Dubai Creek Tower, the USD 1 bn centerpiece of the six square kilometers Dubai Creek Harbor project, achieves concrete placement for the pile cap, two months ahead of scheduled completion, Invest-Gate reports.

Dubai’s leading property firm Emaar Properties revealed in a press statement issued on Wednesday, May 30, that its Dubai Creek Tower’s pile cap is an approximately 20 meters thick multi-layered, tiered reinforced concrete top that covers and transfers the load to the foundation barrettes.

The concrete pouring started in September last year and exceeded 50% of completion in January 2018, Emaar states.

“With this milestone, 50,000 cubic meters of concrete has been poured, weighing about 120,000 tonnes or the weight of the CN Tower in Canada. About 16,000 tonnes of steel reinforcement has also been placed, just over twice the weight of the Eiffel Tower,” the statement highlights.

In October 2016, Sheikh Mohammed marked the ground-breaking of the tower, with the foundation work accomplished in a record time. The tower’s 145 barrette piles were tested to a world record load of 36,000 tonnes and laid 72 meters deep to firmly secure the super-structure.

According to the statement, over 450 skilled professionals from across the world are functioning on-site highlighting the global collaboration that marks the construction of the new iconic structure.