Pump position on a canal plot
With water on one side and traffic on the other, the pump usually sets up on the street frontage. A 43 m boom reaches the near half of a podium. For a deep plot, or when the pump has to sit across a service lane, the 57 m boom is the one to book. Above the podium, a placing boom on the slab takes the work, fed by pipeline up the core.
Outriggers need firm ground. On canal-side plots, show us where they will land and whether there is a basement wall, a shoring line or a utility below. A pump that has to move halfway through a pour costs more time than any traffic jam.
From Al Quoz in about 8 km
Most trucks come along Al Khail Road and into the district by Al Asayel Street. The distance is short, but the roads around Business Bay jam at peak hours, so we time departures to avoid arriving into the worst of it and adjust the retarder for the day's traffic and the hour of the pour.
A slab of 180 m³ is 15 trucks. With no room to queue on the frontage, we hold the next truck nearby and release it when the site calls. For a basement raft, the count goes up and the plan becomes a continuous chain from the plant, often overnight.
Groundwater under the towers
Business Bay is coastal ground beside a canal, and groundwater is shallow and saline. Shoring, piling and basement mixes are designed for chloride and sulphate exposure: GGBS blends, a low water/cement ratio, the cover and exposure class from your consultant.
Questions from Business Bay sites
- Can you pour Business Bay slabs overnight?
- Yes, the plant runs 24/7. Check working hours with the building or developer and any road restrictions for the pump, then book the slot.
- 43 m or 57 m boom?
- Pick 43 m when the pump can stand close to the pour. Pick 57 m when it has to stand back or reach across a podium.
- How do you handle a basement raft next to the canal?
- With a substructure mix for saline groundwater and a continuous chain of trucks sized to the raft volume.