< 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 30 CONSTRUCTION WEEK AUGUST 2021 WANT TO UPDATE YOUR PROJECT'S PROGRESS, OR HAVE IT INCLUDED HERE? Email: ranju.warrier@itp.com FOLLOW CONSTRUCTION WEEK @CWMIDDLEEAST Touted as a rst in the GCC, Hive Coliv, a built-to-rent real estate development and management company that exclusively focuses on co-living communities, has launched in the UAE’s Dubai. Created in partnership with A.R.M Holding, Hive Coliv will help Dubai to be a part of the “global living movement”. Through its establishment, the company will help address the shortage in affordable and exible housing solutions for expatriates relocating to the emirate. The developer will provide all-inclusive, serviced living solutions with exibility, convenience, and a sense of freedom at its core. HIVE COLIV Location Dubai Visited May 2021 Construction Week visited the up-and-coming University of Birmingham development in Dubai, which is set to be completed by September 2021. Once completed the campus will cover an area spanning 5ha, and will accommodate up to 2,900 students. The facility is located opposite Dubai’s rst purpose-built student housing, over-looking parkland and green spaces. Sheltered courtyards and social spaces have also been planned to take shape within the campus. UAE- based Khansaheb was appointed as the main contractor for the University of Birmingham Phase 2 and the university is being designed by UK-based Hopkins Architects. UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM Location Dubai Visited June 2021 Set to open in Q3 2021, the Address Fujairah hotel property will be nestled within the Hajar Mountains. The evelopment will be spread over 578,000 sq feet, featuring 196 guest rooms and suites, 10 privately owned villas as well as four residential buildings with 170 serviced apartments.The resort faces out onto the ocean with views of the Gulf of Oman. The hotel will have four dining outlets, including The Restaurant, which will be the resort’s signature homely concept and all-day dining. THE ADDRESS FUJAIRAH EAGLE HILLS Location Fujairah Visited June 2021PROJECTS WWW.CONSTRUCTIONWEEKONLINE.COMAUGUST 2021 CONSTRUCTION WEEK 31 The $544.5m (AED2bn) destination, which is being developed by Diamond Developers and under the umbrella of Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq), has marked 35% construction completion on Phase 1 of the project. Construction on the rst set of residential villas at the destination has marked completion, with landscaping slated for completion by the end of 2020. Phase 1 will include the construction of 280 villas. The villas will feature three, four, and ve bedrooms, once complete. SHARJAH SUSTAINABLE CITY Location Sharjah Visited November 2020 Expo 2020 Dubai offered Construction Week the chance to be among the rst to experience Terra – The Sustainability Pavilion before it opens to the public later this year. The iconic pavilion, designed by Grimshaw Architects, sets an example for sustainable building design. Built to be net-zero for both energy and water, it features 1,055 photovoltaic panels arranged on a 130-metre-wide roof canopy and atop a series of ‘Energy Trees’. The pavilion also uses cutting- edge water-reduction strategies, water recycling and alternative water sources. SUSTAINABILITY PAVILION Location Expo 2020 Dubai Visited January 2021 Located at Sobha Hartland, the Experience Studio takes visitors on a behind-the-scenes journey of the aspects of its design and construction process. The Experience Studio highlights the quality, materials and efforts that go into delivering luxury living spaces to Dubai’s residents and its attention to detail in every aspect of the execution, workmanship and service. Upon arriving at the Sobha Experience Studio, visitors are welcomed into a theatre, where they can watch an informative video that introduces Sobha Realty. SOBHA EXPERIENCE SHOWROOM Location Dubai Visited February 2021 Khansaheb has recently completed a signi cant expansion of the existing Aquaventure Waterpark at the Atlantis Hotel, Palm Jumeriah in February 2021. The project is approximately 44,000 m2 consisting of a new 46m slide tower ‘Trident Tower’ incorporating multiple slides, a new action river experience, kids slide tower and pool areas, cliff jumping experience, two new F&B buildings, ancillary buildings including towel kiosks, prayer room, lockers and retail units. EXPANSION OF AQUAVENTURE WATERPARK Location Dubai Visited April 2021PROJECTS 32 CONSTRUCTION WEEK AUGUST 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.COMAUGUST 2021 CONSTRUCTION WEEK 33 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 202034 CONSTRUCTION WEEK AUGUST 2021WWW.CONSTRUCTIONWEEKONLINE.COM EVENTS CALENDAR Leaders KSA & KSA Awards Date: 8 September 2021 Venue: Riyadh Leaders UAE Date: 22 September 2021 Venue: Dubai Egypt Awards Date: 13 October 2021 Venue: Cairo CONFERENCES & EVENTS For up-to-the-minute conference and events information, log on to constructionweekonline.com/conferences Construction Week is gearing up to return to Saudi Arabia through our Leaders in Construction KSA Summit, which is set to be held in Riyadh on the 8 September 2021 from 8:15 am (KSA). 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