the legal implications of the pandemic, how it could infuse disputes and how Force Majeure can play a role in resolving con icts in contracts. 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