ABU DHABI-BASED developer Sorouh Real Estate Company has set a record by completing the world’s highest penthouse bridge structure for a residential building.

The engineering feat involved raising the fourth and final section of the bridge to a height of 245 m, for its 65-storey residential development Gate Towers on Shams Abu Dhabi, Al Reem Island.

The final section of the bridge was lifted into its final position over the course of four days. The completed structure is now built across all three towers and is cantilevered 25 m beyond the last tower.

Lifting of the curved penthouse bridge was completed in four sections and phased over four months, with specially-designed jacks used to lift the sections. The first two segments weighed 750 tonnes and measured nearly 40 m long and 30 m wide and the last two structures weighed a total of 500 tonnes.

Abubaker Seddiq Al Khouri, managing director of Sorouh, said: “Lifting the penthouse bridge at the Gate Towers required world-leading expert capabilities.”

Gurjit Singh, chief operating officer of Sorouh, added: “It is remarkable to see the completion of the final phase of what has been the heaviest and highest building structure lifts of its kind to create the world’s highest penthouse bridge structure.”

The construction lift was led by Sorouh and various teams representing its business partners on the Gate Towers development.