Day 2: First Site Visit

Today was our second day in Dubai. We had breakfast at the hotel and then we split into our respective teams, ‘The Skyscrapers’ and ‘The Cedars of Liberty’ and headed to the first site visit. While on the ride, we wanted to make use of every second, so together we reviewed the material for today’s quiz.

The Skyscrapers were warmly welcomed by the “Nad Al Hamar Residence” project director Mr. T. R Subrahmanyam. The project is a residential & commercial building consisting of 2 basement parking levels, ground level plus 12 floor levels with a total of 96 apartments. The project is still under its initial stages of construction which gave us the opportunity to closely observe and learn about shoring systems, dewatering and pile foundations with the help of Mr. T.R Subrahmanyam and the site engineer, Mr. Kanniah.

Nad Al Hamar Residence Site.

The Cedars of Liberty visited the “Bright Start Headquarters” site. The project is an office and residential tower development to be, consisting of 3 basement parking levels, ground floor plus 29 stories with a total of 190 apartments. Upon arrival, the team was warmly welcomed and briefed by the project director Mr. Jihad Choueiri. Students got the chance to see post-tensioned slabs and core walls.

Bright Start Headquarter Site.

After visiting the site, the teams sat in a meeting room where they asked site related questions, learned about site drawings and the building’s structural elements that will be built at later stages. Both teams were very attentive to the safety signs present on site and made sure to wear their PPE at all time during the visit.

Safety Sign -1

Safety Sign -2

After finishing our site visits, we came back to DCC HQ, changed our clothes (it was hot outside!), where Mr. Yabroudi and Dr. Clemence asked each and every one of us to present our respective projects.

Afterwards, we got to play an exciting game of darts in the office! Joshua and Michael made it to the finale and Joshua won the first place. However, all of us got Mars and Kitkat chocolate bars as a prize. There are no losers at DCC!

Abed playing darts

Quiz time! We had our first quiz after the darts game. Most of us finished ahead of time and headed to the lunch room where we had Lebanese Kibbeh, and chicken with rice, followed by lazy cake for dessert. Yummy!

Day 2 Lunch

Next, we went to our classroom and attended a lecture about construction drawings. Mr. Mazen Hallak explained to us the different types of drawings: architectural, structural and MEP. He also brought a set of drawings for us to look at and analyze together in teams.

At night, we all went to the old souks, walked around and checked a couple of stores. we also bought some souvenirs and went for a ride in a small boat. We finally had dinner in a restaurant and headed back to the hotel.

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