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ACC wins 124-floor Dubai skyscraper deal

Dubai, September 6, 2009

Lebanon's Arabian Construction Company (ACC) has won a 1.46 billion dirham ($397.5 million) contract in Dubai to build one of the world's tallest towers, the biggest skyscraper deal to be awarded in the emirate since the start of the global downturn.

The Pentominium in Dubai Marina, will be 124 floors high and the second-tallest building in the world after Emaar Properties' Burj Dubai, the construction firm said in a statement on Sunday. It did not disclose an estimated height for the tower.

Dubai-based contractors have been eyeing contracts elsewhere in the Gulf region and North Africa during the global economic downturn, as property prices in Dubai fell around 50 percent from peaks last year, projects were cancelled and thousands of jobs were slashed.

ACC, which won the contract from Dubai-based Trident International Holding, said construction on the residential tower would take about two years to complete.

The Burj Dubai is expected to reach 800 metres (2,625 feet) when completed later this year, though its ultimate height has been kept a secret.

Nakheel, the state-owned developer of Dubai's palm-tree shaped islands, stopped work in January on its 1 km (3,281 feet) high tower due to the global financial downturn.

Still, activity is gradually picking up in the construction sector. The ACC deal follows a $187 million contract in Dubai awarded on August 25 to the United Arab Emirates' largest listed contractor Arabtec, which with Samsung Engineering and Construction is part of the team working on the Burj Dubai.

ACC, whose projects have included the Emirates Palace Hotel in Abu Dhabi, has a backlog of $4 billion worth of projects in the Middle East and is currently working on 10 projects in Dubai worth 5.8 billion dirhams. - Reuters




Tags: Dubai marina | ACC | Pentominium | Trident |

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