22 January 2008
The design for Business Central Towers (BCT) situated on Shaikh Zayed Road in Dubai, as created by the United Arab Emirates-based Gulf Steel Industries FZC (GSI), recently landed the company first place for steel-structural works in the StruCad International Drawing Competition.
A subsidiary of Arabtec Holding PJSC, GSI is one of the UAE's leading structural-steel fabrication companies, specialising in design, fabrication and erection of structural-steel works.
GSI excelled against strong competition from international companies such as those in the United Kingdom and New Zealand. The company was established three years ago in the Hamriyah free zone in Sharjah in response to the increasing demand for quality structural-steel buildings and products and at the beginning of this year, Arabtec announced it had acquired 55 per cent of the company.
According to StruCad (the entity behind the three-dimensional, structural-steel detailing technology system) "accuracy and speed" were the key criteria when it came to utilisation of the 3D structural-steel detailing package. GSI detailed the design of the structural-steel works of BCT (part of al Kazim Group development project in Dubai) in less than three months using the said technology.
"The winning of this award is a great honour for GSI, coming in tandem with the firm's joining Arabtec," said Rami Al Qaisi company managing director. "Since our establishment, we have always endeavoured to deliver the best. We are aware that for any firm to be consistently successful in its activities, it is paramount for it to team with the industry's finest, "In GSI's case that means working with StruCad software and further developing ourselves through Arabtec." The BCT project features three basement levels, a ground floor and an eight-storey podium plus two 52-storey towers rising 44 floors above the podium to a height of 203 metres. Rising above the towers are two aesthetically designed roofs, standing at 265 metres. The tower's roof structure consists of approximately 1,200 tonnes of steelwork which has been formed into intricate arches. GSI's other projects include the automated car park in Dubai.
The design for Business Central Towers (BCT) situated on Shaikh Zayed Road in Dubai, as created by the United Arab Emirates-based Gulf Steel Industries FZC (GSI), recently landed the company first place for steel-structural works in the StruCad International Drawing Competition.
A subsidiary of Arabtec Holding PJSC, GSI is one of the UAE's leading structural-steel fabrication companies, specialising in design, fabrication and erection of structural-steel works.
GSI excelled against strong competition from international companies such as those in the United Kingdom and New Zealand. The company was established three years ago in the Hamriyah free zone in Sharjah in response to the increasing demand for quality structural-steel buildings and products and at the beginning of this year, Arabtec announced it had acquired 55 per cent of the company.
According to StruCad (the entity behind the three-dimensional, structural-steel detailing technology system) "accuracy and speed" were the key criteria when it came to utilisation of the 3D structural-steel detailing package. GSI detailed the design of the structural-steel works of BCT (part of al Kazim Group development project in Dubai) in less than three months using the said technology.
"The winning of this award is a great honour for GSI, coming in tandem with the firm's joining Arabtec," said Rami Al Qaisi company managing director. "Since our establishment, we have always endeavoured to deliver the best. We are aware that for any firm to be consistently successful in its activities, it is paramount for it to team with the industry's finest, "In GSI's case that means working with StruCad software and further developing ourselves through Arabtec." The BCT project features three basement levels, a ground floor and an eight-storey podium plus two 52-storey towers rising 44 floors above the podium to a height of 203 metres. Rising above the towers are two aesthetically designed roofs, standing at 265 metres. The tower's roof structure consists of approximately 1,200 tonnes of steelwork which has been formed into intricate arches. GSI's other projects include the automated car park in Dubai.
© Bahrain Tribune 2008
