Gate passes come before trucks
Much of the area is inside JAFZA and other controlled zones. Every truck may need a pass, and the free zone authority sets the process. Check with them and with your tenant or developer well before the pour, and send us the pass requirements. A mixer turned away at the gate is a load lost.
Inside the zone, plots have wide roads and big turning areas, which makes truck movement easy once you are through.
Give us the name of the person who meets the trucks at the gate, and keep that phone on. On a long pour the first hour sets the rhythm, and a delay at security on truck one ripples through the whole day.
Planning a warehouse floor
A 3,000 m² warehouse bay at 200 mm is 600 m³, which is 50 trucks. That is a full day or night of continuous supply. We plan the number of trucks in rotation on the round trip from Al Quoz so that the spacing at the floor stays steady, and we agree the pour rate with the finishing crew beforehand.
Floors are usually placed from the chute or with a short boom. For elevated slabs in plant buildings, a 43 m boom covers most frames; tall process structures with the pump set back may need the 57 m.
Coastal ground and heat
Jebel Ali is coastal. Groundwater is shallow and saline, with chlorides and sulphates that attack buried concrete and steel. Pile caps, ground beams and pits get a mix designed for that exposure: GGBS blends, low water/cement ratio, cover and exposure class to your consultant's spec.
For daytime summer pours we add retarder for the 20 km trip. Many large floors here are poured at night to meet placing-temperature limits.
Questions from Jebel Ali sites
- Do your trucks need JAFZA passes?
- Usually yes. Check the process with the free zone and your tenant, and send us the requirements before the pour date.
- Can you supply 500 m³ in one pour?
- Yes, with a dispatch plan agreed in advance. Send the volume, pour rate and start time.