Project Profiles
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The first and so far only monorail system in the Middle East will run from the Jumeira Palm to the Palm Jebel Ali. It will be fully automatic and will have four stations. Loadtest has been involved with one of...
At 330m and 76 floors, this tower may not be the highest in Dubai, but the design by WS Atkins is spectacular and will be a marvelous addition to the Dubai skyline....
Scheduled for completion in 2009, the 275-m, 67-floor Mag 218 Tower hopes to become a mini village. The project includes a community hall and fitness centre for its 550 apartment dwellers. Topping the tower will be a sun deck complete...
A new luxury hotel from Tiara Hotels & Resorts will be located on Sheik Zayed Road, and is planned specifically for the business user. It will support a convention centre as well as residential apartments....
Consisting of three towers linked by a four storey podium, this mixed-use building development is founded on a raft supported by piles. Geotechnical experts from Ramboll Whitbybird needed to refine the foundation structure by considering the soil structure interaction of...
At 330 m covering 80 floors, the Infinity Tower will feature a full 90° twist. To achieve this, each floor will be rotated by 1.2° creating the shape of a helix. This unique design, which is set to be the...
This outstanding project saw a new record load application for Loadtest and O-cell technology in the Middle East. At 380 metres high but with a relatively small foundation footprint, the required load on the piles was substantial. Using a single...
2008 was the inaugural year O-cell bi-directional load testing was performed in The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia at the site of the new Lamar Towers project in Jeddah near the shores of the Red Sea. Project: Lamar Towers Client: Kasktas...
Project: Sohar Aluminum Smelter Location: Sohar, Oman Client: Bechtel & Co. Period: Dec 2005 Aluminium is the World’s most abundant metallic element, commercially available in the form of bauxite. With the world market in metals booming, the aluminium industry...
Park Place - Dubai - UAE Architecturally designed by an international team, Park Place, which includes a 60-storey tower block, has become a spectacular addition to the skyline on Sheikh Zayed Road and is an exclusive corporate and residential city...
On this fabulous development and as part of the Crescent Bridges foundation project, 4 Preliminary test piles were installed and tested, 2 of 1.5m diameter over 10m of water, installed 5m into sandstone and 2 of 750mm diameter on land 19m long installed 4m into sandstone.
The Sheikh Zayed Bridge or Abu Dhabi Third Crossing will serve as a crucial link between Abu Dhabi city and the highways to other emirates, notably Dubai and the Northern Emirates. This is the site of the first O-cell project in UAE. Two preliminary test piles have been completed successfully. Loads mobilised were approx 88MN.
In 2005, LOADTEST performed the first Osterberg Cell® (O-cell®) bi-directional load test in Doha, State of Qatar.Several projects have now been undertaken with tests numbering well into double figures.Once known for the pearling trade, Qatar is set to become the Pearl of the Middle East.
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