Currie & Brown mixes it up at the Cayan-developed.Summary: Over a 39-hour period Currie & Brown oversaw the continuous pouring of 7000m3 of concrete to create the 3m thick basement raft slab, including 1900 tonnes of steel reinforcement, that will support the iconic Infinity Tower This article or section contains information about a building currently under construction. It may contain information of a speculative nature, and the content may change dramatically as construction progresses and new information becomes available. currently under construction at Dubai Marina This article or section contains information about expected future buildings or structures. Some or all of this information may be speculative, and the content may change as building construction begins. . Currie & Brown mixes it up at the Cayan-developed Infinity Tower in Dubai MarinaOver a 39-hour period Currie & Brown oversaw the continuous pouring of 7000m3 of concrete to create the 3m thick basement raft slab, including 1900 tonnes of steel reinforcement, that will support the iconic Infinity Tower currently under construction at Dubai Marina. Currie & Brown are project and cost managers on the Au140m [AED AED - Automated Engineering Design 1 billion] project by developers Cayan Investment and Development to build the world's tallest tower featuring a 90? twist. Each of the 75 floors of the residential apartment development will be rotated by 1.2 degrees to achieve a full 90? spiral, creating the shape of a helix. Over two days, ten concrete placement pumps, 40 concrete mixer trucks, three concrete batching plants and a multi-national site team of 500, led by Currie & Brown, worked in temperatures in excess of 40AC to complete the task. The concrete was mixed with ice at the batching plants and delivered to site with a maximum temperature of 27AC. Additives to the concrete included plasticizer plas·ti·ciz·er n. Any of various substances added to plastics or other materials to make or keep them soft or pliable. plasticizer or -ciser Noun / retarders which produced a flowing concrete and a setting time of 4 hours. An extended setting time was essential to avoid cold joints in the slab. The concrete surface was finished with helicopter power floats and then covered with polystyrene insulation for the seven day curing period. Commenting on the challenges that the unique design presented, Ahmad Kasem, Development Director at Cayan Investment & Development praised the team involved saying, "Infinity Tower presents unique and complex challenges to everyone involved in this magnificent project. Our union with the renowned Currie & Brown will guarantee a better project and cost management for the award winning Infinity Tower. We believe that the expertise of Currie and Brown will further assert the quality and punctuality Punctuality Fogg, Phileas completes world circuit at exact minute he wagered he would. [Fr. Lit.: Around the World in Eighty Days] Gilbreths disciplined family brought up to abide by strict, punctual standards. [Am. Lit. of the prestigious project.C[yen] When complete in 2010, the residential apartment building will be the tallest tower to twist by 90 degrees, standing 330 metres high with 75 floors above ground and a five-floor basement. Mark Taylor People known as Mark Taylor include:
said: "We are proud to be associated with this landmark project which further demonstrates Currie & Browns ability to take an active lead role in world class construction projects. Our dedicated team has ensured that, in conjunction with Cayan Investments and main contractors Arabtec Construction LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , the significant challenge of this concrete pour has been met." Currie & Brown has had a presence in the region for over thirty years and has built a sustainable business A business is sustainable if it has adapted its practices for the use of renewable resources and holds itself accountable for the environmental and human rights impacts of its activities. employing over 200 people in Dubai, Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi (ä`b  thä`bē, zä–, dä–), Arab. Abu Zabi, sheikhdom (1995 pop. 928,360), c. , Qatar and Oman.
As well as the Infinity Tower project, Currie & BrownCOs asset management, cost and project management services are behind some of the most prestigious projects in the Middle East, including the AED 2 billion contract at Yas Island which will host the first ever Grand Prix in Abu Dhabi home of the 2009. A[umlaut umlaut (  m`lout) [Ger.,=transformed sound], in inflection, variation of vowels of the type of English man to men. ] 2008 Al Bawaba (www.albawaba.com)
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