I guess they plan on lifting the whole thing to the top after all.

But dang, this banana weighs 35 tons. :sly:

The Crescent was divided into 10 parts to facilitate the move will be re-installed to the top of the tower.

That crescent looks like a fusion of some psychedelic Arabian Nights story and some futuristic movie. I respect. What material will they use for surface finishes?

Building reminds me of something out of a aladdin movie

That's exactly what I was trying to say. Aladdin meets The Matrix. I can totally see Aladdin and Jasmine chilling in the crescent, with the flying carpet (or a Back to the Future hoverboard) laying on the side.

28 April 2011

Diverse applications

Wessely points out the diverse range of applications the company has been involved in. These range from developing quadaxial fabrics for use in Lamborghini's new carbon composite supercar, to supplying materials for the Dokaae Tower in Mecca – the work's largest clock tower.

On the Dokaae Tower project FORMAX worked with Premier Composite Technologies (PCT) of Dubai to produce the clock hands using carbon prepreg. The clock hands had to be be hollow to allow access to the 2000 LEDS embedded into their surface. They were therefore designed as sandwich structures, featuring an outer layer of prepregged glass cloth, a structural laminate of unidirectional (UD) carbon prepreg and secondary reinforcements using FORMAX carbon biaxial fabrics.

FORMAX materials will also be used in the tower's hilal (cresent moon) structure which will measure 23 m. Working with PCT and Gurit UK, FORMAX developed a custom hybrid quadraxial fabric for this, which uses a blend of carbon and glass fibres.

source: http://www.reinforcedplastics.com/vi...n-multiaxials/

29 April 2011

Dubai based composite structures supplier Premier Composite Technologies (PCT) is celebrating five years in business.

PCT was founded in 2006 by a team of three people, including managing director Hannes Waimer, to serve the architectural and marine markets in the Middle East.

Today, the company has grown to over 670 people. It works a number of European architects, including SL Rasch, Snohetta and Foster + Partners, and has evolved into the building of production race boats, including the FARR 400.

PCT is currently involving in the construction of the Dokaae Tower in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

This the largest clock tower in the world and PCT has supplied the upper 370 m of the 601 m tower, a construction that involves over 60 000 m2 of composite cladding. This includes the four glass fibre epoxy clock faces, two of which measure 43 m in diameter, as well as the 23 m carbon clock hands and the 23 m self-supporting carbon hilal.

http://www.reinforcedplastics.com/vi...h-anniversary/

^^ The End!

Am I the only one who looks at the clock tower and thinks, "1.21 jigawatts!"