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Construction Contractors News

Mace completes work on

giant Dubai Ferris wheel

Global consultancy and construction company Mace used in the Eiffel Tower.
has completed work on Ain Dubai - a landmark The world’s current tallest Ferris wheel is the High
observation wheel in Dubai, which is nearly twice as Roller in Las Vegas, which is 167m tall. The London
tall as the London Eye. Eye, whose construction was also overseen by Mace,
Ain Dubai (arabic for Dubai Eye) is due to take its is 135m tall, it added.
first paying customers on October 21. They will ride At the heart of Ain Dubai is a hub and spindle
in one of 48 huge observation cabins for a 38-minute assembly that weighs 1,805 tonnes, equivalent to the
circuit in the attraction, which is more than 250 m weight of four A380 aircraft. It is supported by four
high, reported Building.com. legs, each of which is 126 m long.
The attraction will be able to carry more than 1,750
Mace said that each of the cabins was larger than two passengers at a time, either as ordinary ticket holders
double-decker buses placed side by side. The whole – for which the cost is currently the equivalent of £26
structure includes 11,200 tonnes of steel, a weight – or as part of more exclusive packages.
that is around one-third more than that of the iron

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