89km Mountain Road: A remarkable feat of infrastructure development

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89km Mountain Road A remarkable feat of
infrastructure development
Al Marwan highly trained operators and quality
heavy machinery were the key to speed up the
operations
To build a massive, high-pro?le government
project in a rough environment, every day and
every dirham counts. The AED 5.8 billion, 89 km
Khor Fakkan road will aid Sharjah commuters by
connecting the emirate to Khor Fakkan, cutting
travel time by 45 minutes. Although it includes
?ve tunnels, the road will run primarily above
ground and its on this portion of the project
where Al Marwans road building and excavation
expertise is making a difference.
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Speeding excavation by energizing uptime
At the site of the Khor Fakkan road, Al Marwan
contractors were digging and blasting their
share (27 km) of an 89 km road through
mountainous terrain that connected the rest of
the road to Khor Fakkan. Construction crews were
working on miles of road, three underpasses, ten
water culverts, ten bridges and with limited
time and resources that were the key challenges
of this major project. Going for maximum
productivity, over 243 units of quality heavy
machinery were on the site, along with 480
highly trained operators to limit any expected
downtime. Due to the pressing nature of the
project, rotating shifts were in place to cover a
total operability period of 24/7, day and night.
Al Marwan provided over 243 units of quality
heavy machinery Complex telematics support
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Al Marwan also made the high-tech monitoring
systems work for them throughout the excavation
site. Adding to the myriad challenges was the
fact that the construction sites are located in
environmentally di?cult areas. At the Khor Fakkan
site, for example, the engineers had to account
for machinery failures caused by rock-hard
mountains adjacent to the road and to ensure
that the blasting did not impact the operations
on the rest of the road, which meant that
breakdown of the machinery was a foreseen
result. Al Marwan had the right mechanics and
preventive maintenance available 24/7 to ensure
all equipment will work without breakdown. As
well as the right number of highly skilled
operators with safety training.
Keeping excavation going
Al Marwan Heavy Machinery provided several mobile
workshops to cover all excavation sites, as well
as a standard ?xed workshop to accommodate the
needs of the large-scale project. Daily
maintenance checks included changing oil for all
240 machinery, regular machinery upkeep for
over-worked equipment, as well as fabricating and
supporting the needed heavy equipment
attachments as required. This collaborative work
resulted in achieving the Al Marwan standards of
zero injuries, zero accidents, and zero
downtime. These safety standards helped Al Marwan
take the TÜV certi?cation home.
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Al Marwan mobile workshops, with experienced
technicians provides fast and e?cient on-site
service Making history A commitment to solving
problems and providing innovative solutions,
along with decades of experience in contracting
and engineering, allowed Al Marwan to help the
stakeholder stay on time and on budget. 1.6
million cubic meters were excavated throughout
the SGCC project, and that is no small number
when compared to the amount of effort put into
realizing this major project for the Cities of
Sharjah and Khor Fakkan.