It is a reinforced concrete structure with a floor span of 15 m (49 ft) and the dimensions of the main beams are h / w = 2.2 m / 3.6 m (7.2 ft / 11.8 ft) with a span of 23 m (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 were used to support the shell structure, instead of conventional scaffolding.
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 = 3.36 m / 2.45 m (11 ft / 8 ft) with a total length of up to 56 m (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 | Ingenieurbüro 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 |
