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GCC countries invest $10.27 billion in rail and metro projects
Public transportation and rail infrastructure projects in the GCC countries saw tremendous growth over the last few years, with rail and metro projects leading the way in terms of the total value of the completed and underway projects, hitting $10,270,000, in Qatar, the UAE and the KSA.
Making ends meet
The Dubai Metro was one such project where the company offered its services. For this project it was decided that the construction be segmented, so parts of the deck are precast elsewhere and assembled on site using a special gantry. “Sometimes if we can’t use the existing design,” he says, “the company proposes an alternative. We were able to achieve a segment for every two days. We own the specialist equipment, and it’s the first of its kind in the GCC.
