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| Limitless ploughs ahead with Arabian Canal More than 1.5 million cubic metres of earth - enough to fill 600 Olympic-size swimming pools - has been excavated for the Arabian Canal, the 75km man-made waterway designed and managed by Dubai property company Limitless. Pilot excavation work on the US$11 billion project has left a giant hole which, at 700 metres long, 200 metres wide and up to 45 metres deep, is big enough to hold nearly 20 A380 Airbuses or eight of the world's largest cruise ships. Excavated earth - amounting to one billion cubic metres - will be used to form new landscapes along the canal, including mountains up to 200 metres high, providing views of the waterway and creating new land on which to build hillside villages. write your comments about the article :: © 2008 Construction News :: home page |