Daman Investments announced the topping up of The Buildings by Daman, a Dh1.6 billion ($435 million) mixed-use real estate project at the prestigious Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC).

“The development is now nearing our initial phased handover stage beginning in 2011 with the office tower. This significant construction event simultaneously marks two major milestones in the project – the completion of both Tower B and the Office Tower superstructures,” stated Shehab Gargash, managing director of Daman Investments.

The topping up of The Buildings by Daman took more than 448 m3 of special concrete mix pumped up 224 metres above the ground level and poured across a roof plate area of 1,410 sqm, bringing the overall concrete quantity poured into the building, inclusive of the roof slab, up to 20,527 m3.

Special additives were incorporated into the concrete mix to facilitate vertical pumping of the material to such heights, and required two placing booms capable of delivering 40 cubic metres of concrete per hour.

The 224-meter high Buildings by Daman is a 65-floor high rise, built on 220,000-square foot plot of land in the heart of the DIFC, Dubai's commercial business district.

A mixed-use residential and commercial complex, it includes freehold apartments, offices, a luxury hotel and retail space, encompassing 3.3 million square feet of built up area surrounded by sculptured gardens and water features.-TradeArabia News Service