Al Reef Villas: Abu Dhabi’s New Central Housing Development

From January 2008 to 2010, a major new project was built in Abu Dhabi: The Al Reef Villas, a large scale residential development. The development occupies a total area of one million square meters and is located near Abu Dhabi’s International Airport, only half an hour away from the city center. Al Reef Villas is the United Arab Emirates’ first planned community to concentrate exclusively on middle income buyers.

The project includes more than 2,300 modern urban villas in different sizes and with different architectural themes. In addition, the large scale project, which is designed for approx. 15,000 residents, features a total of 1,800 modern apartments and a four star hotel.

Residents can choose among many retail stores, supermarkets and restaurants, and also profit from community facilities such as a school, a kindergarten, mosques and several recreational and sports facilities.

BATEC, DSI’s partner company in Abu Dhabi, carried out the design for the post-tensioned flat slabs of the residential development as well as the installation, post-tensioning and grouting of the Bonded DYWIDAG Tendons. On the whole, BATEC constructed approx. 300,000m² of post-tensioned flat slabs. 1,500t of strand and 21,000 DYWIDAG Flat Anchorages were installed in the flat slabs.