The construction of the new third terminal to the Dubai International Airport was one of the massive projects by the Laing O’Rourke group of UK with their local partners Al-Naboodah. The development substantially built below ground level at about 20-23m, has three main sections- terminal, concourse and the car park. The structure is approximately 1km long and 100m wide and has multilevel basement used for parking and retail. It has 2 to 2.8m thick raft extending for an area of about 45000 sq. m.

At ground level an equally large area of suspended slab serves as apron for parking of planes. The superstructure above ground consists of departure, arrival and hotel levels with an attractive dome shaped cover for the concourse.

Kashec Contribution:

Kashec was responsible for the production of 1500 A1 sized rebar drawings and bending schedules for the major part of the RC basement and superstructure construction. The task involved detailing of many complex, irregular shaped rafts, suspended slabs, retaining and basement walls, numerous columns, cores and pre stressed large span trough shaped slabs for arrival and departure levels. The job involved constant interaction and co-ordination with the site staff, which was achieved by Kashec’s efficient rebar coordinators and engineers resident at the site throughout the project for about 18 months.