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Limitless appoints contractor for phase one of Arabian Canal

Limitless has appointed Abu Dhabi-based Tristar Transport and Contracting company for the first phase of earthworks on its $11 billion (Dh40 billion) Arabian Canal project.

  • Staff Report
  • Published: 16:38 September 30, 2008
  • Gulf News

Dubai: Limitless has appointed Abu Dhabi-based Tristar Transport and Contracting company for the first phase of earthworks on its $11 billion (Dh40 billion) Arabian Canal project.

The contract involves removing more than 200 million cubic metres of earth - to be re-used to form new landscapes, including valleys and hills up to 200 metres high - along a nine kilometre stretch of the waterway's route.

Work on phase one will begin this week, with excavation and land reforming completed in three years.

Tristar is one of 10 local and international companies who were considered for the work.

"Construction of our 75km Arabian Canal is a mammoth task, so we are splitting the earthworks into around 10 different packages. Tristar will work on phase one, and the tender for the second phase will be released shortly," said Ian Raine, project director of Arabian Canal.

Limitless is also planning a $50 billion, 14,000 hectare waterfront city for 2.5 million people, to be built along the 30 kilometre inland stretch of the canal.

Phase one of the development covers 2,200 hectares and will accommodate 600,000 people.

US and British firms

Limitless has appointed several consultants for the project's first phase.

These include American companies Calthorpe Associates as master planner, SWA as landscape architect, Moffatt & Nichol as canal engineer and Parsons International Ltd as infrastructure engineer.

British firms MVA Consultancy will handle traffic and transport planning, while cost consultant is Faithful & Gould, and Mott MacDonald will carry out geotechnical engineering work.

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