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Four years after it was launched, the notorious 529,500m2 Dubai Lagoon project is at last making good progress - with the first four zones scheduled for handover by 2012.
Characterised by a series of delays, contract terminations and bad feeling between developers and investors, one might say the project got off to a rough start.
Today, with its three main contractors working cooperatively, but separately, across four ‘Zones’, Dubai Lagoon looks more like a construction site. Materials are delivered by the tonne. Manpower on site is increasing. Towers are beginning to rise.
“Cooperation is key,” says Schön Properties’ project manager Walid Ahmed. “Everyone has to work together to facilitate access, loading and movement on site.”
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Incidentally, Belhasa Contracting and Engineering Company, Bin Sabt Building Contracting Company and Commodore Contracting have never worked together before. However, the three companies, which replaced the original contractor Powerline Group, seem to be getting along just fine.
“Initially there were some logistic issues that arose from having three contractors working on one plot,” says Belhasa’s senior project manager Talha Alvi.
“It was difficult to maintain the access roads and access at the entrance gate. But now, through the coordination of Mr Ahmed, we are using a pass system to access the site, which is well controlled and working nicely.”
According to Ahmed, the developer appointed three main contractors so as not to “put all their eggs in one basket”, and to speed up the delivery of the project. Bin Sabt is working on Zone 1, while Commodore handles Zones 2 and 4 and Belhasa oversees Zone 3.
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