Van Oord wins new island building contract
Meraas Development LLC has placed a major contract with Van Oord once again, and has awarded the Dutch company a contract to build an artificial island in the emirate of Dubai.
Jumana Island will lie 500m off the coast and will be used for urban development. A bridge will connect the island to the coast. The contract is worth approximately €100m. Work on the project has started and completion is scheduled for the end of 2013.
The project involves dredging of sand from the seabed, reclaiming the island as well as reclamation of the beaches. Construction of groynes, revetments, soil compaction for the new island and the reclamation of sand bodies to facilitate the construction of a bridge also form part of the project. A total of more than 8 million m3 of sand needs to be dredged and deposited and some 3 million tonnes of stone will be placed.
Van Oord will deploy three trailing suction hopper dredgers and a cutter suction dredger, as well as a variety of equipment for placing the stone. Meraas Development LLC previously contracted Van Oord to construct the Pearl Jumeirah island. Van Oord has been working virtually non-stop in Dubai since 2001.
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