DUBAI, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- Guinness World Records on Tuesday officially announced that it recorded the 'largest continuous concrete pour in the world' in Dubai with a concrete volume of 21,580 cubic meters for a residential commercial building in Jebel Ali.
With this feat, Dubai has retained its own record which it broke last year in Al Barsha South, United Arab Emirates (UAE) state news agency WAM reported.
Observers from Guinness World Records attended the 35-hour and 19-minute concrete pouring process in Jebel Ali in the south-west of the emirate.
The process started at 7:21 p.m. on May 1, 2017 and ended at 8:46 a.m. on May 20, 2017 on an area of 20,612 square feet of land.
Hussain Lootah, Director-General of Dubai Municipality, received the Guinness Certificate for the achievement in the presence of Dawoud Al Hajiri, assistant director-general for Engineering and Planning Sector, Layali Al-Mulla, director of Buildings Department, and Abdullah Al Shezawi, head of Engineering Supervision Section.
The average rate of concrete pouring in an hour was recorded at 611 cubic meters, breaking the previous record related to the time taken.
During the process, 18 concrete pumps were used, and the ready mix concrete trucks made 2,618 trips for the purpose.
The concreting work was carried out with the presence of 500 workers per shift, and 2,700 tons of reinforcing steel bars were used for the work.
Dubai holds a number of world records in the construction and real estate sector.
The Gulf Arab emirate is home to the world's tallest building, the 829 meters vertical Burj Khalifa as well as the world's tallest hotel, the 72-storey, 355 meters tall JW Marriott Marquis.
The Dubai Mall, located in the heart of the city, is the world's biggest shopping center in relation to footfall (80 million visitors per year).
