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Dubai: Abu Dhabi Ports Company (ADPC) awarded two major earthworks contracts worth Dh1 billion for the Khalifa Industrial Zone in Taweelah to Al Jaber Transport and General Contracting LLC and Ghantoot Transport and General Contracting Establishment.
These contracts, which together involve more than 40 million cubic metres of landfill, mark the start of the construction activities in area A of Khalifa Industrial Zone, which involves 53 square kilometres of the 137 square kilometres of the Khalifa Industrial Zone.
The scope of the work requires the contractors to clear and grub approximately 19 square kilometres of land area in the Khalifa Industrial Zone and then fill, spread and compact the area to a new raised level of 2.5 metres above the sea level.
The two contracts which require approximately 300 trucks will be moving over 1.2 million cubic metres of fill per month from an ADPC borrow area on the east of Shaikh Rashid Highway to the Taweelah industrial area. The works will be completed in 36 months and will progressively release levelled areas for phased development.
Strategically located between the cities of Abu Dhabi and Dubai in Taweelah, Khalifa Port and Industrial Zone (KPIZ) is a multi-billion dollar project designed as a multi-purpose facility that involves the construction of a world-scale container and industrial port in addition to the development of over 100 square kilometres of industrial, logistics, commercial, educational, and residential special economic and free zones.
The dredging and reclamation at the site of the Khalifa Port started on February 17th and consists of dredging 45 million cubic metres as well as reclamation of the offshore port island which will cover a 275 hectare area.
The port will be completed in phases and the first vessel is expected to visit Khalifa Port by the end of 2010.
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