Doka Xpress 01/2009 Middle East
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The Formwork Magazine Jan. 2009 · www.doka.com Safe and fast forming – at any height Doka competence Forming record in Doha builds fast and efficient the Salem Al Fardan Residence Abdullah Salem Tower … page 3 Tower … page 7 Self-climbing premiere 50 years of success at the Capital Plaza Special anniversary in Abu Dhabi … page 6 for Doka … page 8 2 Doka Xpress Editorial Doka News É Crystal Tower with Doka Kuwait – The 228-meter office tower will have 60,000 m2 of usable space on 52 floors and is sited in a densely built- up area. The core will be poured using a combination of SKE 100 automatic climbing formwork and Top 50 large-area wall form- work. Short repositioning times and positive experience with Doka formwork convinced A warm welcome to this first the contracting JV lead contractors. edition of Doka Xpress, the formwork magazine for the É Safe construction of Middle East. To help you make Marina 101 even more efficient use of Dubai – Marina 101 with 101 floors is one your valuable time, we have of the highest residential towers currently launched this customer ma- under construction in the UAE. For the gazine. Articles on interesting center core walls of the height of 425 m, the formwork solutions, written by Doka SCP 400 automatic climbing platform practising experts for expert is in use, climbing the entire formwork sys- practice, clearly point out tem in a single stage and keeping the crew all the main advantages and safe and protected from the weather. benefits, so that these can be seen at a glance. É Table Lifting System speeds construction In 2008, Doka celebrated Bahrain – The 32-storey Fontana Towers its 50th anniversary. Half a will be one of the largest residential com- century’s jobsite experience plexes in Bahrain. Saudi Build International in many countries of the world Contracting selected the Doka TLS system has left its mark on Doka. in order to save craneage (2 tower cranes On countless projects, on all in use instead of three) and speed up the continents, we have assisted construction workflow. Doka also delivered construction firms with our the necessary slab- and wall formwork. “Safe. Fast. Efficient.” form- work solutions. A consider able part of this Page success can be put down to Index the partnership-oriented way Valuable construction time made up with Doka in which we work with our customers and share experi- Twin Palm Towers, Doha, Qatar . 4 ence with them. Their jobsite Self -climbing première in Abu Dhabi experience and ideas are Abu Dhabi, UAE ........................................... 6 constantly finding their way into our innovation process. New landmark on the Arabian Gulf Twin Palm Towers The result is new products and Al Fardan Residence Tower, Doha, Qatar ...... 7 services that offer even greater practical benefit in day-to-day 50th anniversary for Doka ............................. 8 working on the site. I do hope Safe access for millions you will find this new edition Jamarat Bridge, Saudi Arabia .................... 10 of Doka Xpress an enjoyable read! In brief ........................................................ 12 Doka’s central plant Mail us your feedback to [email protected]. Yours, Josef Kurzmann Executive Director, Doka Group Jamarat Bridge January 2009 3 t Doka’s Automatic Self Climb- ing Formwork SKE 50 speeds up construction at the Salem Abdullah Salem Tower. The facts JOBSITE Salem Abdullah Salem Tower LOCATION Sharjah, UAE CUSTOMER Gustav Pegel & Sohn Contracting Engineering REQUIREMENTS High-rise building comprising car-park, office and residential storeys plus three technical floors and a helipad PRODUCT USED Automatic climbing formwork SKE 50, large-area formwork Top 50 and Dokaflex tables/ Dokaflex for the slabs The solution Competent and With the Doka automatic climbing formwork SKE 50 the varying wall cross-sections are being cast swiftly and Dokaflex reliable forming tables allow perfect adaptabili- ty to any slab requirement. Gustav Pegel & Sohn Contracting Engineering are currently undertaking the construction of the Safe. Fast. Efficient. Salem Abdullah Salem Tower at Al Khan in Sharjah. Consulting and site assistance The Salem Abdullah Salem Tower is a optimized casting for the high number of residential and commercial building project casting steps. The platforms of the SKE Besides the products, ser- comprising ground floor, mezzanine, three 50 automatic climbers and the Top 50 vices play a crucial role for floors for offices & parking plus three park- were pre-assembled under the supervi- Doka and this is why Doka ing levels and in addition a health club, sion of Doka field technicians who have consultants are being invol- swimming pool and 34 residential floors also been providing assistance during the ved in the whole construc- with three technical floors & helipad. first casting steps. tion process. “Doka engi- neers and support teams Forming walls in the Flying tables are helping us to meet our most efficient way. The typical slab with a total formwork schedule with timely supply For the forming operations on the core area of 2,544 m2 is formed using 2 sets of of materials. Moreover, the walls having a total formwork area of Dokaflex tableforms with transport devic- use of Doka SKE automatic 747.35 m2, Doka’s Top 50 large-area es, which enables to move them around climbing equipments has formwork elements and Automatic Self horizontally with no need of crane. The significantly speeded up our Climbing Formwork SKE 50 are being vertical shifting is fast with a transport work. The quality of service used. The automatic climbing system fork. Using complete shiftable units is the is more than satisfactory” as with incorporated large-area formwork most efficient and manpower saving way quoted by Project Manager Top 50 allows high operational speed and to form this large floor area. Engr. Ziad Sabouni. 4 Doka Xpress Topping out at 246 m and with a facade planned in the shape of a palm tree, the Twin Palm Towers are among the most spectacu- lar high-rise projects currently underway in Doha, Qatar. The facts JOBSITE Twin Palm Towers Valuable construction LOCATION Doha, Qatar CUSTOMER Al Seal Contracting and Trading time made up with Doka NUMBER OF TOWERS 2 HEIGHT 246 m STOREYS 57 LAYOUT FOOTPRINT Polygonal To build the technically challenging Twin Palm PRODUCT USED Automatic Towers in Doha, contractors Al Seal opted for climbing formwork SKE 50 NUMBER OF AUTOMATIC automatic climbing technology from Doka and are CLIMBERS 180 profiting from smooth, safe forming operations. January 2009 5 p Architectural rendering of the two identical 246 m Twin Palm Towers in the West Bay District of Doha. t The automatic climbing form- work is designed for maximum flexibility, providing optimum ac- commodation to the geometri- cally challenging cross-sections of the in-situ concrete cores. The solution The two identical 246 m Twin Palm Tow- one casting section to the next – swiftly, The in-situ concrete cores of ers in the West Bay District of Doha are safely and independently of the crane. the identical twin towers are modelled on the silhouette of a desert The fact that the climbing brackets are being raised in a five-day cycle palm and characterised by a polygonal always anchored in previously cured using the versatile SKE 50 au- layout. Following technical complications concrete, and that the – generously sized tomatic climbing formwork from with the formwork concept from a local – working platforms are railed-in on all Doka. Railed-in working plat- supplier, and severe delays in construction sides, means that safe working condi- forms and climbing brackets progress, the Al Seal Contracting Com- tions are guaranteed in every phase of that are always anchored in the pany opted for a high-performing self- the forming assignment – even in windy concrete, ensure safe forming climbing formwork solution from Doka. conditions. The Site Management also operations. Doka’s high technical problem-solving opted for a complete enclosure of the capability, gained from over 250 automatic main working platform. As well as making climbing projects all over the world, and the crew feel much safer, this also reduc- Al Seal’s positive experience with Doka es to an absolute minimum the hazard in the building of the Al Seal Residential potential from dropped tools or rebar. Tower and the Zig-Zag Twin Tower, were Eli Nader, among the key factors behind the award Field service technician ensuring Al Seal of the contract. swift construction progress project To enable construction work to resume manager Automatic climbing formwork as soon as possible after the contract for complex cross-sections had been awarded to Doka, the work- The Professional For the building operations on the two ing platforms and the Top 50 large-area With the SKE 50 auto- in-situ concrete cores, each comprising formwork were delivered to the site ready matic climbing form- 57 typical storeys, 180 Doka SKE 50 to use and were mounted to the automat- work, we can carry on automatic climbers are in action. The ic climbers under the expert guidance of non-stop forming. The Doka automatic climbing formwork is designed an experienced Doka field service techni- field service technician showed for maximum flexibility, providing opti- cian. The intensive training given to the us how to work efficiently right mum accommodation to the geometri- overseers on how to handle the formwork from the beginning. We can cally challenging cross-sections of the equipment, and the support from the exploit the advantages of the two in-situ concrete cores. The automatic Doka field service technician at the be- automatic climbing formwork to climbers are fitted with Doka large-area ginning of the forming assignment, have the full, which is helping us to formwork Top 50, large gangs of which also greatly helped to ensure a smooth, make up for the delays we had are “jumped” by hydraulic cylinders from safe construction workflow.