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I NTRODUCTION
engineering are at
originating in the Middle East. In recent years the DAR Group of Consulting
Dar Al-Handasah
Firms has expanded rapidly throughout Africa, Europe, North America and the
Far East.
Dar Al-Handasah Group offers clients a staff of over 4,000, including
about 2,000 who are professionally qualified, in 50 offices throughout the world.
The DAR Group offers a comprehensive range of services to both client-owners
and contractors, covering:
Detailed design
Contract documentation
Construction supervision
responsible for design of bridges and viaducts of all types, large roofs and other
special-use structures. Our structures often stretch the conventional limits of
architecture and civil engineering. Yet our designs are always highly efficient,
technically innovative and easily built, with great economy achieved in
construction.
The interplay of departmental activities assures the full
resources of the Dar Al-Handasah Group are utilized on major projects,
while individual departments maintain the advantage of operating
independently or in small groups of select engineers.
Dar Al-Handasah invites you to explore further how Bridges and
Special Structures can assist you with your engineering design projects.
page one
page two
DAR Bridges and Special Structures has gained its strong international
is the key to
success at
Dar Al-Handasah
page three
understanding
and
development
of
C ONCEPT D ESIGN
page four
Concept design is
the prerequisite
to producing
emerges as a single image of what is most appropriate and easily built for the
structures of
location. This first step of concept design is usually made by an individual who
superior quality
and
carefully
balanced
with
no
one
The concept design for the Bahrain Causeway Bridge, based on the
image of sails typical of local boats, resolved diverse locational
requirements:
Fast-track construction.
page five
Once the right concept for the location emerges, it is refined in detail,
confirmed by calculation and tested by the design team. Although DAR
engineers make extensive use of the most advanced available computing
capabilities, these are never used as substitutes for the intuition and
imagination of our professional staff. Analysis is only as accurate as the
assumptions on which it is performed.
Winner of an
international design
competition, the
1285m Benha
Bridge, Egypt,
consists of twin
concrete decks cast
in-situ span-by-span
on falsework and a
120m main span
cast in-situ using a
cantilever carriage
designed by the
consultant as an
integral part of the
concept design.
page six
location itself
particular type is imposed on the location. What is appropriate and right should
be determined by the response of the designer to the unique characteristics of
each location.
Special Structures designers have demonstrated that a design that
derives from the actual conditions prevailing at each specific location
consistently prove to be the most cost-effective as well as the most elegant
solution.
Two reservoirs at Muna, Saudi Arabia,
illustrate how the same need - a covered
storage reservoir to provide large volumes of
water to supply pilgrims to the Holy places is met by structures of very different form,
materials and construction. Both designs
simplified
construction
and
minimize
Pyramids 75m x
45m are defined by
cables tensioned
from concrete
pylons to a grid of
prestressed beams.
page seven
Outstanding concept
designs often
transcend the
location and
function which
inspired them. This
large-roof concept
might easily be
transformed into an
arena or sports
stadium.
page eight
Appropriate
structural form
produces
efficiency
page nine
Lighting,
landscaping, and
finish details were
developed as part of
the concept design
so the structure
could be easily
built. Economy was
achieved by
efficiency in both
design and
construction.
page ten
Aesthetics
in design
enhances the
environment
Technical
innovations in
bearings and
expansion joints to
provide economy in
maintenance on the
Hijaz Interchange
also provide
beautiful aesthetic
detailing for the
completed structure.
Underside View of
the Viaduct at
Muharraq
Interchange.
page eleven
Hijaz three-level
interchange.
Qurashiyah Viaduct
constructed with
precast spine and
cantilevers.
E CONOMY IN C ONSTRUCTION
page twelve
Constructibility
is the key
to economy
Economy is related less to the quantity and cost of materials used in a design
than to the way the design is to be built and the effort required to maintain it
once it is built.
The Jeddah - Makkah elevated expressway is an excellent example of
how DARs Special Structures achieves great economy by attention to
construction issues in the concept design. This beautiful 12-km urban
expressway was economically built using precast concrete segments with only
65 m of formwork for the superstructure.
Economy was achieved by simplifying the
plan geometry and resolving the on-off
ramps
of
the
grade
separated
Construction of the
tensioned-cable
dome structure.
Casting of precast
deck segments.
Assembly of precast
deck segments.
page thirteen
Standard pier at
expansion joint.
Balanced cantilever
construction
Al-Khaleej Viaduct
102m span.
Erection of precast
spine segments
using balanced
cantilever
construction.
T ECHNICAL I NNOVATION
page fourteen
Technical innovation
is the key
to the future
page fifteen
Technological
innovation in
concept design to
meet a fast-track
construction
schedule resulted in
an economical and
dramatically
beautiful roof
structure that was
completely built in
few weeks.
Q UALITY A SSURANCE
page sixteen
From concept to
Quality Assurance and Quality Control are built into every stage of the
completion
Dar Al-Handasah
engineers carefully scrutinize the design for accuracy, efficiency, economy and
is your assurance
constructibility. Within each individual project important stages are identified for
to quality
engineering
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