Pearl Dubai FZ LLC, a leading real estate developer in the UAE, today announced the completion of 50% of the foundation works in the prestigious Dubai Pearl development with the completion of the raft pouring in South Tower on the project.

The South Tower has a foundation slab which is 3.25 metres thick and 3,072 square meters in total area. Juxtaposed against the 8.07 meters excavation, the dimensions make it a major milestone in the projects construction timeline. The project’s second raft pouring was completed in a record time of 30 hours.

The overall concrete pouring on the project’s four towers will consist of around 44000 cubic meters of concrete in the foundations containing over 10,000 tonnes in rafts of steel reinforcements.