On the morning of the 10th of October, the last excursion in Dubai took place. The Study Tour visited Jebel Ali, the largest port in Dubai, by bus. Next, the group learned more about the works of DP World within the port via two presentations in their Expo 2020 pavilion and explored the Expo 2020 … Continue reading "District 2020 & DP World"
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On Friday, the excursion to the van Oord Daimah Yard was scheduled. Van Oord is a Dutch dredging company and one of the largest dredging companies in the world. The four main divisions within the company are dredging, offshore wind, offshore infrastructure and the Netherlands. Van Oord’s Daimah Yard in the UAE is located in … Continue reading "Van Oord: Daimah Yard"
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Another excursion was scheduled today, where we visited the tallest building in the world. The Burj Khalifa in Dubai is an 828-meter-high building whose construction began in 2004. In a scant 6 years, this massive building with a multi-purpose purpose was constructed from the ground. Unfortunately, the excursion turned out to be a bit general … Continue reading "Burj Khalifa"
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After the tour with ALEC to the One Za’Abeel, we headed with the bus to the Witteveen+Bos excursion. We started the excursion with a meeting with three members of the Witteveen+Bos branch in Dubai. They told us about the projects they have implemented in the area so far and upcoming new projects they plan to … Continue reading "Witteveen+Bos"
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Today a site visit was planned at the ONE Za’abeel which is being constructed by ALEC Engineering and Contracting LLC. This company is based in the GCC and has also a presence in Africa. They are mostly focused on constructing complex and iconic projects. Often the goal of these projects is to exceed the expectations … Continue reading "ALEC: One Za’abeel"
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On Tuesday afternoon on October 4th we went to our second excursion at the Heriot-Watt University. Here we were welcomed by the Director of Civil Engineering dr. Pouriah Hafiz. He led us onto the first floor were we were also welcomed by Director of Research at Heriot-Watt University dr. Mustafa Batikha and two PhD-students in … Continue reading "Heriot-Watt University"
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It was finally time for our first excursion of the Study Tour: the Dutch Consulate in Dubai. However, due to renovations at their office, we, unfortunately, could not visit the consulate at their office close to Palm Jumeirah. Therefore, two representatives of the Dutch consulate visited us at the rooftop theatre room of our hotel. … Continue reading "Dutch Consulate Dubai"
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