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Structural design challenges associated with building the Nakheel Tower has been overcome, according to WSP Middle East director of engineering Stephen Taylor.
Nakheel appointed WSP Group as structural engineer for its Nakheel Tower project earlier this month.
The tower, which will be more than 1km in height, will form the centrepiece of the US $38.12 billion (AED140 billion) Nakheel Harbour and Tower development.
“All I can say is that the tower is well into the design and most of the challenges have been solved,” Taylor told Construction Week.
He refused to comment as consultants working on the tower have had to sign confidentiality agreements concerning the project details.
The Nakheel Tower is set to “race for the skies” with Saudi Arabia-based Kingdom Holding, which announced plans for a tower standing in excess of 1km immediately after the Nakheel Tower launch.
WSP has also played a programme management role supporting the development of the masterplan and infrastructure works in Meraas Development’s $95 billion Jumeirah Gardens project, the first master-planned urban regeneration development in Dubai.
The firm was one of many hired by Meraas for the project. “We’ve made sure that the master plan, with the 30 plus consultants that we have had working on it, is one that we are confident with,” Meraas CEO Sina Al Kazim said.
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