< PreviousPROJECTS 40 CONSTRUCTION WEEK JULY 2021WWW.CONSTRUCTIONWEEKONLINE.COM FOLLOW CONSTRUCTION WEEK @CWMIDDLEEAST VISIT WWW.CONSTRUCTIONWEEKONLINE.COM FOR PICTURES 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 2020 Property development giant Ithra Dubai, which is wholly- owned by the Investment Corporation of Dubai (ICD), marked a major milestone on it’s One Za’abeel project in October 2020 with the nal lift of the 900-tonne second section of ‘The Link’. The Link quali es One Za’abeel to attempt to break the Guinness World Record title for the “Longest Cantilevered Building” in the world. Among the stakeholders of the One Za’abeel twin tower development include ALEC as the main contractor and WSP Middle East as the multi- disciplinary engineering consultant. ONE ZA'ABEEL Location Dubai Visited October 2020 Construction Week toured Al Marjan Island's upcoming $147.8m (AED543m) Mövenpick Resort and Hampton by Hilton hotel to note project updates and progress on both. Mövenpick Resort at Al Marjan Island is set to create new offerings for the emirate and a sense of community within a community. Meanwhile, Hampton by Hilton stands at 85% completion, slated for overall completion by next quarter in 2021. AL MARJAN ISLAND Location Ras Al Khaimah Visited November 2020 Deyaar has concluded 50% of the 46ha Midtown development through completion and delivery of rst two districts Afnan and Dania. Constituting a total of 13 buildings and more than 1,200 apartments, the two districts hosts more than 554 families.Phases three and four will add more than 2,973m2 of retail space to the development. Located in the up-and-coming neighborhood of Dubai Production City near Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road, the Midtown development comprises more than 2,000 units and will be developed at a total cost of $163.3 (AED600m). MIDTOWN DEVELOPMENT Location Dubai Visited November 2020PROJECTS FOLLOW CONSTRUCTION WEEK @CWMIDDLEEASTVISIT 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 WWW.CONSTRUCTIONWEEKONLINE.COMJULY 2021 CONSTRUCTION WEEK 41 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 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 202042 CONSTRUCTION WEEK JULY 2021WWW.CONSTRUCTIONWEEKONLINE.COM EVENTS CALENDAR 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 Orascom Construction 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 EVENTS NEWS projects, affordable housing and the oil & gas EPC sector. In the evening, we will celebrate KSA stakeholders through 16 categories. On 22 September, we will welcome some of the region’s big hitters for the Leaders UAE conference that will take place in Dubai. 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