Limitless, UAE, has recently announced that it received ten bids from construction companies for the first phase of the major earthworks on the US$1 billion Arabian Canal project.
Limitless is currently assessing the proposals submitted by various local and international firms. “Construction of the canal involves one of the biggest excavations ever undertaken in the region,” Ian Raine, Project Director for the Arabian Canal told. “The sheer size of the project means that it will be split into around ten different packages in total. “The first package involves the excavation of an 8km stretch of the waterway at the northern end of the inland section of the canal. It will run 2.5km to the west of the Dubai bypass and 5.5km to the east.” He added than more than one billion cubic metres would be excavated and re-used to form new landscapes along the waterway. The Arabian Canal will be the world’s longest man-made canal.
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