Umm al Nar Desalination Plant ‘B’, Abu Dhabi

CC was the civil and structural steel contracting partner for Doosan Heavy Industries for the Umm Al Nar desalination plant.

ACC was the civil and structural steel contracting partner for Doosan Heavy Industries for the Umm Al Nar desalination plant, which was completed in 2002.

The plant is able to produce 62.5 MIGD and was built on a fast-track basis. Out of a total of 65,000 m3 of concrete, ACC managed to pour 50,000 m3 of concrete in less than five months.

The project consisted of five distillers, each measuring 90 m long by 30 m, five low pressure boilers, four 75 m diameter water tanks, a 1.1 km discharge culvert, an outlet structure, 5 km roadworks, a remineralisation plant, a potable water pump station and 31 other plant structures.