DUBAI Pearl’s developer Pearl Dubai announced the milestone completion of the fourth and final raft foundation pour, achieved within the timeline of four months.

The raft foundation on Tower 4 of the project consisted of 11,500 cu m of concrete, 2,500 tonnes of steel reinforcements and took a record 30 hours in one continuous pour to complete.

Santhosh Joseph, president and CEO of Pearl Dubai, said: “We will now move into the next phase of construction, starting with work on the superstructure of the towers, in addition to placing the core walls and reinforcements for the columns.”

The excavation for the four towers, measuring 8.07 m from the bottom of the raft to the ground level, was completed in eight weeks. Each foundation slab is 3.25 m thick and has an area of 3,072 sq m.

About 44,000 cu m of concrete was poured into the foundation of the four towers on the project in addition to utilising over 10,000 tonnes of steel reinforcements.