Museum of Islamic Arts – Package II: Marine Works & Piling
Location: Doha, Qatar
Category: Infrastructure & Roads
Client: National Council for Culture, Arts and Heritage (represented by Qatar Petroleum)
Consultants: I.M. PEI / LERA (USA) / COWI
Project Manager: Turner-Projacs
Commencement: October 2003
Completion: January 2005
The scope of work consisted of construction of the Museum of Islamic Arts building substructure, a “landmark” structure fully surrounded by water. The works involved the creation of a structural fill platform contained within a specially designed “driven” concrete sheet pile enclosure. Suitable temporary works and dewatering schemes were also implemented.
The works included construction of piles, large pile caps, grade beams, “pressure” grade slabs and deep pits in addition to the formation of a new cove and peninsula to reshape the existing coastline, this included 2.5 km of precast and rock armoring revetment works.
