Al Raha Beach: works completed

5 July 2010 - Projects update and handover - United Arab Emirates

In the United Arab Emirates, Soletanche Bachy, a Soletanche Freyssinet subsidiary (VINCI Construction), recently handed over the Al Raha Beach project. This handover marks the completion of a contract for the design-build of sea walls and soil improvement works in preparation for the creation of four new residential neighbourhoods on land won from the sea between Dubai and Abu-Dhabi. In total, the company created 20 km of diaphragm walls, improved 20 million cubic metres of ground and installed 20 km of prefabricated panels.