Gulf Precast Achieves Milestone At Al Falah Community Project.
Gulf Precast Concrete Company LLC, the largest precast manufacturer in the United Arab Emirates, announced the achievement of a key construction milestone ahead of programme, with the completion of the Villas’ Precast Works ofVillage 2 (1059 villas) at Al Falah Community Development. In parallel, the precast works in Village 3 (1010 villas)is well under progress with 60% completed.
Al Falah Community is a 12.5 million square metre master planned development, located to the east of the Abu Dhabi International Airport. The project is developed by Al Dar Properties and forms part of The Emirati Family Housing Programme, a wider Government initiative launched by the Abu Dhabi Urban Planning Council to create more social housing for the local population.
Gulf Precast has spent over8 million man hours since work started from June 2010 and over 280,000 cubic meter of concrete has been pouredup to date, for one of the largest housing projects being developed in the region.
Undertaken by Gulf Precast is the precast superstructure works of 2069 villas forming Village 2 and Village 3for the total of “5 villages – 4857 villas” development, as well as 280 kilometers of boundary wall and several electrical substations. The construction involves more than 50 mobile cranes to install the villas at a rate of 5 villas per day. The required precast concrete elements are manufactured and delivered from seven different Gulf Precast production plants.