The Palm Jumeirah
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Completion date 2010 Coordinates
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[edit] Construction
Years of base-line studies were conducted in order to decide the best site for the construction of the Island, taking into consideration environmental impact of constructure, infrastructure and cost.
The Crecent is built from rock, whist the island is built from sand. The breakwater rises to four meters above chart datum (low tide). 92,234,000 cubic meters of sand were dredged up from the sea bed to form the island, whilst the crecent was constructed with 4,888,000 cubic meters of rock. The sand has undergone extensive compaction to ensure it does not sink.
[edit] Engineering Challenges
In terms of engineering acheivement, the Palm has been a milestone. Although land reclaimation had existed before the creation of the palm, in particular projects in Florida, and Holland and the airports in Hong Kong and Osaka, nothing on this scaled had been undertaken. There were many challengs to overcome such as
- Formation of the Shape using rock and sand. Previous land reclamation used straight lines. DGPS (Differential Global Positioning System) was used to give accuarcy of sand filling to within one centimeter.
- Effective wind and water breakers. Extensive tests were performed by Sogreah Gulf, using a 1,950 meter long scale model, and a 12 meter random wave generator.
- Quality of the sea water. In order to prevent stagnation and ensure the sea water is refreshed every 13 days two 100 meter openings were introduced along the crecent on the suggestion of WL Delft Hydraulics who conducted extensive computer simulation of the project
[edit] Marine Life
The construction of the huge rocky breakwater has attracted hundreds of fish [1]
[edit] Residential Apartments
- The Garden Homes
- Signature Villas
- Canal Cove Town Houses
- Shoreline Apartments
[edit] Trunk Road
Apartments
[edit] Mono Rail
A Japenese consortium was awarded a $390 million contract to set up a monorail on the Palm Jumeirah. Trading house Marubeni, along with Hitachi and Obaysahi Corp.[2]
The Palm Monorail will act as the main transportation system within the Palm Jumeirah. Trains will run between the Gateway station on the trunk and the Atlantis station on the crescent. It wil use smart cards developed by OMRON[3]
The Palm Monorail will be driverless, but will carry an attendent.
Hitachi have also created the monorail system for the Tokyo Disney Resort
[edit] Hotels
[edit] Atlantis Hotel
A 1,539 room hotel
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Atlantis is built on 120 acres of the islands Crescent , and includes and extensive waterscape designed to provide maximum thrills for adrenalin seekers, as well as calming water rides for those looking to relax. This park and the entertainment village will be open throughout the year to Atlantis hotel guests, Dubai residents and day visitors |
[edit] Kingdom of Sheba
The resort covering 141,500 sq meters [4]
[edit] Taj Exotica
[edit] Grandeur Residence
[edit] Oceana Residence
[edit] Fairmont Palm Hotel and Residence
[edit] Tiara Residence
[edit] Shangri-La Palm Island Hotel
[edit] Trump Hotel
 Shang ri la Hotel |
 Kingdom of Sheba Hotel |
 Palm Apartments |
 Shoreline Apartments |
