Doka’s proven Dokaflex tables are helping speed up work on a new 40-storey office tower that is coming up in Jumeirah, as part of Dubai Media City.

Located close to the Dubai Marina, the tower will include 11 floors for parking 1,099 cars, making it what is claimed to be the largest multi-storey car-park in the area.
Throughout construction of the three basement levels, grade level and 40-storey Shatha Tower, main contractor, Al Shafar General Contracting Company (ASGC), is using Doka’s Dokaflex tables for slab construction, says a spokesman for the German formwork manufacturer.
For the ground floor and the first seven floors, the contractor used one set of Dokaflex tables, covering approximately 4,000 sq m. Slab thickness on the seven floors is 25 cm with a 3.30 m floor height for the car park floors.
“As ready assembled units, the Dokaflex tables reduce the number of separate items needed for each floor formwork,” says the spokesman. “Pre-assembled tableforms are easily shifted in one piece to the next position to be cast without being dismantled.”
“With fewer separate parts, formwork erection and striking are greatly accelerated, ensuring shortest possible forming lines for the contractor,” he adds.
The Shatha Tower will include 30 floors of office space ranging in size from 800 to 15,000 sq ft per floor. It also includes a dedicated floor for a multi-functional conference room, meeting rooms, prayer room and serviced offices.
A further floor will be dedicated for a health club, two squash courts, a swimming pool and terraced coffee shop/restaurant.
Four levels will feature landscaped gardens and the tower will offer panoramic views of the sea and a golf course.  In total, the tower will provide 480,000 sq ft of leasable commercial areas.
National Engineering Bureau of Dubai is the architect and engineering consultant for tower. 
“Doka formwork is the solution for the present day’s fast-track projects to cope with the speed of construction that is in progress in Dubai,” says ASGC project manager, Sebastian. “The handling system and the light weight make the system most suitable for any tower crane available on high-rise construction.”
“The regular visits by Doka personnel for inspection and guidance to the ASGC engineers, on the efficient use of Doka system, is highly appreciated,” he concludes.