< PreviousPROJECTS 40 CONSTRUCTION WEEK MAY 2021WWW.CONSTRUCTIONWEEKONLINE.COM FOLLOW CONSTRUCTION WEEK @CWMIDDLEEAST VISIT WWW.CONSTRUCTIONWEEKONLINE.COM FOR PICTURES 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 2020 Following the easing of lockdown restrictions as a result of the impact of COVID-19, Construction Week conducted its rst site visit in almost six months to Kleindienst Group's The Heart of Europe - the $5bn master-planned leisure tourism island destination - off the coast of Dubai. Construction Week gathered updates of the man-made island's Côte d’Azur Resort, which comprises four boutique hotels – Monaco, Nice, Cannes and St. Tropez – and offering distinct European hospitality and culture in Dubai, and the Rainy Street covering 1km, where it will rain on command. THE HEART OF EUROPE Location Dubai Visited August 2020Located 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 PROJECTS FOLLOW CONSTRUCTION WEEK @CWMIDDLEEASTVISIT WWW.CONSTRUCTIONWEEKONLINE.COM FOR PICTURES WWW.CONSTRUCTIONWEEKONLINE.COMMAY 2021 CONSTRUCTION WEEK 41 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 2020EVENTS CALENDAR 42 CONSTRUCTION WEEK MAY 2021WWW.CONSTRUCTIONWEEKONLINE.COM Leaders in Construction Egypt Date: 13 July 2021 Venue: JW Marriott, Cairo Leaders KSA & KSA Awards Date: 8 September 2021 Venue: Riyadh Leaders UAE Date: 22 September 2021 Venue: Dubai CONFERENCES & EVENTS For up-to-the-minute conference and events information, log on to constructionweekonline.com/conferences Following the overwhelming success from our virtual KSA Infrastructure Summit and Oman Awards. We are very excited to reveal that we will be bringing on-ground events back for the second half of 2021. Launching in July for the very rst time will be Leaders in Construction Egypt on 13 July 2021 where we will have a keynote speech and four panel discussions discussing movements in the North African country’s construction sector. Egyptian construction heavyweights Hassan Allam Holding and ASGC have been con rmed for the conference. As we move into the nal quarter of 2021, we will be back in Riyadh for our Leaders KSA conference and KSA Awards which will both take place on 8th September 2021. The Saudi Arabia conference will focus on the opportunities for other GCC construction rms to expand into KSA, progress of entertainment projects, affordable housing EVENTS NEWS and the oil & gas EPC sector. In the evening, we will celebrate KSA stakeholders through 16 categories. Later in September, we will welcome some of the region’s big hitters for the Leaders UAE conference that will take place in Dubai on 22nd September 2021. For sponsorship or participation enquiries, then please contact Saraswati Agarwal - saraswati. agarwal@itp.com or Moutaz Gadelhak - moutaz.gadelhak@ itp.com.Business Booker is the free online booking tool from Premier Inn. Work away without the worry at over 800 locations across the UK, Ireland and Germany. * Business Flex is a variable discount off our Flex rate. 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