Damac's Ocean Heights reaches 70 floors, work to be over in a year

Damac Properties announced yesterday that its Ocean Heights development is now approaching 70 floors. The skyscraper, which will finally stand 84 storeys tall at the entrance to Dubai Marina, will complete its structure by late autumn and is due for total completion in just under a year.

Around 1,800 people are on site each day and main contractor Arabtec is completing a floor every week. In addition, Alumco, who are installing the glass cladding, has reached the 54th floor. Electrical wiring and cabling have reached the 60th floor with interior plastering and painting at floor 55.

CEO of Damac Properties Peter Riddoch said: 'Building a tower of this scale involves many different contractors – we have 25 working at Ocean Heights – and so it is important that co-ordination and co-operation are the key focuses for everyone involved. We are on target to complete this building within three years."

Once completed Ocean Heights will offer 680 apartments ranging from one to three bedrooms. The first penthouse floor has just been constructed at floor 67.

Design and development work is under way for Damac Heights, another skyscraper that is scheduled to be complete in 2013.

 

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