Contractors bidding for the contract to build the world’s tallest building in Dubai has delivered presentations to the project client local developer Emaar Properties.

Emaar received bids for the main construction contract for The Tower at Dubai Creek Harbour on 13 November. The bidders are:

• Arabian Construction Company (ACC; Lebanon) / Consolidated Contractors Company (CCC; Lebanon)
• Samsung C&T (South Korea) / Six Construct (Belgium)

The procurement for the estimated $1bn project is being fast-tracked and Emaar is planning to award the construction contract in December.

The superstructure comprises three key elements. They are: a concrete core, a steel frame structure on top of the concrete core, and cables descending down from the tower to the ground.

France’s Soletanche Bachy is working on the substructure. The tower is designed by Spanish/Swiss architect and engineer Santiago Calatrava Valls. Calatrava is working with the local office of Aurecon as the consultant, supported by the UK’s RMJM. The project manager for the tower is US-based Parsons.

On 10 October, Dubai officially confirmed the tower will be the world’s tallest tower when it is completed in 2020. The final height has not been disclosed. To become the world’s tallest tower, it will have to be more than 1,008 metres in height, which is the expected height of the under-construction Jeddah Tower in Saudi Arabia.