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Bauer completes piling for Louvre Abu Dhabi
The company has been working on the site of the Saadiyat Island Cultural District since March to place 4,536 pilings, around 100 kilometres of steel and reinforced concrete pile sections, according to the Tourism Development & Investment Company, the state-backed master development in charge of a number of big projects in the emirate.
Abu Dhabi reports 29% increase in Saudi tourists
Abu Dhabi’s leisure offering has been boosted this year by the opening of two 18-hole championship-ready golf courses. The Saadiyat Beach Golf Club, on the signature Saadiyat Island, is the Arabian Gulf’s only “ocean” course, designed by Gary Player. Yas Links, on Yas Island was designed by Kyle Phillips and has eight holes running along the coastline with all 18 holes having fabulous Arabian Gulf views.
Aecom Buys Tishman Construction
The companies have overseen some of the world’s largest complex construction projects. Los Angeles-based Aecom is currently working on New York City’s new Second Avenue subway and Saadiyat Island, a $30 billion development off the coast of Abu Dhabi.
TDIC grants extension to Louvre contract tender
The Tourism, Development and Investment Company has granted an extension to companies submitting tenders for the main contract for Abu Dhabi’s Louvre museum by almost four weeks.
TDIC in Cityscape island apartments launch
Plans for just under 500 luxury flats on Saadiyat Island have been unveiled at Cityscape Abu Dhabi. The 495 apartments will be part of a three-plot development eventually comprising almost 1,000 flats on Saadiyat, a 27-kilometer man-made island expected to be home to 160,000 people when it is completed in 2020.
Abu Dhabi issue tenders of construction packages for museum project
MEED reported that Abu Dhabi’s Tourism Development & Investment Company has told companies that it will now procure contractors for its estimated USD 1 billion Zayed National Museum project on Saadiyat Island using a series of traditional lump sum contracts.
Abu Dhabi’s Saadiyat Island showcases major tourism developments at ITB Berlin
Tourism Development & Investment Company (TDIC), the master developer of major cultural, residential and tourism destinations in Abu Dhabi, has this week showcased its flagship development, Saadiyat Island, to the global travel industry at ITB in Berlin, Europe’s leading international travel trade show, as the island marks the significant achievements of the past year and reveals its forthcoming tourism milestones.
Culture Vultures
No longer content with simply relying on the vast wealth that it pumps from its huge oil reservoirs, Abu Dhabi has ambitions to become one of the world’s top cultural destinations. The United Arab Emirates’ capital is spending $100 billion to diversify its oil-reliant economy into a tourist hub, which it hopes will attract 2.3 million visitors by 2013.
