New Dubai building set to become world’s tallest structure
DUBAI: The deep foundation testing for Dubai Creek Tower, which is set to eclipse the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest structure, was successfully completed last month as experts cleared the skyscraper’s complex design.
Fugro, a Dutch multinational company that provides geo-technical and survey services, completed the testing for the 928-metre (3,045-foot) structure being built by Emaar Properties in the Dubai Creek Harbour complex.
It is designed to be almost 100 metres (322 feet) taller than the 828-metre (2,717-foot) Burj Khalifa, which has been the world’s tallest building since it was completed in 2010.
Emaar Properties released photos last year showing parts of the new tower’s 236-footdeep foundation that will be topped with 1.59 million cubic feet of concrete. Reports have suggested that the structure will be completed in time for the Dubai Expo 2020.
The testing and monitoring for the foundation of the Dubai Creek Tower, which will have a central concrete column supported by a network of steel cable stays, was done between June 2016 and August 2017 by Fugro.
“Fugro carried out one of the most comprehensive geotechnical investigations in the region. We then tested the in-situ performance of the proposed foundations in order to optimise the final design of the core and the cable anchorage foundation design,” said Joyshwin Sumputh, the service line manager for Fugro. Emaar awarded the contract for the Dubai Creek Tower to France-based Soletanche Bachy in June 2016.