Evaluations of the Precast Concrete System in the Local Market of UAE

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New Horizons and etter Practices Structures Con!ress "##$ Edited %y &o%ert Lyons
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Structures Con!ress "##$ Lon! each' California' United States May ()*(+' "##$
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,S N -.rint/0 +$1*#*$122*#+2)*) Pu%lisher0 American Society of Civil En!ineers Co.yri!ht 3ear0 "##$ Ahmed El Sayed4 Adil 56 Al*7amimi4 and Mustafa Al Saudi Permalink0 htt.088d96doi6or!8(#6(#)(82#+2)-"21/:$ ASCE Subject Headings: Evaluation' Precast concrete ; "##$ American Society of Civil En!ineers 7he current %oom in the re!ion<s construction industry has created a need for more efficient and cost effective methods of construction that could %e used in a variety of different .ro=ects6 Also' concrete is the most widely used construction material here in the UAE and is used in virtually all .ro=ects re!ardless of the nature of size of the .ro=ect6 However' there are different ways of .roducin! and usin! concrete when it comes to the construction of a multi*storey %uildin!6 7he most common method used is known as in* situ concrete construction and involves the castin! and curin! of the concrete on*site6 7he concrete is .oured into forms where it is cured and allowed to harden %efore the forms are removed and used elsewhere6 7he alternative method %ein! evaluated is known as .recast concrete construction6 Pre*cast concrete is manufactured in a .lant and is later trans.orted to the =o%site where it is installed6 >hile .re*cast concrete is a

relatively new conce.t here in the UAE that is not a..lica%le to many ty.es of construction' it has still mana!ed to re.lace more conventional methods in several .ro=ects6 7he sco.e of .a.er includes com.arison of two %uildin!s constructed in UAE4 one usin! in*situ and the second usin! .re*cast concrete6 ,t will focus on the evaluation of the two forms of construction and ultimately' which construction method would we recommend at the end of the day6 7he ma=or cate!ories which are utilized for the final recommendation on are the followin!0 ( ud!et -Cost/ " >ork Schedule -7ime/ 7he fine details of how this is done and what tools were used durin! the different evaluation .rocesses are included later on in the re.ort6 ?or now' it will suffice to say that an e9tensive ill of Materials - @M/ was !enerated for each construction .ro=ect4 this is done throu!h an e9haustive .rocess of Auantity surveyin!6 7his @M is used in order to find out the cost of the .ro=ect as well as how lon! it would take to com.lete the entire .ro=ect6 Also' s.ecialized com.uter software is used in order to calculate the dura%ility of %oth ty.es of concrete and .rovide us with an estimate of maintenance costs for the entire life s.an of the .ro=ect6

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