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Project Stories | Piled-raft foundation design for D1 Tower

Written by MIDAS GEO TEAM | 2020.05.18

About Project

D1 (meaning Dubai Number One) Tower is an 80 floor, 284 m (932 ft) tall residential skyscraper. D1 features a skyrise lounge, private cinema, indoor pool, gymnasium and concierge services. D1 is adjacent to the Palazzo Versace Dubai located on the west side of the creek in Dubai.

 

Rendering of D1 Tower

 

Project Name

D1 Tower

Location

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Construction Period

2007 – 2015

Designer

Hyder Consulting

 

The development comprises the construction of the D1 tower, a hotel and condominiums. The tower will be interlinked by a low level podium structure, which will house 3 basement levels. It will be founded on a piled raft and in order to understand the behaviour of the foundation, a 3D finite element analysis is required.

 

Piles and basement

 

Podium and basement levels

 

Deformed superstructure

 

Bending moments in the raft