Project Objective
Dubai Harbour is a waterfront development that includes the largest marina in the Middle East. This exclusive, mixed-use development features hospitality, residential, retail, and food and beverage components, as well as entertainment and public amenities. The site encompasses approximately 2 million square meters.
A design-build contractor chose Geosyntec to provide a range of services for the design of a seawater-intake and outfall-system that will cool a 2 million-square-meter waterfront development.
Scope of Services
A critical element of the overall project is the district cooling plant required to satisfy the cooling demands of the development. Geosyntec practitioners provided a range of services for the design of the seawater intake and outfall system, including structural design of the valve chamber, development of far-field and near-field dispersion models to assess the mixing of the thermal plume to evaluate the potential for recirculation, and the hydraulic design of all the intake and outfall components.
We designed and provided construction services for a cofferdam structure to support construction of the valve chamber and installation of the onshore pipeline. This task involved the installation of sheet piles and dewatering well points.
Notable Accomplishments
In addition to providing comprehensive design services for this large and complex project, Geosyntec assisted in obtaining all necessary approvals from Dubai Municipality and supported the project throughout construction.
Note: At the time of this project, Geosyntec practitioners were contracted as ATM, which was acquired by Geosyntec.
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Project Summary
- Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Client: Overseas AST
- Project Practice Areas: Coastal & Waterfront
- Type of Facility: Seawater Intake and Outfall System
- Services Provided: Structural Design of Valve Chamber; Sheet Pile Cofferdam; Hydrodynamic and Thermal Plume Modeling; Nearfield Dispersion Study; Hydraulic Design of Seawater Intake and Outfall; Permitting/No Objection Certificate (NOC) Approval Support; Construction Phase Services
