The Palm Islands are artificial peninsulas constructed of sand dredged from the bottom of the Persian Gulf by the Belgian company Jan De Nul and the Dutch company Van Oord. The sand is sprayed by the dredging ships, which are guided by DGPS, onto the required area in a process known as rainbowing because of the arcs in the air when the sand is sprayed. The outer edge of each Palm's encircling crescent is a large rock breakwater. The breakwater of the Palm Jumeirah has over seven million tonnes of rock. Each rock was placed indiv
idually by a crane, signed off by a diver and given a GPS coordinate.[citation needed] The Jan De Nul Group started working on the Palm Jebel Ali in 2002 and had finished by the end of 2006. The reclamation project for the Palm Jebel Ali includes the creation of a four kilometre long peninsula, protected by a 200 metre wide, seventeen kilometre long circular breakwater. 210,000,000 m3 of rock, sand and limestone were reclaimed (partly originating from the Jebel Ali Entrance Channel dredging works). There are approximately 10,000,000 m3 of rocks in the slope protection works.
Construction
The Palm Islands are artificial peninsulas constructed of sand dredged from the bottom of the Persian Gulf by the Belgian company Jan De Nul and the Dutch company Van Oord. The sand is sprayed by the dredging ships, which are guided by DGPS, onto the required area in a process known as rainbowing because of the arcs in the air when the sand is sprayed. The outer edge of each Palm's encircling crescent is a large rock breakwater. The breakwater of the Palm Jumeirah has over seven million tonnes of rock. Each rock was placed individually by a crane, signed off by a diver and given a GPS coordinate.[citation needed] The Jan De Nul Group started working on the Palm Jebel Ali in 2002 and had finished by the end of 2006. The reclamation project for the Palm Jebel Ali includes the cre
ation of a four kilometre long peninsula, protected by a 200 metre wide, seventeen kilometre long circular breakwater. 210,000,000 m3 of rock, sand and limestone were reclaimed (partly originating from the Jebel Ali Entrance Channel dredging works). There are approximately 10,000,000 m3 of rocks in the slope protection works.
[edit] Palm Jumeirah
Main article: Palm Jumeirah
The Palm Jumeirah seen from the International Space Station.
The Palm Jumeirah ( Coordinates: 25°06′28″N 55°08′15″E / 25.10778, 55.1375 ) consists of a trunk, a crown with 17 fronds, and a surrounding crescent island that forms an 11 kilometer-long breakwater. The island itself is 5 kilometers by 5 kilometers. It will add 78 kilometers to the Dubai coastline. The first phase of development on the Palm Jumeirah will create 4,000 residences with a combination of villas and apartments over the next 3 to 4 years.
Residents began moving into their Palm Jumeirah properties at the end of 2006, five years after land reclamation began, according to project developer Nakheel Properties. This signaled the end of phase one of construction, which includes approximately 1,400 villas on 11 of the fronds of the island and roughly 2,500 shoreline apartments in 20 buildings on the east side of the trunk.
Nakheel Properties will ma
rk the arrival of the first residents by bringing one of the world's largest airships to Dubai. It has agreed to a deal with Airship Management Services Inc. for a 197 feet (60 m) long, 250,000-cubic-foot (7,100 m3) Skyship 600 dirigible.
According to Nakheel Properties officials, the process of adding 78 kilometers of beach is under way, while eight of the 32 hotels on The Palm Jumeirah have begun construction, including the Taj Exotica Resort and Spa, which is planned for completion in late 2008 or early 2009. The first phase of Atlantis, The Palm, is scheduled to be completed by December 2008.
The "Golden Mile", the strip of land located along the center of the trunk overlooking the canal, is set for completion in the first quarter of 2008. Construction has also begun on the Palm Jumeirah Monorail, which will take three years to complete and will serve as a transit system between the Gateway Station at the trunk of The Palm Jumeirah and the Atlantis Station on the crescent. (Emirates News Agency, WAM)
[edit] Palm Jebel Ali
Palm Jebel Ali model
The Palm Jebel Ali began construction in October 2002 and is expected to be completed in mid 2008.[1] The Palm Jebel Ali is expected to accommodate 1.7 million people by 2020.[2] Once it has been completed, it will be encircled by Dubai Waterfront. The project, which is 50 percent larger than the Palm Jumeirah, will include six marinas, a water theme park, 'Sea Village', homes built on stilts above the water, and boardwalks that circle the "fronds" of the "palm" and spell out an Arabic poem by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum:[1]
Take wisdom from the wiseIt takes a man of vision to write on waterNot everyone who rides a horse is a jockeyGreat men rise to greater challenges
As of early October 2007, construction of the island was on schedule.[2] The breakwa
ter was completed in December 2006, and infrastructure work began in April 2007.[2] Major construction will not begin until most of the infrastructure work is complete.[2]
One of the first buildings on The Palm Jebel Ali is already known. Nakheel invited several architects to design a building on a 300,000 m2 area. The winning design was a building by Royal Haskoning, who also worked on several other projects in Dubai.[3] The building can be seen here.
In the first signs of a slowing Dubai property market, the prices of properties being sold on the Palm Jebel Ali were reported to have fallen by 40% in the two months to November 2008, with the fall being attributed to the Financial crisis of 2007–2008.[4]
In 2012, the first phase of four theme parks will open on the Crescent. These parks, which together will be called "World of Discovery," will be developed and operated by the Busch Entertainment Corporation. The parks include SeaWorld, Aquatica, Busch Gardens and Discovery Cove. The World of Discovery will be located at the top of the Crescent, which will form into the shape of an orca (reminiscent of Shamu).[5][6]
25°00′14″N 54°59′02″E / 25.00389, 54.98389
[edit] Palm Deira
The Palm Deira on 1 May 2007.
The Palm Deira was announced for development in October 2004.[7] Upon completion, it will become the world's largest man-made island, housing more than a million people.[2] Although no timetable for completion has been announced, it is expected to be finished by 2015. This island is 8 times larger than the Palm Jumeirah, and 5 times larger than the Palm Jebel Ali. Originally, the design called for a 14 km (8.7 mile) by 8.5 km (5.3 mile) island with 41 fronds. Due to a substantial change in depth in the Persian Gulf the farther out the island goes, the island was redesigned in May 2007. The project then became a 12.5 km (7.76 mile) by 7.5 km (4.66 mile) island with 18 larger fronds.[2] It will be located alongside Deira.
By early October 2007, 20% of the island's reclamation was complete, with a total of 200 million cubic metres (7 billion cubic feet) of sand already used.[2] Then in early April 2008, Nakheel announce
d that more than a quarter of the total area of the Palm Deira had been reclaimed.[8] This amounted to 300 million cubic metres (10.6 billion cubic feet) of sand.[8] Since the island is so large, it is being developed in several phases. The first one is the creation of Deira Island.[2] This portion of the Palm will sit alongside the Deira Corniche between the entrance to Dubai Creek and Al Hamriya Port. Deira Island will act as "the gateway to The Palm Deira"[9] and help to revitalize the aging area of Deira.[10] By early April 2008, 80% of Deira Island Front's reclamation was complete.[8]
A new redesign was quietly introduced in November 2008, further reducing the size of the project.[11]
25°20′00″N 55°16′05″E
The Palm Dubai Islands
The three mentioned groups of islands are located near Jumeirah (the smallest one), Jebel Ali and a third and largest one at Deira. You will find that each group of palm tree-shaped island has a main trunk, 17 branches and a protective circular ring surrounding the structure.
The Palm Jebel Ali has a famous Arabian verse inscribed around the branches of the palm tree. You may be aware of the fact that The Palm is still under construction. Bridges and waterways will solve the problems of commuting to the islands from the mainland.
At The Palm you will find luxurious hotels, posh estates, exclusive water homes, water parks, marinas, spas, and state-of-art provisions for relaxation and entertainment. Read more about Dubai Palm Islands
The World Dubai Islands
This world map-like shaped group of islands comprises of 300 private islands. You will notice the structure has an elliptical breakwater surroundin
g it. Each island represents the different place on the globe like Hong Kong, Victoria, Nepal, New York, etc. This group, you will see, is segregated into 4 subgroups dedicated to dream resorts, private homes, community islands and estate homes.
The sizes of the world dubai islands vary between 250000 to 900000 square feet. The islands are spaced out with 50 to 100 meters of water between them. Vehicles suited for the waterway will be the only modes of transport.
If you are among the most affluent people in the world you can actually own an island. It covers an area of 60 million square feet with 10 million square feet dedicated to its beaches. Besides being rich you need to qualify various other criteria to own an island.
Nakheel is developing these groups of Dubai islands. You will agree that they will add beauty to Dubai. However, environmentalists feel these islands will adversely affect the marine life in the Gulf. Read more about The World Dubai
The World - Dubai
Through the vision of H.H General Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and UAE Defense Minister, Nakheel is creating the most exclusive property development ever, The World.With The Palm, Nakheel puts Dubai on The Map. Now with The World, Nakheel puts the map on Dubai. The World consists of over 300 man made islands strategically positioned to form the shape of the world map, lying 4km off the coast of Dubai. The World will be the most exclusive and sought after community offering the most exciting residential and leisure opportunities in the fastest growing tourist destination on the planet. This is the ultimate destination where the only limit is your imagination.
Almost two years of extensive planning, research development and design took place before The World was announced to an astonished real estate industry. Measuring approximately 9 km in width by 7 km in length, the development will cover approximately 9,340,000 square meters, will be visible to the naked eye from space and will add an additional 232 kilometers of beachfront to Dubai’s coastline. For The World to take shape, Nakheel is moving over 326 million cubic meters of sand to form the islands as well as building a 26 kilometer long oval shape breakwater.This is arguably the most exciting, innovative and visually stimulating real estate development ever. In a land of modern city and timeless desert, old world charm and new world comfort, where East meets West in a kaleidoscope of contrasts, and villas and hotels sit on Palm trees stretching out into the Gulf, we are witnessing the birth of a new wonder – The World. An engineering marvel not seen since Venice, The World will never be replicated again.
idually by a crane, signed off by a diver and given a GPS coordinate.[citation needed] The Jan De Nul Group started working on the Palm Jebel Ali in 2002 and had finished by the end of 2006. The reclamation project for the Palm Jebel Ali includes the creation of a four kilometre long peninsula, protected by a 200 metre wide, seventeen kilometre long circular breakwater. 210,000,000 m3 of rock, sand and limestone were reclaimed (partly originating from the Jebel Ali Entrance Channel dredging works). There are approximately 10,000,000 m3 of rocks in the slope protection works.Construction
The Palm Islands are artificial peninsulas constructed of sand dredged from the bottom of the Persian Gulf by the Belgian company Jan De Nul and the Dutch company Van Oord. The sand is sprayed by the dredging ships, which are guided by DGPS, onto the required area in a process known as rainbowing because of the arcs in the air when the sand is sprayed. The outer edge of each Palm's encircling crescent is a large rock breakwater. The breakwater of the Palm Jumeirah has over seven million tonnes of rock. Each rock was placed individually by a crane, signed off by a diver and given a GPS coordinate.[citation needed] The Jan De Nul Group started working on the Palm Jebel Ali in 2002 and had finished by the end of 2006. The reclamation project for the Palm Jebel Ali includes the cre
ation of a four kilometre long peninsula, protected by a 200 metre wide, seventeen kilometre long circular breakwater. 210,000,000 m3 of rock, sand and limestone were reclaimed (partly originating from the Jebel Ali Entrance Channel dredging works). There are approximately 10,000,000 m3 of rocks in the slope protection works.[edit] Palm Jumeirah
Main article: Palm Jumeirah
The Palm Jumeirah seen from the International Space Station.
The Palm Jumeirah ( Coordinates: 25°06′28″N 55°08′15″E / 25.10778, 55.1375 ) consists of a trunk, a crown with 17 fronds, and a surrounding crescent island that forms an 11 kilometer-long breakwater. The island itself is 5 kilometers by 5 kilometers. It will add 78 kilometers to the Dubai coastline. The first phase of development on the Palm Jumeirah will create 4,000 residences with a combination of villas and apartments over the next 3 to 4 years.
Residents began moving into their Palm Jumeirah properties at the end of 2006, five years after land reclamation began, according to project developer Nakheel Properties. This signaled the end of phase one of construction, which includes approximately 1,400 villas on 11 of the fronds of the island and roughly 2,500 shoreline apartments in 20 buildings on the east side of the trunk.
Nakheel Properties will ma
rk the arrival of the first residents by bringing one of the world's largest airships to Dubai. It has agreed to a deal with Airship Management Services Inc. for a 197 feet (60 m) long, 250,000-cubic-foot (7,100 m3) Skyship 600 dirigible.According to Nakheel Properties officials, the process of adding 78 kilometers of beach is under way, while eight of the 32 hotels on The Palm Jumeirah have begun construction, including the Taj Exotica Resort and Spa, which is planned for completion in late 2008 or early 2009. The first phase of Atlantis, The Palm, is scheduled to be completed by December 2008.
The "Golden Mile", the strip of land located along the center of the trunk overlooking the canal, is set for completion in the first quarter of 2008. Construction has also begun on the Palm Jumeirah Monorail, which will take three years to complete and will serve as a transit system between the Gateway Station at the trunk of The Palm Jumeirah and the Atlantis Station on the crescent. (Emirates News Agency, WAM)
[edit] Palm Jebel Ali
Palm Jebel Ali model
The Palm Jebel Ali began construction in October 2002 and is expected to be completed in mid 2008.[1] The Palm Jebel Ali is expected to accommodate 1.7 million people by 2020.[2] Once it has been completed, it will be encircled by Dubai Waterfront. The project, which is 50 percent larger than the Palm Jumeirah, will include six marinas, a water theme park, 'Sea Village', homes built on stilts above the water, and boardwalks that circle the "fronds" of the "palm" and spell out an Arabic poem by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum:[1]
Take wisdom from the wiseIt takes a man of vision to write on waterNot everyone who rides a horse is a jockeyGreat men rise to greater challenges
As of early October 2007, construction of the island was on schedule.[2] The breakwa
ter was completed in December 2006, and infrastructure work began in April 2007.[2] Major construction will not begin until most of the infrastructure work is complete.[2]One of the first buildings on The Palm Jebel Ali is already known. Nakheel invited several architects to design a building on a 300,000 m2 area. The winning design was a building by Royal Haskoning, who also worked on several other projects in Dubai.[3] The building can be seen here.
In the first signs of a slowing Dubai property market, the prices of properties being sold on the Palm Jebel Ali were reported to have fallen by 40% in the two months to November 2008, with the fall being attributed to the Financial crisis of 2007–2008.[4]
In 2012, the first phase of four theme parks will open on the Crescent. These parks, which together will be called "World of Discovery," will be developed and operated by the Busch Entertainment Corporation. The parks include SeaWorld, Aquatica, Busch Gardens and Discovery Cove. The World of Discovery will be located at the top of the Crescent, which will form into the shape of an orca (reminiscent of Shamu).[5][6]
25°00′14″N 54°59′02″E / 25.00389, 54.98389
[edit] Palm Deira
The Palm Deira on 1 May 2007.
The Palm Deira was announced for development in October 2004.[7] Upon completion, it will become the world's largest man-made island, housing more than a million people.[2] Although no timetable for completion has been announced, it is expected to be finished by 2015. This island is 8 times larger than the Palm Jumeirah, and 5 times larger than the Palm Jebel Ali. Originally, the design called for a 14 km (8.7 mile) by 8.5 km (5.3 mile) island with 41 fronds. Due to a substantial change in depth in the Persian Gulf the farther out the island goes, the island was redesigned in May 2007. The project then became a 12.5 km (7.76 mile) by 7.5 km (4.66 mile) island with 18 larger fronds.[2] It will be located alongside Deira.
By early October 2007, 20% of the island's reclamation was complete, with a total of 200 million cubic metres (7 billion cubic feet) of sand already used.[2] Then in early April 2008, Nakheel announce
d that more than a quarter of the total area of the Palm Deira had been reclaimed.[8] This amounted to 300 million cubic metres (10.6 billion cubic feet) of sand.[8] Since the island is so large, it is being developed in several phases. The first one is the creation of Deira Island.[2] This portion of the Palm will sit alongside the Deira Corniche between the entrance to Dubai Creek and Al Hamriya Port. Deira Island will act as "the gateway to The Palm Deira"[9] and help to revitalize the aging area of Deira.[10] By early April 2008, 80% of Deira Island Front's reclamation was complete.[8]A new redesign was quietly introduced in November 2008, further reducing the size of the project.[11]
25°20′00″N 55°16′05″E
The Palm Dubai Islands
The three mentioned groups of islands are located near Jumeirah (the smallest one), Jebel Ali and a third and largest one at Deira. You will find that each group of palm tree-shaped island has a main trunk, 17 branches and a protective circular ring surrounding the structure.
The Palm Jebel Ali has a famous Arabian verse inscribed around the branches of the palm tree. You may be aware of the fact that The Palm is still under construction. Bridges and waterways will solve the problems of commuting to the islands from the mainland.
At The Palm you will find luxurious hotels, posh estates, exclusive water homes, water parks, marinas, spas, and state-of-art provisions for relaxation and entertainment. Read more about Dubai Palm Islands
The World Dubai Islands
This world map-like shaped group of islands comprises of 300 private islands. You will notice the structure has an elliptical breakwater surroundin
g it. Each island represents the different place on the globe like Hong Kong, Victoria, Nepal, New York, etc. This group, you will see, is segregated into 4 subgroups dedicated to dream resorts, private homes, community islands and estate homes.The sizes of the world dubai islands vary between 250000 to 900000 square feet. The islands are spaced out with 50 to 100 meters of water between them. Vehicles suited for the waterway will be the only modes of transport.
If you are among the most affluent people in the world you can actually own an island. It covers an area of 60 million square feet with 10 million square feet dedicated to its beaches. Besides being rich you need to qualify various other criteria to own an island.
Nakheel is developing these groups of Dubai islands. You will agree that they will add beauty to Dubai. However, environmentalists feel these islands will adversely affect the marine life in the Gulf. Read more about The World Dubai
The World - Dubai
Through the vision of H.H General Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and UAE Defense Minister, Nakheel is creating the most exclusive property development ever, The World.With The Palm, Nakheel puts Dubai on The Map. Now with The World, Nakheel puts the map on Dubai. The World consists of over 300 man made islands strategically positioned to form the shape of the world map, lying 4km off the coast of Dubai. The World will be the most exclusive and sought after community offering the most exciting residential and leisure opportunities in the fastest growing tourist destination on the planet. This is the ultimate destination where the only limit is your imagination.
Almost two years of extensive planning, research development and design took place before The World was announced to an astonished real estate industry. Measuring approximately 9 km in width by 7 km in length, the development will cover approximately 9,340,000 square meters, will be visible to the naked eye from space and will add an additional 232 kilometers of beachfront to Dubai’s coastline. For The World to take shape, Nakheel is moving over 326 million cubic meters of sand to form the islands as well as building a 26 kilometer long oval shape breakwater.This is arguably the most exciting, innovative and visually stimulating real estate development ever. In a land of modern city and timeless desert, old world charm and new world comfort, where East meets West in a kaleidoscope of contrasts, and villas and hotels sit on Palm trees stretching out into the Gulf, we are witnessing the birth of a new wonder – The World. An engineering marvel not seen since Venice, The World will never be replicated again.
