His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum reviewed the progress of Dubai Creek Tower, the global icon in the heart of the 6 sq km Dubai Creek Harbour. His visit coincides with Emaar setting a new milestone in the construction of Dubai Creek Tower. With the placement of concrete for the pile cap commencing in September last year, the core of the pile cap has now reached its highest point. Over 50 per cent of the pile cap has now been finished with completion scheduled for mid-2018.
Dubai Creek Tower’s pile cap is an approximately 20 metre thick multi-layered, tiered reinforced concrete top that covers and transfers the load to the foundation barrettes. To date, about 25,000 cubic meters of concrete has been poured, weighing about 60,000 tonnes or half the weight of the CN Tower in Canada. About 12,000 tonnes of steel reinforcement has also been placed, nearly twice the weight of the Eiffel Tower.
In October 2016, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed marked the ground-breaking of the tower, with the foundation work accomplished in a record time. The tower’s 145 barrette piles were tested to a world record load of 36,000 tonnes and laid 72 metres deep to firmly secure the super-structure. In all, about 50,000 cubic metres of concrete will be used to fully cap the foundation piles.
Dubai Creek Tower will add incredible economic value to Dubai Creek Harbour, a mixed-use development located a short-drive away from our latest development, Easy18 which offers quality living at an affordable price. A stone’s throw away from the best Dubai has to offer, residents will have quick access to the top schools, and entertainment including the following:
Dubai Autodrome
Dubai Global Village
Dubai Miracle Garden
IMG Worlds of Adventure
Dubai Frame
Dubai Safari Park
Dubai Outlet Mall
Dubai Festival City
Major landmarks are currently in development in this part of Dubai as well including the world’s next largest shopping mall, Cityland mall, Dubai Library, Dubai Museum of the Future and many other.