Through the gate on time
Our trucks travel just over 10 km from Al Quoz, along Sheikh Zayed Road or Al Khail Road depending on the plot. Many sites here have a security check at the entrance. Send us the vehicle and driver details the site requires in advance, so the first truck is not held at the barrier while its concrete ages in the drum.
Building management or the authority running the area sets delivery hours. Check with them. We work back from the approved slot to the plant departure and set the retarder for the trip plus a realistic time at the gate, which on some government sites is longer than the drive.
Sizing the fleet for an office slab
A 96 m³ slab is eight 12 m³ trucks. Office plots usually have a loading bay or a ramp where one truck can stand while another waits. We release trucks to match the pump, and if the site needs a pause, the next load is held at the plant instead of idling at a security post.
For a basement or a large raft, we agree a sequence of truck numbers with the gate in advance, so security can wave the chain through without checking each driver from scratch. Give us the name of the person at the gate who can release a truck, and our dispatcher calls them directly.
Booms, cores and placing
The 43 m boom suits podiums and low cultural buildings. The 57 m boom gives reach over a setback or a garden forecourt that the pump cannot cross. Office cores and upper floors are placed with a placing boom fed by pipeline.
DIFC and Za'abeel are inland, without coastal saline exposure. Substructure follows the consultant's specification, and fibre-reinforced mixes are an option for ground slabs in car parks and service areas.
Questions from DIFC and Za'abeel sites
- Do drivers need to be registered with site security?
- Often yes. Ask the site what it needs and send us the list, and we assign matching trucks and drivers.
- Can a pour be paused once started?
- Yes, the site can call a pause. We hold the next truck at the plant and adjust the retarder for the new arrival time.