UAE-based marine construction and dredging specialist the NMDC Group and Portuguese engineering company Etermar have successfully completed the construction of 600 linear metres of berth using caissons on an artificial island in Abu Dhabi.
The project was executed on an artificial offshore island designed and built by NMDC to berth megayachts over 100 metres long.
NMDC said the casting and construction of the berth was completed in just five months. The engineering solution was introduced to the region by Etermar in cooperation with NMDC.
The collaboration between the two companies involved the design and construction of two quay walls composed of 16 reinforced concrete caissons built locally at Mina Zayed Port on a floating dock mobilised from Portugal by Etermar and towed to the project site by sea, where Etermar installed them.
The project also included the detailed design of the capping beam, scour protection system and foundation trench.
As the main contractor, NMDC carried out all required engineering and modelling studies (hydro dynamic, metocean, soil investigation, etc.) to assure the correct design and construction of the offshore island including dredging and reclamation, breakwater, revetment, beach profiling as well as quay wall.