89km Mountain Road: A remarkable feat of infrastructure development

1. 89km Mountain Road: A remarkable feat of infrastructure development Al Marwan highly trained operators and quality heavy machinery were the key to speed up the operations To build a massive, high-profile government project in a rough environment, every day and every dirham counts. The AED 5.8 billion, 89 km Khor Fakkan road will aid Sharjah commuters by connecting the emirate to Khor Fakkan, cutting travel time by 45 minutes. Although it includes five tunnels, the road will run primarily above ground — and it’s on this portion of the project where Al Marwan’s road building and excavation expertise is making a difference.

2. Speeding excavation by energizing uptime At the site of the Khor Fakkan road, Al Marwan contractors were digging and blasting their share (27 km) of an 89 km road through mountainous terrain that connected the rest of the road to Khor Fakkan. Construction crews were working on miles of road, three underpasses, ten water culverts, ten bridges and with limited time and resources that were the key challenges of this major project. Going for maximum productivity, over 243 units of quality heavy machinery were on the site, along with 480+ highly trained operators to limit any expected downtime. Due to the pressing nature of the project, rotating shifts were in place to cover a total operability period of 24/7, day and night. Al Marwan provided over 243 units of quality heavy machinery Complex telematics support

3. Al Marwan also made the high-tech monitoring systems work for them throughout the excavation site. Adding to the myriad challenges was the fact that the construction sites are located in environmentally difficult areas. At the Khor Fakkan site, for example, the engineers had to account for machinery failures caused by rock-hard mountains adjacent to the road and to ensure that the blasting did not impact the operations on the rest of the road, which meant that breakdown of the machinery was a foreseen result. Al Marwan had the right mechanics and preventive maintenance available 24/7 to ensure all equipment will work without breakdown. As well as the right number of highly skilled operators with safety training. Keeping excavation going Al Marwan Heavy Machinery provided several mobile workshops to cover all excavation sites, as well as a standard fixed workshop to accommodate the needs of the large-scale project. Daily maintenance checks included changing oil for all 240+ machinery, regular machinery upkeep for over-worked equipment, as well as fabricating and supporting the needed heavy equipment attachments as required. This collaborative work resulted in achieving the Al Marwan standards of zero injuries, zero accidents, and zero downtime. These safety standards helped Al Marwan take the TÜV certification home.

4. Al Marwan mobile workshops, with experienced technicians provides fast and efficient on-site service Making history A commitment to solving problems and providing innovative solutions, along with decades of experience in contracting and engineering, allowed Al Marwan to help the stakeholder stay on time and on budget. 1.6 million cubic meters were excavated throughout the SGCC project, and that is no small number when compared to the amount of effort put into realizing this major project for the Cities of Sharjah and Khor Fakkan.