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    Project Stories | Piled-raft foundation design for Dubai Towers Doha

    About Project

    Dubai Towers - Doha is a super-tall skyscraper with a roof height of 400 m (1,300 ft) (Spire height 437 m (1,434 ft)) under construction in Doha, Qatar. When completed, the structure will be the tallest building in Qatar, and the mixed use tower will include a 7,000 m2 (75,000 sq ft) retail area, 13 floors comprising a 225-room five-star hotel, 29 floors of office space and 31 floors containing 226 luxury apartments and three super luxury penthouses.

     

    rendering of Dubai Towers Doha

    Rendering of Dubai Towers Doha

     

    Project Name

    Dubai Towers Doha

    Location

    Doha, Qatar

    Construction Period

    2007 – under construction

    Contractor

    Al Habtoor-Al Jaber Joint Venture

    Designer

    Hyder Consulting

     

    The tower was founded on soft sand and required the design of a piled raft in a 3D finite element model to fully understand the behavior.

     

    Piles and basement

    Piles and basement

     

    Podium and basement levels

    Podium and basement levels

     

    ground settlement

    Ground settlement

     

    pile axial forces

    Pile axial forces

     

     

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