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Skyline rises in the Egyptian desert, high-rise building depends on China
Seetao 2021-10-09 14:32
  • The Egyptian New Administrative Capital Project is the number one key project implemented by the Egyptian government
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The Egyptian New Capital Central Business District project undertaken by the Egypt Branch of China State Construction Engineering Corporation is located about 50 kilometers east of Cairo, with a total area of about 505,000 square meters, including 20 single high-rise buildings and supporting municipal projects. Chang Weicai, general manager of China State Construction Egypt, said that more than 9,000 Chinese and Egyptian employees worked and lived here during the peak period of the project.

Project construction site

Liu Jingkun is an engineer with nearly 20 years of safety supervision work experience. He was sent to Africa in 2019 to participate in the construction of the new capital of Egypt's central business district project. He said that the project started in January 2016. At that time, President Xi Jinping was on a state visit to Egypt. During the visit, the two sides signed a general contracting framework contract for the construction of the new capital of Egypt. Xi Jinping pointed out that China and Egypt should align their respective development strategies and visions, using infrastructure construction and production capacity cooperation, to build Egypt into a fulcrum country along the Belt and Road. China is willing to participate in the construction of Egypt's Suez Canal Corridor and the new administrative capital, and is willing to expand cooperation with Egypt in the fields of trade, financing, aerospace, energy, human resources development, and security.

As a result, the skyline of Egypt's new capital began to rise gradually in a desert. At the beginning of the project, the Chinese and Egyptian builders had to face the scorching sun every day, and the hot and dry climate caused many employees to get sunburned. At the construction site, drinking water and food must be brought in from outside. In the entire central business district project, the most eye-catching is the iconic tower project that will become "Africa's tallest building". In August 2021, the last steel beam of the landmark tower project was accurately docked in place, and the steel structure roof was successfully completed.

Project construction site

According to reports, the structural height of the landmark tower project is 373.2 meters, and the highest point of the tower crown is 385.8 meters. Egyptian Prime Minister Madbouli witnessed the opening of the landmark tower in February 2019. It will not only become a landmark building in Egypt, but also a symbol of Egypt's modernization. Wei Jianxun, general manager of the landmark tower project, said that the landmark tower project set a number of engineering construction records during the construction period: the 18,500 cubic meters of raft foundation pouring was completed in 38 hours, creating the largest foundation slab for a single building in the history of African architecture and pouring a super large foundation in one fell swoop The fastest record of the slab and the new record of the maximum concrete pouring volume in a single day during the peak period.

Construction site for the capping of the main building of the sign tower

The topping site of the main steel structure of the sign tower

Egyptian engineer Walid is full of curiosity and admiration for Chinese architecture, and often participates in technical exchange meetings and confirms technical details and safety procedures. He said: "I very much agree with the punctual and dedicated spirit of Chinese engineering and construction personnel." Editor/Tian Zengpeng

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