The Formwork Magazine 2/2011 ME · www.doka.com Skyward Bound – CMA Tower, Riyadh Burj Al Salam Abu Dhabi On track for New prestige fast delivery … Page 4 hotel … Page 12 KAFD, Riyadh Optimum solution Impressive mega For railway development … Page 6 station … Page 14 2 Doka Xpress Editorial Doka News Forming a dhow Kuwait – The Ministry of Education Headquarters Building will be a state- of-the-art facility. The project takes a dhow, an Arab sailing vessel, as its design metaphor. The dhow concept is implemented as two curved, intersect- ing buildings forming an interior atrium. Large-area formwork Top 50 met the challenging shape requirements. Dear Customers, Closer to the market – closer to our customers! These are the key objectives of Doka’s redefined long- term global strategy. Doka’s redefined Middle East Region will continue with the existing Doka offices in Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Oman, Reaching the sky in Beirut Barwa Financial District Kuwait, Bahrain, Lebanon Lebanon – Doka is once again reaching Doha – Load-bearing towers Staxo 40 and Jordan. Regional head new horizons, this time the sky above and Staxo 100 were utilised to cast office will be in Dubai. Lebanon. The Formwork Experts sup- the slabs of 10 office towers at Barwa plied Automatic climbing system SKE50 Financial District (BFD). This 71,600 m2 In addition to the existing Engineering and Operation together with Top 50 as well as the slab ensemble of ten buildings takes the services in each country, part formwork for the tallest tower in Beirut shape of a twin nautilus shell and is of the expansion will be to – SAMA Beirut. The 50-storey tower will designed to serve the global, regional install and manage a globally rise to a height of 250 metres. and local financial sector. recognised engineering and competence centre in Dubai. Furthermore, there is a new regional logistics hub in Dubai’s Jebel Ali Free Zone with the largest Index Page regional stock availability and reconditioning services. Building boom at Fujairah’s gateway . 3 The new Doka set-up pro- Fast forming on 1 Sheikh Zayed Road . 4 vides even closer, faster and more cost-effective solutions. Pathbreaking innovations in Financial hub rising out of the dust . 6 project-related services are Burj Al Salam meeting and exceeding strin- gent customer requirements CMA Tower - the biggest core wall ever . 9 as the most proficient. We look forward to engaging with our construction partners to Bridge formwork for quay wall . 10 ensure continued joint suc- cess on the most complex CMA Tower Opulence in Abu Dhabi: and inspiring future projects. New prestige hotel . 12 Sincerely, Optimised solution for railway station . 14 Peter Vogel Regional Manager Middle East Vienna Main Station In brief . 16 November 2011 3 t Logistical support from Doka is key for the ongoing build-up in Fujairah, a remote area of UAE. The facts JOBSITE Fujairah Commercial Complex LOcatION Fujairah, U.A.E. CUSTOMER Commodore Contracting CONSUltaNT Architectural Consulting Group (ACG) PRODUCTS USED Large-area formwork Top 50, Dokaflex tables, Climbing formwork 150F + telescopic shaft beam REQUIREMENTS A 20 storey (805 m³) hotel/residential tower and 28,000 m³ mall to Building boom be built in a two-year span at Fujairah’s gateway The solution To build the mall and residen- In the scenic but sparsely populated north- tial tower, Commodore Con- tracting is using Large-area ern UAE, the emirate of Fujairah is emerging with Top 50 to quickly erect the in- new construction activity. Alongside a new tech- situ core wall, Climbing form- work 150F for the shear walls, nology institute, retail spaces and a hospital, the and Dokaflex tables to carry most prominent ongoing activity is progressing at out the forming of slabs, as they are easy to use for quick the Fujairah Commercial Complex site. casting and short cycle times. The AED 525 m project - located at the residential tower, a formwork cycle of Youssef city’s first major roundabout - will be a 7 days per floor was maintained on the Abouchlih, 2 major shopping and commercial district, typical floors. For the huge 28,000 m Project Director, styled as a city-centre market, hotel, and mall slabs, the three floors are split into Commodore retail park. 16 pouring zones and blocks, and cast- Contracting ing was done by the contractors every Safe and fast vertical climbing 3 days using Dokaflex 20 and Dokaflex Verticals (core and shear walls) – Large- tables. The professional area Top 50 elements in combination Last-minute chang- with Climbing formwork 150F and a tele- Flexible formwork that can even es of plan regarding scopic beam shaft were lifted by crane in handle changes of plan the layout have been a 3-day cycle. The climbing system was Among the biggest challenges of the a big challenge for us, but used for the internal and external parts project were several design revisions, one that we’ve dealt with to of the core wall in order to serve as safe which if not handled properly would cer- the client’s complete satis- working platforms. tainly have led to delays. Remaining on faction every time, thanks to schedule called for close coordination the great support given us by Large slab-area with low costs between Commodore and Doka engi- Doka. The great flexibility of Dokaflex 20 and Load-bearing tower d2 neers, and a solid system for quickly the floor-slab formwork, and (for slab support) were used to form the producing revised formwork designs. the speed with which it has floor slabs. Fast and easy repositioning The quick turn-around combined with been possible to adapt the plus the large slab area covered made it the excellent logistical coordination and plans, have been a big help in the perfect economical choice for Com- technical supervision resulted in a suc- keeping work moving ahead modore. For the 805 m2 of slabs in the cessful build. smoothly.” 4 Doka Xpress p The impressive jobsite com- prises three mixed-use towers in the space of one. Fast forming on 1 Sheikh Zayed Road Dubai Contracting Company LLC (DCC) The facts is fast-tracking the $194 m Burj Al Salam mixed- use project in one of Dubai’s most prestigious JOBSITE Burj Al Salam Mixed Use Development locations with Doka as its partner. LOcatION Dubai, U.A.E. CUSTOMER Dubai Contracting Company LLC (DCC) PRODUcts UsED Surprisingly, not all land on Sheikh crowded urban area just a short way Large-area formwork Top 50, Zayed Road, Dubai is fully developed. from the Dubai World Trade Centre. Dokaflex tables, Automatic Take the flagship project, Burj Al Salam, Dubai Contracting Company took over climbing formwork SKE50 located on 1 Sheikh Zayed Road, a this mixed-use development from anoth- November 2011 5 er contractor in November 2010 and Optimal workflow, extensive services committed to delivery by 2012 – a very For the three core walls, 173 Automat- tight schedule to complete three towers, ic climbing formwork SKE50 units plus in the space of one. 2400 m2 of Large-area Top 50 elements The solution were adapted to cope with the geometry For the three core walls, 173 Three towers, two challenges, changes on higher floors. For the huge units of Automatic climbing one deadline circular columns with diameters of up to formwork SKE 50 plus 2400 m2 The hotel tower comprises four base- 2 metres, Doka provided ready-to-use of Large-area Top 50 elements ment levels, a ground floor, a mezzanine, Large-area Top 50 elements. Further- were adapted to cope with 54 additional floors and two mechanical more 4800 m2 of ready-to-use Dokaflex the geometry changes on the floors. The residential tower has 54 addi- tables, for slab and beam support, were higher floors. For the huge cir- tional floors and two mechanical floors. assembled onsite. cular columns with diameters Lastly, the office tower has 50 addition- of up to 2 metres, Doka pro- al floors and two mechanical floors. All The core wall is running three floors vided ready-to-use Large-ar- three towers are linked at the base by ahead of the slab, in order to split the ea Top 50 elements. Further- 2 a four-storey podium, plus will be again work between the verticals and horizon- more, 4800 m of ready-to-use interconnected at level 10. tals - mainly to simplify site organisation Dokaflex tables, for slab and and ease scheduling difficulties. This lets beam support, were assembled onsite. DCC is working on all three towers the work crew maintain a steady rhythm simultaneously, under major time and and allows them to work on separate space constraints, completing four floors floors. per month, with each floor covering Hatem Al-biss, 4800 m2. A total of 2600 m3 of concrete Extensive services from Doka to ensure Construction are being used on each floor. the schedule was maintained comprised Manager, DCC a dedicated site-supervisor onsite Doka Gulf FZE offered a high level of through the project, plus certification professionalism in design and on form- training of DCC’s crew to operate the work coordination onsite. According hydraulic SKE system and safety train- The professional to Gerald Hoermann, Product Manag- ing for all managers. With a huge slab area er, “Design considerations were a pri- and extensive core mary concern from the beginning of our Working around the crane walls there was no engagement with DCC. To meet DCC’s Due to the huge size of the construc- space onsite. Doka met us ambitious schedule of completing four tion site at Burj al Salam, three placing on a weekly basis to decide floors in one month, we optimised our booms are sitting within the core walls which materials were need- joint planning efforts to ensure we could themselves plus one additional boom ed, and then delivered them plan formwork to meet their deadline.