Saudi Arabia

and UAE
Nañadiego
Nicolas
Paningbatan
▫ Part 1 : Present Condition of Development of Structural
Concrete Technology related to Prestressing
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▫ Precast and prestressed concrete is increasing

in demand for the industrial sector both in
Saudi Arabia and UAE
▫ Prestressed concrete has evolved as the
building material and solution of choice for
residential, commercial, government and
industrial building construction.
▫ Construction companies in Middle East start to
gain experience in the design, manufacture
and erection of industrial projects involving
precast and prestressed concrete.
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▫ Prestressed Hollowcore slabs

▫ Prestressed double T slabs/ single T slabs
▫ Flat Prestressed solid slabs
▫ Flat non-Prestressed solid slabs
▫ Ribbed Slabs
▫ Polyslabs (Concretec’s system of voided
slabs).
▫ Plastbau slabs made of expanded
polystyrene used as a permanent shutter

▫ Concrete Technology LLC Established in 1996
based in the Emirate of Dubai, a leading
specialist in the field of architectural and
structural precast and pre-stressed concrete
construction.
▫ ConcreteTechnology was able to construct
numbers of projects which became landmarks
in the emirates of Dubai and Sharjah.
Concretec succeed to create its own system
which was used in a wide range of prestigious
projects such as Dubai Marina Phase I & II,
Jumeirah Beach Residence, AI-Ferdan Towers,
The Meadows villas.. ...etc.
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 Concrete Technology's system was made of
rigid extruded polystyrene insulated covered
by two layers of concrete and provided with
vapor barrier. To assure the integrity of the
composite section stainless steel connecting
members are provided to maintain the section
dimensions and properties the same. Number
and spacing between the steel connecting
members will be decided according to the
panel configuration.
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Insulated Precast Concrete Wall Panel

 INTERNAL SKIN
STAINLESS STEEL TRUSS

POLYSTERENE
INSULATION

REINFORCEMENT MESH

EXTERNAL SKIN
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Part 2 : Historical Development of Prestressed Concrete

Technology
EUGENE FREYSSINET
 French civil and structural engineer

 One of the most notable engineers

 “Prestressing”

 Le Havre Terminal
FREYSSINET SAUDI
ARABIA(FSA)
 Shiekh Kamal Adham in 1978

 High specialization in in pre-fabricated and pre-

stressed concrete
FSA PROJECTS
FREYSSINET 

Dubai in 2000
Rapid Market Development
MIDDLE 

Post-tensioning
Construction Methods

EAST 

Cable Stayed Structures
Bearing and Expansion Joints
 Abu Dhabi, Qatar, Oman, Amman, Riyadh,
Cairo and Kuwait
 More than 375 building projects
 STUP
 Société Technique pour l’Utilisation de la
Précontrainte

 Technical Society for the Use of Prestressing

 Edme Campenon in 1943

 Freyssinet’s Patents

 Freyssinet International in 1976

STUP PROJECTS
Part 3 : EXAMPLES OF STRUCTURES THAT USED
PRESTRESSED CONCRETE AND THEIR SUMMARY
OF CONSTRUCTION
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Ocean Heights 2 (Dubai, UAE)

 Column and Shear Walls are reinforced concrete.

 The stability of the tower is further enhanced by

the outrigger effects of typical thickened
corridor slabs that connect the outer walls and
the main central core walls of the building.

 CCL designed and supplied post-tensioned slabs

on this 85 storey tower.
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Causeway (Saudi Arabia-

Bahrain Causeway)
 The causeway involved the installation of over
500 pre-stressed concrete cylinder piles beneath
and along the causeway.
 The piles are 3.5m in diameter and have been
installed and grouted into drilled sockets.
 In order to suit the geotechnical conditions, the
length of the piles was changed from bent to
bent.
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Burj Dubai – The Residences

(Dubai, UAE)
 The tower structures are outrigger-stiffened
cores that are jump formed ahead of the post-
tensioned concrete floors.

 The podiums makes extensive use of

prestressed, precast flooring that is composite
with prestressed band beams. It has a precast
concrete façade panels and curtain walls.

 The foundations consist of raft supported on

bored reinforced concrete piles.
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Capital Gate – (Abu Dhabi)

 The construction of Capital Gate lasted for
almost 4 years.

 It has 490 piles that have been drilled 100 feet

underground.

 It was built using jumping formwork, also

known as climbing formwork.

 Uses vertical post-tensioning and was

constructed with a vertical pre-camber

 "Farthest manmade leaning building“

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Dubai Mall– (Dubai UAE)

• The Dubai Mall is the 3rd largest mall in the
world by total area

• CCL designed and installed 600,000 m2 of post-

tensioned slabs.

• The various facade systems include lightweight

precast panels, tensioned fabric, aluminum
curtain walls, canopies, cladding, point-
supported glass atria, stainless steel trusses,
vertical bi-folding steel and glass doors, and
extensive secondary steel support structures.
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http://dnec.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/DNEC-
Precast-Concrete-Design-References-1.pdf

https://www.arabianbusiness.com/precast-concrete-

References is-future-81788.html

https://www.upc.gov.ae/-
/media/Files/Estidama/Docs/Insulation/Concretec%20
Insulated%20Walls%20Brochure.pdf

http://www.freyssinet-me.com/about-us.aspx
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