GENERAL INFORMATION
The vision for The Palm was provided by His Highness General Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and UAE
Defence Minister.
The Palm, Deira is the third of Nakheels man made palm shaped islands.
The Palm, Deira will be built in the shape of a palm tree consisting of a trunk, a crown with 41 fronds, and a surrounding crescent that acts as a breakwater.
The Palm, Deira will be a leisure, residential and tourist development
featuring 7,820 villas, a number of lavish hotels, several large marinas, restaurants, shopping malls, sports facilities, health spas, cinemas and various
other luxury amenities.
The Palm, Deira is 14.3 kilometres long from the base of the trunk to the tip of
the crescent, and 8.5 kilometres in width from crescent to crescent.
The crescent will run for 21 kilometres and is the largest in the world.
Fronds will vary in length, ranging from 840 3,346 metres, with a distance of between 150 400 metres of sea between each frond.
The crown of The Palm, Deira will be 7 kilometres long and 580 metres wide, the trunk 2,890 metres long and 620 metres wide.
Distance from land to the farthest end of the crescent = 14.3kms
Distance from bottom of crescent to top of crescent = 10kms
The Palm, Deira will add an extra 400 kms of shoreline to Dubai.
The Palm, Deira is located just off the coast of Deira, 50.2 metres from the Sharjah border and 20 kilometres from international waters.
The Palm, Deira is 8 kilometres from The World, 300 private islands forming the shape of the continents.
The Palm, Deira will be built in waters that are 6 metres deep reaching to 22 metres below sea level.
Dredging and reclamation of The Palm, Deira is set to commence by the end of 2004 and is expected to be completed within five years.
CONSTRUCTION
There are three main stages to the construction process reclamation, infrastructure construction and building construction.
Phase 1 Reclamation involves sand transfer and rock placement to create the land foundations. During this period, an estimated 1 billion cubic metres of sand and rock from the UAE will be put in place for The Palm, Deira.
Phase 2 Infrastructure Construction will include the construction of: Local Bridges , Flyovers; Waste Water Collection System; Storm Water Drainage System; Irrigation System; Domestic Water Supply Network; Piped Gas System; Telecommunications System; Sanitary Sewage System; Electrical Supply System; Chilled Water System; Roads; Streets; Marinas and Port Facilities; Fire Fighting System; Solid Waste Collection System; Services Access to crescent islands; Infrastructure Transportation and Landscape and Water Features.
Phase 3 Building construction will include the construction of the residential, tourist, and commercial buildings.
The foundation rock used to build the breakwater is coming from quarries around the UAE. These are being taken to the site by large barges to minimise any disruption on land. The sand that will be used as fill will be dredged locally.
All construction will be carried out through the Marina to decrease traffic that may result from transporting large loads of materials.
Marine biologists are one of many specialist consultants present during the development of the islands. Generally, construction creates new habitats which attracts many species of fish and birds as has been witnessed already in the construction carried out to date on the crescent breakwater of The Palm, Jumeirah and The Palm, Jebel Ali. It is expected the reclamation of the island will enhance the local wildlife population, including tropical fish.
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