It is a reinforced concrete construction with a floor span of 49 ft and the dimensions of the main beams are h / w = 7.2 ft / 11.8 ft with a span of 75.5 ft.
Supporting Structure Made of Steel Trusses
To allow the use of the surfaces below the new floor during construction, wide‑span steel structure supporting girders instead of conventional scaffolding were used to support the shell structure.
The beams were designed as spatial trusses and were designed for the weight of the fresh concrete of the main and secondary floor beams. The dimensions of the steel beams are h / w = 11 ft / 8 ft with a total length of up to 184 ft. They were created and designed by the engineering office Mauss using RFEM.
A substantial amount of work was caused by changes during the approval and assembly phases, which were carried out under enormous time pressure.
| Structural Engineering | Ing.-Büro Mauss Düsseldorf, Germany www.ibmauss.de |
| Construction | Main Contractor Saudi Binladin Group (SBG) Jeddah, Saudi Arabia www.sbg.com.sa |
| Investor | GHI Formwork LLC Dubai, United Arab Emirates ghiformwork.com |
