The two-storey cargo terminal

building is the first building of

Dubai Logistics City (DLC). 1s
planned to have an annual car
go volume of up to 12 million
tons in the future, This terminal
hall has a size of 300 x 10 m
and is made of steel and rein-
forced concrete. The Cargo-
Handing, Cooling and pe.

cal Storage area s located on

an area of 34.000 m on the
ground floor. On the upper
floor, with an area of 7,000
thers are recreation and chang:
ing rooms as well a a canteen.
and technica sice room. In
the course of shell and core.
220000 m' of soil were re-
moved, 35,000 m’ concrete
were built n and 6.400 t of
steel were used up.

Cargo Terminal Building

“The contract includes the tn

Key execution of the building
using the design and build sys
tem. The turkey finishing of
the entire technical equipment,
such as the -22°C cooling ares,
were especially challenging oiv-
en outdoor temperatures of up.
450°C

Passenger Terminal Building

Another key building of the

Al Maktoum Intemational Ar
Portis the new Passenger Ter-
minal with an annual passenger
capacity of 5107 millon. The
first Passenger Terminal Build:
ing of construction phase 11 3
two-storey building with three.
wings, each 185 m long and

100 m wide and which amount

10. gross storey area of approx.
imately 50000 m'. The depar-
ture and arrival halls 3s well as
the main hal concourse, are

located on the ground floor.

Administration offices and
restaurants are on the mez.
Zanine level. The construction
methods used for the terminal
are reinforced concrete con.
ruction and constructional
steelwork. The roof construc.
tion is supported by steel col
ums, The mezzanine level isa
reinforced concrete construc
tion which consists of precast
hollow core slab.

The contract includes shell and

core, steel orks and the entire
earthworks including amelio-
ration measures. Furthermore
the scope of work included sev-
eral smaller adjoining buildings
and gangways.