The Jumeirah Lakes Towers Infrastructure and Landscaping Design and Construction Supervision 

Jumeirah Lakes Towers, which is located opposite Dubai Marina, is a 180-hectare development, which features a 20-hectare lake and 28 building clusters . Each building cluster is comprised of three towers and a 3-story common parking garage. The development also included two extensions that has eight new towers of 50 stories and a new business district under development, which, when completed, will have the tallest commercial tower in the world in addition to another 10 mixed-used towers of 40 to 80 stories.

The main entrance to the development is located opposite Sheikh Zayed Road and First Al Khalil Road with dedicated ingress and egress ramps and a peripheral road that inter­con­nects the clusters through private access.

CDM Smith carried out all engineering design, including preliminary and final design, and construc­tion supervision services for the site including all roads, infra­struc­ture, and landscaping.

Site Development Plan. This scope involved setting out to scale all aspects of the site master plan and estab­lish­ing the required references, coordinates, and dimensions. Site development included rough grading, finished grading, filling and transitions to adjacent grade levels. This stage resulted in a set of drawings that defined the scope of work for the preparation of the preliminary design drawings and, later on, the detailed design.

Infra­struc­ture. Design and construc­tion supervision of roads, parking, utilities, lake management system and services with connections to the local and municipal mains, as well as provisions for vehicular and pedestrian access and interfaces, street/site lighting, electrical, telecom-information and commu­ni­ca­tion systems, drainage, sewerage, irrigation, plumbing and mechanical system connections for the facilities. CDM Smith was also responsible for obtaining all relevant No Objection Certifi­cates from statutory authorities for the designed services.

Development for Above-Ground Infra­struc­ture Facilities. Complete design and construc­tion supervision of the service buildings related to infra­struc­ture utilities such as substations, tanks, pump stations, etc.

Landscaping. Complete landscaping of site and perimeter as well as hardscaping the surrounding lakes, tran­si­tional soft landscaping, and screening of roads.

Common Parking Structures. Design and construc­tion supervision of 28 parking garages, each has three levels with a minimum capacity of 930 vehicles for each structure.