Al-Ghurair Shopping Centre

Project Value: £522 million

Service: Structural design

Team 

Contractor: Al Naboodah Contracting Co.LLC                                                                

Architect: Arif & Bintoak

Description 

The scheme consisted of theexpansion of the existing shopping centre.An office complex and 5-star hotelwere also attached to the mall, an excellent example of well-integratedmixed-use development.

Project Design 

Kashec collaborated with theDubai office of the global engineering firm Buro Happold to carry out thestructural design of this challenging scheme. 

The foundation was designed toallow for the position of the metro tunnel under. Complex transfer structureswere required to suit the layout of the columns.Acolumn-frees pace of 54x27metres was designed to form a double storey entertainment area at 2nd floorlevel.