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Excavation work has started on the Dh40.4-billion ($11 billion) Arabian Canal project in Dubai.
Abu Dhabi-based Tristar Transport and Contracting is undertaking the earthworks for the first phase of the project, which is being developed by Limitless, under a $2.7 billion contract.
Tristar fended off nine local and international bidders for the contract, which will produce one of the world’s longest man-made waterways.
Work will involve removing more than 200 million cu m of earth, which will then be reused to form landscapes along the waterway’s route. Work is expected to take three years.
“Construction of our 75-km Arabian Canal is a mammoth task, so we are splitting the earthworks into around 10 different packages,” says Ian Raine, the project director for the Arabian Canal at Limitless.
Tristar is working on Phase One while tenders for the second phase will be released shortly, he added.
