Dubai Metro
Dubai, UAE
Atkins was appointed as the lead designer responsible for all civil works associated with the Red and Green Lines of the Dubai Metro, which included the full multi disciplinary design and management of the civil works including geotechnical and site investigations, bored tunnels (using earth pressure balancing Tunnel Boring Machines), cut and cover tunnels, viaducts and bridges (utilising post-tensioned, segmental bridge construction), route alignment, elevated, at-grade and underground stations (utilising top down constructed station boxes with diaphragm walls), depots and additional specialist services such as fire and ventilation, environmental impact, concrete durability, noise and vibration reduction, and landscaping.
Our role also included design coordination with the rail systems side (track, signalling, rolling stock and power) and close working with the contractor to facilitate timely construction to programme.
Currently regarded as the world’s largest transport infrastructure project under design and construction, one of the greatest challenges at the outset was to swiftly mobilise our wide pool of international specialist design expertise from Atkins’ international offices and combine that with our local presence in Dubai to work on this tightly programmed multi-disciplinary project.
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