Doha National Convention Centre, Sidra Trees
Year of Completion 2008
With the construction completion due in 2008 on the Doha National Convention centre. This spectacle is expected to be the largest convention centre in the Middle East, with facilities including a 2,500 seat theatre, exhibition halls and banqueting facilities for major functions.
Utilising M76 galvanised tendons complete with nut and washer. The Sidra Trees project required the final make up bar lengths to range from 70 to 110 metres. With bar lengths of such magnitude, Macalloy engineers designed a special coupler with an internal chamber to allow joints to be assembled by running the coupler first on to the one bar before adding the next bar on to the tendon.
In addition Macalloy 1030 fully threaded in M50 was supplied for the tower top suspension hangers, each bar supplied with a maximum anticipated load of 775KN.
Steel Work Contractor: Victor Buyck