Case Study The basement is extended as the Sky View Tower rises in Dubai “...due to the proximity of the metro station extensive monitoring was carried out during construction...”Project: Sky View Tower Location: Dubai, UAE Customer: NSCC International Product: Titan micropiles Project completed: March 2018 The challenge The client wished to extend the basement of a pair of towers whilst they were still being constructed. The location of the extension was directly under the metro travelator, very near to the Burj Khalifa Metro Station. The restricted site conditions were very challenging. In total the length of the extension was 52.0m, with a width of 3.0m and headroom of only 5.5m. In addition, the metro station was only a few metres from the proposed 5.0m excavation. The solu

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