Atkins Middle East has celebrated the ‘topping out’ of Al Salam Tecom Tower located on Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai.

The site supervision team and the key members of the design team hosted a small function to celebrate the major milestone, kicking off proceedings with a joint walk through the building to see the views from the top of the 195 m tall structure.

“We then held an informative discussion focused around points of note arising during the construction to date, reviewing and analysing areas that were either effective or which created practical problems – so it was a learning experience for all and key to Atkins’ drive for continuous improvement in our operations” said Atkins Dubai Site Operations director, Randal Kliskey.

Al Salam Tecom Tower is a mixed-use building located within Dubai’s Technology, Electronic, Commerce and Media (Tecom) Free Zone. The building is divided into three distinct vertical zones and is supported on a podium which extends from the ground level to the sixth floor. Accommodated within the podium is the entrance lobby, a retail mall, a food court, meeting rooms, a health club with lap pool and associated car parking facilities.

Moving upwards, the 7th to the 21st floors are devoted to 225 serviced apartments configured on five standard, seven deluxe and three presidential floors. Open plan offices occupy the remaining 23 floors terminating at the 46th floor immediately below the inclined roof. Projecting balconies and the inclined colour separation ‘drawn’ across the office façade add to the imagery of the tower. -TradeArabia News Service