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4,700 new flats ready on Reem Island
“Infrastructure projects have so far attracted investment of around Dhsix billion and the rest will be spent in the coming years…the island will be connected to mainland by nine causeways, including seven bridges linking it to Abu Dhabi city…the other two will link it with Saadiyat island and to the Abu Dhabi-Dubai motor way close to the Abu Dhabi International Airport,” he said.
Foundations laid for capital’s Louvre
Abu Dhabi’s Louvre museum is finally taking shape. The foundations of the building on Saadiyat Island were completed this week as the last of more than 4,500 pilings were put in place, said Felix Reinberg, the director of museum projects delivery for the Tourism Development and Investment Company.
Bauer completes piling for Louvre Abu Dhabi
The company has been working on the site of the Saadiyat Island Cultural District since March to place 4,536 pilings, around 100 kilometres of steel and reinforced concrete pile sections, according to the Tourism Development & Investment Company, the state-backed master development in charge of a number of big projects in the emirate.
Aecom Buys Tishman Construction
The companies have overseen some of the world’s largest complex construction projects. Los Angeles-based Aecom is currently working on New York City’s new Second Avenue subway and Saadiyat Island, a $30 billion development off the coast of Abu Dhabi.
TDIC in Cityscape island apartments launch
Plans for just under 500 luxury flats on Saadiyat Island have been unveiled at Cityscape Abu Dhabi. The 495 apartments will be part of a three-plot development eventually comprising almost 1,000 flats on Saadiyat, a 27-kilometer man-made island expected to be home to 160,000 people when it is completed in 2020.
Abu Dhabi bids for ‘it’ status with yachting jet set
Yas Island, Abu Dhabi’s $38 billion man-made reef already boasts its own F1 circuit, a PGA golf tour and some 20 signature hotels. And if that’s not enough to entice ultra-wealthy overseas yachtsmen, then planned cultural attractions on Saadiyat island including a $27 billion arts extravaganza that will include an offshoot of the Louvre and a new Guggenheim museum surely will.
Abu Dhabi issue tenders of construction packages for museum project
MEED reported that Abu Dhabi’s Tourism Development & Investment Company has told companies that it will now procure contractors for its estimated USD 1 billion Zayed National Museum project on Saadiyat Island using a series of traditional lump sum contracts.
RWI bags Saadiyat Island insulation contract
Rubber World Industries (RWI) has won an AED600,000 insulation contract for the Manarat Al Saadiyat building in Abu Dhabi. Featured products included Gulf-O-Flex rubber insulation tubes, rubber insulation sheets, PVC black tape and Gulf-O-Glue for the 15,400 m² visitor centre.
