The Dubai Marina is the very best known marina in Dubai. A couple of kilometres were excavated in the dry and edged with precast concrete quay walls to assemble this man-made sea lagoon. Dubai Marina is a property development with the water and yachts and like many such projects, it is the mixture of water and yachts which gives the value and the ambiance. HOK, the famend architectural agency headquartered in Canada, designed the primary part of the project which was built in the year 2004. Subsequently the master developer offered the plots to people who had been allowed to develop the plots as per their own design. Many individuals have criticised the master developer, who little question made a profit, as they feel that the Dubai Marina venture has not turned out to be as nicely-planned as was possible. The pontoon berthing is unfold alongside the length of the lagoon so in actual fact there are a number of marinas, albeit they are all managed from a central office located in a formidable 'yacht club' building. A small boatyard has been provided on the extreme end of the project site. Upon its completion the residential towers and villas on this development will accommodate more than a hundred and twenty thousand people.
Festival Marina which is a part of the Dubai Festival City, a multi-billion dollar multi function development on the banks of Dubai Creek is one other instance of a marina developed and designed by Simon Arrol. Retail outlets and resorts are located all around the periphery of the marina's circular basin of 240m diameter. The potential problem of security and privacy for yachtsmen was overcome by positioning all of the pontoon berthing within the centre of the basin and accessing it from an easily secured single gangway. Another advantage of this arrangement is that the general public and vacationers using the waterfront are able to see the panoramic view of the boats in the marina. In order to create the curiosity and buzz that's observed at conventional harbours in Europe and North America, the jetty walls is used for the berthing of visiting yachts.
The Palm Islands are artificial archipelago in Dubai, United Arab Emirates which began in June 2002. Simon Arrol was part of the design team of this marina. The Palm marina consists of a tree trunk, a crown with 17 fronds, and an encircling semi-circular isle that forms an 11 km long breakwater. Among the most complex structures constructed on the Palm Island were: two service tunnels, which were built using the most up to date microtunnelling
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Simon Arrol established Arrol Consultancy Ltd, after more than 35 years of international experience in large ports. He focuses on marina consultancy , and was the director of Camper & Nicholsons Marinas Limited. His waterfront property credentials stem from work in 27 nations.
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